There are 40 days left until Donald Trump at the noon hour on January 20th raises his right hand and swears the oath.

This is the warning.

The 35 words that George Washington swore.

The only oath that was written into the Constitution by our founding fathers, the one that Abraham Lincoln took.

Teddy Roosevelt, FDR, Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton.

I do solemnly swear to preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States. Of course, Donald Trump did not do that.

He tried to overthrow the government. And in the end, a plurality of Americans, 49% said no big deal.

And so he will take office and he will sign pardons. And every seditionist who participated in the riot, in the coup, in the insurrection,

will walk out of prison not just free, but a MAGA hero, a martyr.

On July 4, 26, Donald Trump will be on the North Portico of the White House watching the fireworks explode over the Washington Monument two hundred fifty years ago.

And the men, mostly men, who were revered from that moment when the shot was heard around the world, when the revolution

began, they will be compared to the January 6th criminals, and the comparison will be made

from the White House. The age of desecration is underway, and Donald Trump's presidency will need to be opposed, effectively, fiercely, and in a sustained

manner.

The Democratic Party, as it is, is flat on its back.

And there are some lessons to be gleaned from how people are responding to Donald Trump in these early

days that preface his return to power. The Canadian example is fascinating. Now, here is what

Justin Trudeau said in the aftermath of Donald Trump's threat to impose a 25% tariff on every good coming across the

Canadian border. I just drove across that border the other day. The traffic was backed up for

two and a half hours, tractor trailers trying to bring commerce from the Canadian side to the U.S. side. This is what global trade

looks like, and it has made our countries two of the richest in the world. But Trudeau is correct

when he says a 25% tariff on Canadian goods would be devastating for Canada. Every Canadian, and in fact many, many

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