Trump’s thirst for vengeance, revenge has started before he even took office.

“President-elect Donald Trump has long suggested he would try to prosecute his political opponents, and House Republicans delivered him a new opening on Tuesday through a report recommending that GOP former Rep. Liz Cheney be prosecuted by the FBI for her role in probing the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol.”

https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/18/politics/jan-6-house-gop-trump-liz-cheney/index.html

Then you have Trump threatening republicans if they don’t do, vote as he says. He’s already began to rule through fear, threats and retaliation.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Congress has two days as of Thursday to avert a partial government shutdown after President-elect Donald Trump rejected a bipartisan deal on federal spending and demanded lawmakers address the nation's debt ceiling before he takes office next month.

“Trump told his fellow Republicans in Congress to reject a stopgap bill that would keep the government funded past the deadline of midnight on Friday (0500 GMT Saturday), saying that any of them who voted for the bipartisan bill should face primary challenges from within their own party in the 2026 midterm elections.”

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"Any Republican that would be so stupid as to do this should, and will, be Primaried," Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform.”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/us-congress-two-days-avert-060521820.html

MAGA, avid Trumpers make up around a quarter of the electorate. Which means that half of the votes Trump received in November came from non-MAGA, non-Trumpers. Unlike most on this site, being a swing voter, I can understand why they voted the way they did. I don’t agree with them but understand the reason why. They didn’t vote for Trump, their vote was against Biden, his administration and the job they perceive Biden and company did. They voted against inflation, rising prices. Against illegal immigration. Against Harris, but not for Trump. Voting against a candidate, party isn’t unusual. Around a quarter to a third of all those who vote in any given presidential election, vote against a candidate or party, not for anyone. They don’t care who wins, as long as the candidate, party they voted against loses. No thought of Trump, his vindictiveness was given a single thought. They believed they were worst off today than they were 4 years ago which a trip to the grocery store proved to them. Can one blame these folks for voting their pocketbooks without any other thoughts as to who and what they were voting for? Voting one’s pocketbook is a time-honored tradition. 48% of all voters stated they were better off 4 years ago than today. Trump won these voters 60-38 over Harris. Pocket book issues put Trump back into the white house. 32% of all those who voted decided who to vote for based on their pocketbook. No thought to anything else.

It's high past time that we start electing Americans to congress and the presidency who put America first instead of their political party. For way too long we have been electing Republicans and Democrats who happen to be Americans instead of Americans who happen to be Republicans and Democrats.