Can someone stop by George's house and make sure he's ok?

Well, since he can't turn on the TV anymore without somewhere encountering this depressing reality, he won't be as distracted by this one thing at least - maybe it will free up some room!


My question is, will we see shadows of this election play out in both TWOW and ADOS? He certainly used the Clinton presidency as inspiration and no one will be able to convince me that he didn't base Tywin Lannister on Dick Cheney. And all of Dany's Slaver's Bay world building = "Mission Accomplished" with dragons.

Actually, Gary Kasparov told us so, in a book of the same name, on this very subject -- how Putin has created a model for transforming a democratic republic into a dictator's wet dream. Trump may well gradually transform America in such a way as well.

Here's a discussion on that exact topic I expect many of us will find heartbreakingly accurate, written in July.

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/donald-trump-reminds-me-of-vladimir-putin--and-that-is-terrifying/2016/07/23/36397692-50e5-11e6-a7d8-13d06b37f256_story.html

Note the last line.

I do not consider it an exaggeration to say that Trump is a mortal threat to the republic. Those who speak blithely of how he won't get through a year without being impeached by the GOP-controlled Congress, such as Aaron Sorkin, are apparently living in an imaginary reality such as that of The West Wing (a progressive fantasy). It is far more likely he will transform this Congress, which is weak and short-sighted, into the tools by which he does as he pleases with the nation's powers and resources.