‘Look, it’s a binary choice.” That’s how I’ve somehow rationalized voting — not once but three times — for Donald Trump, whose second term amounts to the worst presidency of my lifetime. I still think it’s true that a presidential election is a binary choice, even if that may paradoxically be self-delusional.
I believed in January 2021, and am even more convinced now, that President Trump should not only have been impeached but also convicted and disqualified from future office. This was after his soft coup attempt to remain in office after he got drubbed in the 2020 election. It was reckless and half-baked, yes, but hardly unpredictable. So how is it possible to convince oneself to vote for a person so uniquely unqualified for the presidency that he should already have been adjudicated as disqualified to hold the office?
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