{"updated":"2026-10-12T21:32:00Z","content_md":"To [#LGM](https:\/\/ammdi.hyperphor.com\/LGM) [A stain on the country - Lawyers, Guns & Money](https:\/\/www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com\/2026\/10\/a-stain-on-the-country)\n\n![[23snq6xe31xzmcsfq9b8vvwbs9]]\n\n![[2rpav1j1m939fqt46fsneffrsk]]\n\n![[73gexfbqjmyptewb2ma42xj1gk]]","changelog":[{"version":1,"at":"2026-10-12T21:32:00Z","note":null}],"transclusions":[{"id":"23snq6xe31xzmcsfq9b8vvwbs9","version":1},{"id":"2rpav1j1m939fqt46fsneffrsk","version":1},{"id":"73gexfbqjmyptewb2ma42xj1gk","version":1}],"created":"2026-10-12T21:32:00Z","page":"f\/0zsw622fv5np72d61bzjqfg7e6\/","content_hash":"sha256:cb521c1a7052add3e18cbc2eea52a27bd23db5120d7d6fa74559d64664dcf1c3","id":"0zsw622fv5np72d61bzjqfg7e6","kind":"thread","origin":"https:\/\/ammdi.hyperphor.com\/blyg\/","content_html":"<div><div><div class=\"blyg-title\"><span>To <a class=\"pagelink\" href=\"https:\/\/ammdi.hyperphor.com\/LGM\">LGM<\/a> <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com\/2026\/10\/a-stain-on-the-country\" target=\"_blank\">A stain on the country - Lawyers, Guns &amp; Money<\/a> <\/span><\/div><\/div><blockquote class=\"blyg-transclusion\" data-blyg-id=\"23snq6xe31xzmcsfq9b8vvwbs9\" data-blyg-version=\"1\"><div>Yes of course Donald Trump is a stain on the country. But some stains can be removed, others are permanent. Which kind is he?<\/div><\/blockquote><blockquote class=\"blyg-transclusion\" data-blyg-id=\"2rpav1j1m939fqt46fsneffrsk\" data-blyg-version=\"1\"><div>My sense is that in his first term he was more of a removable stain. Once he left office, the country could in theory reassemble itself, rebuild a functioning government, be a respectable actor in the world again.<\/div><\/blockquote><blockquote class=\"blyg-transclusion\" data-blyg-id=\"73gexfbqjmyptewb2ma42xj1gk\" data-blyg-version=\"1\"><div>Once he was re-elected, that&apos;s no longer the case, the stain is permanent. It&apos;s what we are now. We could find a dozen Lincolns or Roosevelts in the future; we&apos;d still be the country that elected Donald Trump twice. A country of dangerous morons.<\/div><\/blockquote><\/div>","version":1,"media":[],"blyg":"0.3"}