Is Trump Going To Bring Kool-Aide To Waco? Don’t Laugh, Political Martyr Is His Only Card To Play

Many a true word has been spoken in jest. I personally view it as an omen that the MAGA cult leader has scheduled the kick-off rally to his 2024 campaign on the 30th anniversary of, and in the very same place, where another cult leader refused to surrender to federal authorities, believing himself to be the victim of a witch hunt as well. Violence and death ensued.

Donald Trump is fine with violence and death. This is all a television show to him.

And remember: this is presupposing that Trump gets arrested and that he will be out on bail. Asking for violence in “Trump Country” will not be the least out of place.

It’s Reagan kicking off a campaign in Philadelphia, Mississippi. Message sent, message heard.

— Rick Horowitz (@Rick_Horowitz) March 18, 2023

Other people have picked up on the date and location as well.

"And right here, in Waco, an oppressive Deep State stuffed out of the life out the beautiful Branch Davidians, the whole branch, people of the bible, David Koresh and his Davidians, poor David …."

— Adam Bonin (@adambonin) March 18, 2023

it's a reasonable prediction.

— Adam Bonin (@adambonin) March 18, 2023

"Their beautiful compound, in the hills …"

— Adam Bonin (@adambonin) March 18, 2023

And more chime in.

Trump didn’t blow a dog whistle, he turned on an air raid siren.

This from the man who declared “I am your retribution.”

“Be there. Will be wild!” 2.0 https://t.co/Ds8cven9Nk pic.twitter.com/BuqLWiZcrZ

— Pete Strzok (@petestrzok) March 18, 2023

To be clear: Trump is encouraging violence.

It’s a move ripped from his Jan. 6 playbook, when he told supporters at the Capitol “..if you don’t fight like hell, you’re not going to have a country anymore.”

His conduct was contemptible then; it remains contemptible now. https://t.co/zAmz8tHxK2

— Anna Bower (@AnnaBower) March 18, 2023

The question now becomes, will his followers respond? Remember a few things, now:

1. They have been to this rodeo before. The insurrectionists who stormed the Capitol believed that Trump would pardon them and pay all of their legal expenses until that time. That didn’t happen.
2. Trump is calling for “protests” nationwide. In January, 2021 the protest was centered in Washington, D.C. Here, he’s looking for the troops to mobilize themselves on his word.
3. Can he draw a crowd of MAGAs in New York City in a few days? Maybe.
4. Can he draw a crowd of MAGAs in Waco, Texas, in a few days? Very likely.

It will be interesting to see where this goes. January 6, 2021 was virtually assured to become violent. Those tea leaves were read well in advance of the date. It came as zero surprise to anybody who was paying attention. Even Michael Cohen, when he testified before Congress, said that Trump would not leave the White House willingly if defeated at the polls.

Then we had all the madness with Rudy Giuliani and his Strike Force. If that circus didn’t alert you to the fact that things were going to go seriously south, you must have been comatose.

But things are different now. The failure of the January 6 riot and the fact that a lot of people got arrested and are serving time should show people what will happen if they simply go nuts. Trump will not save them. I guess what we’re going to find out now is how many people see that and how many are still harboring delusions that Trump is going to turn all this around, when he himself, may be a defendant out on bail and looking at trial in a few short days.

The fact of Trump actually being indicted, actually being arrested, will change the narrative dramatically. The only way he can play this is as political martyr.

This is terra incognita. We’ve never had a former president, behaving like a dictator in exile, and then donning the mantle of political martyr to run for yet a third time. All bets are off. We’re going to have to just live through this and see how it shakes down.