I’m a big fan of “Designated Survivor.” In this season, President Kirkman has pretty much been going through hëll. The accidental death of his wife shattered him, and at the insistence of his staff, he wound up sitting down with a therapist and trying to piece his life back together. But it turns out that someone has obtained recordings of the sessions (it’s always recordings that screw presidents, isn’t it) and released them to the nation. Kirkman’s self-admitted mental difficulties have prompted the VP and his cabinet to implement the 25th amendment in order to relieve him of duty.
And I couldn’t help but think what a stark line has been driven between fact and fiction. Kirkman is victimized by some áššhølë who releases private moments and doubts, and his cabinet wants to push him out. Yet Trump’s private recordings get released, and he’s still elected president. While in office, he displays the clear attitudes and actions of someone who is not mentally fit to be president, and yet the VP and his own cabinet do nothing to challenge him. They look away or they look up their own áššëš and ignore him, giving him license to do whatever the hëll he wants even though it lowers the bar for what is considered acceptable behavior.
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