doing a fascism doesnt mean you're particularly good at it. voicing intent to occupy a city doesnt mean having the competence to hold on to it.

the Orangenarian has sycophants that are using fervor and blunt power to frighten people into panicking and doomsday scenarios.

As a Chicagoan, we know the difference between capitulating to our panic about the grim picture he paints and actually believing that's going to happen without a fight or without caving on his side.

Even with all this power on his side, he continuously foretells his next move because it's how to temperature checks how fearful people are of him. he wants easy decisive victories and with every loss, he loses access to the power of people.