retribution

Some may be under the mistaken impression that if they curry favor now, maybe they will be spared retribution under a Trump presidency.

During the campaign, Trump promised retribution for the numerous investigations launched against him.

Trump spoke extensively about such retribution on the campaign trail.

Trump has also suggested exacting retribution against several California officials, including Gov. Gavin Newsom, who recently held a press conference similar to Hochul’s; Schiff, who helped lead the resistance to Trump during his first term, including during both of Trump’s impeachments; and former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who has long been one of Trump’s most effective critics.

The reckoning that needed to happen by the media in its normalizing of this man will now be replaced by the effort to hang on for dear life as the retribution begins.