This week, a friend passed along a Facebook post that they discovered in their feed. The author of the post, almost certainly a Trump supporter, started it predictably with three words: Please. No politics. 

The phrase, apparently there to insulate the author from the irony they were about to type next, became laughable as they went on to discuss how they work with students with serious diseases who rely on the services covered by the Department of Education—services about to be cut. 

Going on to implore others to “do their research,” the author shared a post from the National Association of School Nurses detailing the impact of the dismantling of the department.

Somehow, lost in the post is the easiest research one could have done—listening to the words of Donald Trump himself. 

This is what he told you he was going to do. And this is what you voted for. 

Over the next few years, stories like this will become commonplace. Trump supporters will bemoan the cost of groceries, the loss of their jobs, the unexpected (to them) outcomes of placing total control of the government into the hands of a billionaire tech bro and a want-to-be dictator, and, in the privacy of their own minds, they’ll wonder why this is happening…to them. They’ll rationalize this as part of the eight-dimensional chess moves that they are convinced Donald Trump is playing to break the deep state. They’ll pretend that next week or next month, things will finally turn around and it’ll all make sense like the moment your eyes come into focus after looking at 3D computer art for an hour.

And when it doesn’t, and the world becomes more unstable, and the middle class collapses, one of two things will happen: they’ll either work their way out of the cult, or they’ll post more nonsense online about their plight. They’ll blame everyone but the person responsible. They’ll want you to comment and tell them how horrible it is that they are the victim, They’ll ask “how could this happen?”

And you’ll know the answer.

You’ll want to reply.

But, then you’ll remember: please…no politics.