To anyone turning on Trump — this ain’t November 1776. This ain’t the low point. It’s the beginning of the comeback. War is ugly and never goes how any soldier anticipates, but we aren’t calling the shots in this mental/emotional war for minds. Trust in those in power (MIL, 45, Q, Jr) gets us through.

THESE are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives every thing its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed if so celestial an article as FREEDOM should not be highly rated.

- Thomas Paine, The American Crisis No. 1