Some lessons I learned from Trump’s first term that so many people apparently did not:

• He’s not gonna learn his lesson
• Republicans are not going to swoop in and save us from what other Republicans are doing
• His supporters are fine with what he’s doing, and if they aren’t they’ll be fine with it after conservative media tells them to be fine with it
• He will not face consequences for what he’s doing

I would love to be proven wrong, but keeping these things in mind helps me to avoid unnecessary disappointment.