Key part: "This is not the time to slink off or back down or disengage, as I know some people are doing. It is not the time to try to suck up to the new administration in the hope of having a place at the table when the new order is established...."
To explain what went wrong you have to ask why Trump has (had) so much appeal. I don't think it gets enough mention that Trump has simple answers to everything. There is, understandably, a lack of trust in government and simple responses to problems are appealing.
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And it's all happening a lot faster than I feared.