Well — Is Trump’s political career over? Is Trumpism finished as a political movement?
If the answers to these questions are “no,” then you can’t close the chapter yet. Trump has not entered the history books. He is a live actor.
Jan. 6 was comparable to the Beer Hall Putsch early in Hitler’s political career. Both efforts at seizing power failed, but did Hitler give up? Has Trump given up?
Don’t get me wrong, overthrowing nearly 250 years of American democracy would be a heavier lift than overthrowing the hapless Weimar Republic (a very young democracy with shallow roots), but it would be naïve to not acknowledge that Trump and his movement are trying.