that by not reacting now the Democrats know they are “safe” because the ire is pointed somewhere else.

It's not necessary about self-preservation, but an avoidance of escalation.

If Trump was a reasonable person with right-wing views, he would still be able to cooperate with democrats to better the country for the people.

But he's an unhinged, narcissistic, unreliable, compromised madman, so much of the world is in damage control at this point.

I'm not even sure how elected democrats would be able to stop him. But I can tell you how 300,000,000 Luigis could.

He's not playing by the rules, so the strategy to fight back is to also not play by the rules. Sure, this can be self-destructive to a point, but sometimes the sacrifice of a few is what's needed to stop a nazi uprising.

And as you say – in Canada we have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to break this cycle here. We see what’s coming now, and we won’t break.

We've had enough of a warning, seeing what the hell a deranged lunatic in charge can do for another country. I don't think we'd allow that to happen here, but I guess we'll see 'what the people want' in our Federal elections.