Colin Sheridan: We still have three more years of Trump, and that's terrifying

The Republican Party has been turned into a personality cult and the Democrats offer no viable alternative. We should all worry not just about the next 900 days, but what comes after, too

US President Donald Trump in Oval Office in the White House in Washington DC, during a bilateral meeting with Taoiseach Micheal Martin as part of his visit to the US for St Patrick's Day. Picture date: Tuesday March 17, 2026.

Donald Trump has been president of the United States — this time around — for 467 days. Should he complete his second term as prescribed, he will be in power for another 944. Nine hundred and forty four more sunsets.

We are pretty much guaranteed that by the end of that near-milleversary, there will be at least another century of what we might traditionally call “scandals”. That’s a scandal once every nine days or so. I would say that’s pretty much a lock.