By JOHN KANELIS / johnkanelis_92@hotmail.com

This bit of news almost made me laugh out loud, as in guffaw uproariously.

Donald Trump, having disgraced the respectable elements of the Republican Party, might decide to form his own political organization if he wants to run for president in 2024.

A good bit of that remains in the hands of the U.S. Senate, which could bar him from running for office ever again if it finds the backbone it needs to convict him of incitement of insurrection. The House of Reps impeached Trump for the second time after he egged on the terrorists, encouraging them to storm Capitol Hill on the Sixth of January.

It is my fondest hope that Trump has deep-fried his political goose within the GOP no matter what the Senate decides. From my vantage in Trump Country, a Senate conviction remains a tall order. The U.S. Constitution requires a two-thirds majority in the Senate to convict a president; that means the Senate needs to contain 17 GOP members with courage and a deep and abiding love of the government they took an oath to protect.

Is there a self-respecting non-Trump cultist Republican who believes the ex-president is suited to lead a once-great political party? Hell no, man!

So, sure thing, Mr. Trump. Form your political party. All he has to do is put a name on what exists already. Call it the Trump Party. It’s in keeping with Trump’s love affair with his own name. He plasters it on casinos, airplanes, hotels, a university, steak sauce. His party exists in reality as it is, breaking away from traditional Republicanism to create what he calls a “movement” aimed at “making America great again.”

Hey, there’s another name for it. The MAGA Party! It could be linked forever with Donald Trump, the guy who brought us death and misery by failing to act against a killer virus and whose astonishing ineptitude resulted in a collapsed economy.

If I were a Democratic Party activist, I would be exhorting Trump to go ahead and make my day.