At what point does "nip it in the bud" turn into "you're persecuting me for crimes I haven't committed yet"?

I suspect that where the line is drawn depends on what benefit you feel you get from one side of the line versus the other.

You're right:

Nipping it in the bud was wiped clean off the table the moment Trump won the Republican Party presidential nomination for a second term..

As far as I'm concerned, now, it's a complete free-for-all.

I greatly dislike what Trump has done to this country, to understate it.

But this is the worst/dumbest/most off-topic reply to a comment I have ever read on this site, and maybe the entire internet. I regret having had to read it.