Until now it has been unclear to me precisely how Trump ends. His manifestly rotten character hasnât alienated his supporters, who are all too ready with rationalizations and fluent in trade-offs. Theyâre also unbothered by many of his missteps, because he has sold those to a cynical electorate as media fables and rivalsâ fabrications. Heâs so enterprising and assiduous at pointing the finger elsewhere that many voters have lost their bearings. Defeat is victory. Oppressors are liberators. Corruption is caring. Mar-a-Loco is Shangri-La.
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âEven Trumpâs Supporters Are Getting Tired of His Daily Dramaâ was the headline on Jim Geraghtyâs Monday column in National Review, which sometimes travels fantastically creative routes to reach the sunny side of Trump.
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He linked to a lament by the conservative writer Rod Dreher, who, he noted, âis exhausted from the president behaving like âa clown who refuses to meet with the prime minister of Denmark because she wonât sell him Greenland.ââ
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I wouldnât be surprised if voters consciously or subconsciously conclude that they just canât continue to live like this and that four more years would be ruinous, if not to the country as a whole, then to our individual psyches. By the time Election Day rolls around, they may crave nothing more electric than stability and serenity. That wouldnât be a bad Democratic bumper sticker. Itâs essentially the message of Joe Bidenâs campaign.
Donald Trump Has Worn Us All Out
We can only hope that Frank Bruni is correct.
I'm still humored by it. The only way to get me worn out, is if you engage in bad policy, or if you have real scandals.
A completely faked Russian probe is not going to wear me out. Why would it? It was a massive nothing burger, and I knew it was a nothing burger for months before the report even came out.
For my part, I'm enjoying seeing the left-wingers spin and freak out non-stop, and seeing idiots like AOC actually get play in the media with her "we're all dead in 12 years" stuff.
I'm having a blast. This has been by far the most entertaining presidency in my lifetime. The part where Trump called out Omar directly, with his "spare me your fake tears when you hate Israel" tweet? That was classic. That was frame worthy, and should be posted in Time Square for everyone to see.
And just seeing all the lefties freak and start a dozen threads on this forum, every time Trump sneezes. I love it. It's been a good time to be on the right.