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I always thought Trump was such a joke. Completely non-threatening, just a big personality who kept popping up here and there. I even bought a MAGA hat back in
by whalesalad 7mo ago
I always thought Trump was such a joke. Completely non-threatening, just a big personality who kept popping up here and there. I even bought a MAGA hat back in the summer before the election explicitly because I thought it was hysterical he was even running, and knew he would lose. I thought the whole thing was a gag, a joke, just like Bloomberg. It didn't even cross my mind that someone so woefully inadequate for the position, so abrasive, so criminal, so disgusting -- could ever get elected to the presidency. In the grand scheme of the universe, he was a nobody. His name would have died with him.
Boy was I wrong. His name will be studied for decades to come in all the worst ways.
- SanjayMehta 7mo ago[flagged]
- pstuart 7mo agoHonest is a word that can never be associated with the man, other than an antonym. He's also a hypocrite (he wields Christianity like a weapon but is not a believer), talks about law and order but believes it doesn't apply to him, etc. If I had to use one word in that vein it would be "clear". He makes it very clear who he is and what his values are.
- SanjayMehta 7mo agoHe's an Honest Hypocrite - see what I did there?
- creationcomplex 7mo agoLast week he announced Iran had offered to make him supreme leader. Truth is not even vaguely relevant to anything out of that man's mouth.
- unethical_ban 7mo agoI dissent from your theory that all presidents are equally bad because they all have had some level of imperial streak to them. You notably left out Carter, who was imperfect but was by all measures a more decent and thoughtful citizen than Trump has been in his life. I reject the notion that Trump is in any way honest just because he is openly corrupt. Accepting open corruption because one has seen imperfections in other characters is a path to simply accepting autocracy.
- SanjayMehta 7mo agoCarter? Who?
- s5300 7mo ago[dead]
- Glyptodon 7mo agoHe definitely combines traits from a best hits list of notorious leaders, ranging from King George III, Kaiser Wilhelm, Santa Ana, Porfirio Díaz, and more. And Americans are supposed to understand this, but largely don't. Kind of like lots of people love the founders in theory, but act like Ben Franklin and Thomas Jefferson would have loved a theocracy. And basically don't know anything about stuff that would have influenced them, like the Commonwealth and the Glorious Revolution. It's an absolutely literal Confederacy of Dunces.
- ngai_aku 7mo agoSorry, are you referring to the summer of 2015? Because purchasing a MAGA hat in 2025 for the lols is tasteless and shameful. I share your surprise generally, but at a certain point it’s just irresponsible to treat it all like a joke with no consequences
- whalesalad 7mo agoyes 2015