> I think he genuinely believes that the 2020 election was likely stolen There are more-or-less two possibilities: either he believes that the election was sto

> I think he genuinely believes that the 2020 election was likely stolen There are more-or-less two possibilities: either he believes that the election was stolen despite the total absence of evidence to that effect, in which case he is a fool; or he cynically pretends to believe that for the purpose of personal gain, in which case he is a liar and a con-man. Based on what we've all seen of his psychology, though, I think the more likely case is that he's simply unconnected to reality: he's spent his whole life in a billionaire bubble where everyone tells him what he wants to hear, and he's able to to convince himself that he won in 2020 because he wants to believe that. > because it's the best way to take on yellow journalism. What part of the reporting the fact that Biden won the 2020 election is "yellow journalism"? > 'Why aren't you taking these jokes seriously!?' isn't the most compelling call to action. Except, as I've already pointed out, people have been excusing behavior as a "joke" since 2016, and at every opportunity he proves that it's not a joke. People thought "Mexico will pay for a wall" was a joke; it wasn't, it was just a lie. > Trump never laid out the idea of running as Vance's VP and forcing him aside. I never he said he did. I did say that he said that he's "looking into ways that he can run," an idea supported by other people in Trump's orbit, such as Steven Bannon. It's not misinformation to say that Trump is considering running again, it's plainly stated in the record. So your position is that: Trump said he's looking into running (but it's a joke), he's selling 2028 hats (but he's trolling), close advisers say he's running again (but that doesn't count). Do you understand why people think MAGA denies reality? Is there any possible evidence that would make you think he's thinking of running again? (For the record, I don't think he'll run again, because I think he will die or become gravely ill: were it not for that, he definitely would try.) > That's accurate, but the implication to somebody who only relies on the media, instead of first party sources, Oh, you have first party sources? Great, please tell me what Donald Trump has personally told you, that has not been publicly revealed. > In any case, none of this would be news to you if you posted this in a place with more open discussion. Nothing you've told me is new. I've heard all this before. The entire country has spent a decade hearing people like spout nonsense like "Trump isn't a politiician, he tells it like it is" and "Trump is already rich so he has no need to make money from the presidency" and "Trump may lack expertise, but he'll hire great advisers" and other provably incorrect statements. You mistakenly believe that we disagree because we haven't heard your side. The truth is that we've all heard your side incessantly and we just think you are dumb and/or crazy.