The most bizarre thing to me through this whole awful episode is that so many ostensibly smart, successful people have been unable to recognize -- or perhaps just unwilling to acknowledge -- the most obvious fact about Trump: his aggressively self-centered worldview.
People who aren't stupid insist that he truly, deeply "loves America'" a…
The most bizarre thing to me through this whole awful episode is that so many ostensibly smart, successful people have been unable to recognize -- or perhaps just unwilling to acknowledge -- the most obvious fact about Trump: his aggressively self-centered worldview.
People who aren't stupid insist that he truly, deeply "loves America'" and is genuinely committed to "saving civilization" (!), or standing up for "average Americans" - after spending his life striving to be acknowledged as richer and better than all others.
It's partly a massive failure of discernment, partly an effort to be cleverly contrarian, and partly a product of hostility to "the other side," which now includes everyone from their own side who didn't drink the Kool-Aid.
The most bizarre thing to me through this whole awful episode is that so many ostensibly smart, successful people have been unable to recognize -- or perhaps just unwilling to acknowledge -- the most obvious fact about Trump: his aggressively self-centered worldview.
People who aren't stupid insist that he truly, deeply "loves America'" and is genuinely committed to "saving civilization" (!), or standing up for "average Americans" - after spending his life striving to be acknowledged as richer and better than all others.
It's partly a massive failure of discernment, partly an effort to be cleverly contrarian, and partly a product of hostility to "the other side," which now includes everyone from their own side who didn't drink the Kool-Aid.
Agreed…I also think it’s partly the distorted religious belief that Trump is the imperfect vessel meant to “save” the people. It’s just so bizarre.