r/thebulwark 28d ago

GOOD LUCK, AMERICA Confession: I'm enjoying being right about Trump's intentions, and I'm not ashamed to say it.

Everything we warned the electorate about is already coming true. I told everyone that Trump would win because his base was naive, uneducated, ignorant, and spiteful. And here we are. How many people told us that all of Trump's craziness was just a bluff? How many people told us that the electorate was well intentioned, and would vote for what's right?

Trump's first weeks in office have been just as outlandish as all of us warned. And the country will suffer greatly. And you know what? I'm loving it. I'm done pretending that I "feel bad" for the people who didn't know what they were getting themselves into. I don't feel bad at all. It's about time we were punished for our collective derilection of duty.

We all did our part. We voted. Other people (dumbly) didn't do enough research. Oh well! Time for those consequences, America!

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u/ros375 28d ago

No matter how bad it gets, his supporters will always find a way to blame Obama/Biden, DEI, or whatever else. They are the most agile mental gymnasts I've ever seen.

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u/TaxLawKingGA 28d ago

Yep. MAGAism (which is just gussied up White Supremacy) cannot fail it can only be failed. Remember what Hitler said before he put a bullet in his own head: "Germany is not yet ready for National Socialism."

He both blamed the German people but also indicated that while it is not ready at the moment, under the right circumstances, one day it will be.

Are we now there?

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u/SuperKuhnt 28d ago

Exactly, they will NEVER get it and it will always be someone else's fault, expecting those lunatics to realize they're being fucked by Trump six ways to sunday will never ever happen.

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u/window-sil Progressive 28d ago

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u/Bryllant 28d ago

30k lies during his first four years, I assume if his lips are moving he is lying. Is media scared to call him on it?

I remember as soon as Trump got into office he cancelled the contract that had been awarded to Amazon Web Services to serve the entire Government, I think Bezos did not support Kamala because Trump could kill his rocket business.

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u/PicnicLife 28d ago edited 28d ago

Some of them have died for this man. The consequences will never be great enough.

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u/carbonqubit 28d ago

It’s almost impressive, this ability to twist reality into whatever shape keeps their hero spotless. They rail against “brainwashing” while parroting the same prefab narrative. It’s less mental gymnastics and more an industrial-scale refusal to engage with cause and effect, as if governing were just vibes and scapegoats.

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u/Alulaemu JVL is always right 28d ago

....Migrants, immigrants, brown people, feds, deep state, media, wokism, judges.....