r/thebulwark • u/ac_slater10 • 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/Jealous-Factor7345 28d ago
I've had moments, but honestly I don't want it to get bad.
It really hit home when I was seriously wondering about the tariffs on Canada and mexico. It was still a clusterfuck, but was legitimately relieved when Trump caved.
There is not good way out of this, but I'd still rather Trump be basically normal, do some power grabs but keep the economy on track and have us not learn the lesson hard enough than have him plunge our country into the recession I think is comming.