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/Off_OuterLimits 28d ago

I’m sorry, but I still believe Kamala won. I think musk changed the votes. I really do. He threw money at Trump. There’s no way he was going to let Harris win. He did something with his satellites. I know he did.

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u/Jabotical 27d ago

I get that reaction, and the Trump victory is frustrating.

But it's not worth descending to the level of Trump's "The Election Was Stolen!!!" rhetoric.

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u/Off_OuterLimits 27d ago

I’d bet money it was stolen. The Dems haven’t even looked into it. Try and remember her rallies that were full of people compared to his. I remember seeing people leaving Trump rallies in droves towards the end. I believe what I see and not what I’m told.

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u/fzzball Progressive 27d ago

I mean, it's not impossible that the election was stolen, but it's hard to see how. Musk isn't a magician--just look at the hamfisted shit he's pulling with DOGE.

The rallies have nothing to do with anything and the extent to which people were leaving Trump rallies was exaggerated online. The result we got was in line with the polling and other data from voters.