Just had a conversation of sorts with a buddy of mine who is "independent," not the most well informed but he's more or less in the right place. It's a dog eat dog world so Imma get mine, government/police just stay outta my shyt kinda guy. But something stuck with me about how image and "winning" look to people who aren't following everything that's happening on a daily basis.
Him: "... I liked Bernie because he wanted money out of politics and money runs the gvt and not the people. But Trump is a good businessman, he's running the gvt well and he's doing better than a lot of people thought he would and they don't like to admit it"
Me: "
He went bankrupt like 6 times and doesn't pay back loans, dude is a terrible businessman"
Him: "It's not about how you play the game, it's how you win
"
Me: ":brehwhat: So you're telling me he's not fit to be president because he doesn't play by the rules"
Him: "....."
shyt baffled me like bro you know better:cmonman: governance is not an ends justify the means kind of game and Trump doesn't actually have a winning track record. He is unspeakably harmful to democracy but he "won" and that's the important thing and we should just go with it. A better educated populace would've snuffed him out from the get go but he exploited a flaw in American culture (as I don't think collusion by itself would've won him the presidency). It's kinda fascinating but I want off this ride
glad these Cohen recordings and Emoluments Clause violations are coming back to haunt him because you can only pass off a counterproductive farmer bailout (as opposed to actually trying to end the stupid trade war you started that got us here to begin with) and a dictator-style parade as victories for so long. July 1120th