He's an agent of chaos. His decision-making process is rashly emotional and based on narcissistic needs.
replyMuch of the self-destruction flowed from the pages of Project 2025. You can't just blame Trump: you have to include the Heritage Foundation and the entire Republican party.
replyThis is not a problem that goes away when Trump ultimately leaves office.
Not to mention an electorate that voted for it after the entire plan was spelled out for them.
replyI'm willing to give his base some benefit of the doubt, given how heavily propagandized they are via Fox News, OAN, Newsmax, Sinclair Broadcast Group, etc.
replyOn the campaign trail, Trump disavowed any connection to Project 2025 when it was leaked, and I suspect most of his base took him at his word. To anyone not trapped inside the right-wing media bubble, that is somewhere between naive and insane, of course, but people inside the bubble don't live in the same reality as the rest of us.
However, your response does remind me of an important point: two other rather large, looming threats which need addressing are media consolidation and money in politics.
You're right, but his base are also a bunch of lemmings who will believe what they are told to believe.
replyAbsolutely, Trump is a symptom of the problem. The root of the problem is the moral rot of the Republican Party.
replyWhy are you so hostile to populist policies in America?
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