That shit was a psyop from the start, and was always meant to distract idiots and to manipulate and smear the gullible.
I judge Trump by "numbers on the board" for the average person in the US and he was far from perfect, but a lot better than any president of my adult life (I was born when Reagan was president.)
I initially had contempt for him (remember Ron Paul refusing to debate him and calling him "beneath the dignity of debating" back in 2012?) however my contempt for him was exceeded by my contempt for the farce of the Media-Political machine of this country. This my support for him and, later, my votes in the primary and general, came from a point of nihilism towards the system since he was very effectively pulling back the curtain to this absurdity and bringing it to the spotlight. He was also the anti-war candidate and this is my ultimate criteria when forced to make a choice between two mediocrities.
Despite that, I was pleasantly surprised that he managed to enact competent foreign and domestic policies, and the ones that he promoted (like domestic manufacturing) but could not get passed were objectively the correct positions (covid put this fact in vivid relief with supply chain issues and dependence upon our rival China for domestic medical supply.) No rational person can say that the positions he took, from domestic production to the EU's dependence on Russian energy, were not proved correct quite vividly.
That shit was a psyop from the start, and was always meant to distract idiots and to manipulate and smear the gullible.
I judge Trump by "numbers on the board" for the average person in the US and he was far from perfect, but a lot better than any president of my adult life (I was born when Reagan was president.)
I initially had contempt for him (remember Ron Paul refusing to debate him and calling him "beneath the dignity of debating" back in 2012?) however my contempt for him was exceeded by my contempt for the farce of the Media-Political machine of this country. This my support for him and, later, my votes in the primary and general, came from a point of nihilism towards the system since he was very effectively pulling back the curtain to this absurdity and bringing it to the spotlight. He was also the anti-war candidate and this is my ultimate criteria when forced to make a choice between two mediocrities.
Despite that, I was pleasantly surprised that he managed to enact competent foreign and domestic policies, and the ones that he promoted (like domestic manufacturing) but could not get passed were objectively the correct positions (covid put this fact in vivid relief with supply chain issues and dependence upon our rival China for domestic medical supply.) No rational person can say that the positions he took, from domestic production to the EU's dependence on Russian energy, were not proved correct quite vividly.