A couple other quick things:
- Is this thread really substantively different from this one?
Do we really need two simultaneous pit threads discussing the obsession with Trump and what he will or will not do?
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@Cervaise : thank you for taking the time to spell that out. The vast excluded middle, indeed. And you could pick any number of issues – just f’rinstance (in keeping with “every accusation is actually a confession”):
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how might he direct Pam Bondi/Kash Patel to go after his enemies and attempt to prosecute – with absolutely no legal grounds – the people who were mean to him beginning in 2017?
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What might the effects be of a draconian DOGE committee – the slash-and-burn billionaires tapped to play Calvinball with the federal government?
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What’s likely to happen with the economy if he pushes through massive and permanent tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans, imposes stiff tariffs on key trading partners, and deports millions of low-wage, hard working laborers? Is this an approach to making housing more affordable – extrajudicially creating millions of housing vacancies across the entire country?
There are legitimate questions to be asked.
For my entire life, we tended to pray that our leaders would make good on their promises. Now, even (particularly?) his staunchest supporters are hoping to hell he doesn’t.
May you live in interesting times.