People are not in love with Trump the person, or even Trump the politician. What they like is Trump the concept: Trump as Vishnu, destroyer of worlds.
I upset a trio of women at one of my stand-up shows the other weekend. The women took offense when I was making jokes about the Jake Paul/Mike Tyson fight before moving on toGenerally, I’m not a particularly political comedian. My jokes tend to be about my family or stories of my own idiocy. But I’m also somebody who enjoys pushing a few buttons during my shows.
I wanted to ask if he was including the million dead Americans but I thought such a line of inquiry might kill the vibe of the room just as assuredly as Trump’s refusal to acknowledge the severity of the pandemic likely killed hundreds of thousands more than would have diedThe sense I get from these interactions, and others like them, isn’t so much that people are in love with Trump the person or even Trump the politician.
Surely they don’t envision greater equity. After all, Trump explicitly campaigned against the E in DEI. Do they think housing costs will sink? Unlikely, if Canadian lumber is hit, as Trump has promised, with massive tariffs.
When Bernie and Elon are on the same page, it’s indicative that something has to change. We all sense it. Like her citizenry, America itself is big, bloated, and sick.
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