Comment by krapp
21 hours ago
I think there's a wide gap between the consequences they expected and the consequences they got. I also think Trump acting like a buffoon and the Epstein thing affect the way people interpret his policies. If he and his administration weren't so overtly racist about it, they could get away with a lot of what they're doing and maintain broad popular support.
It's the classic "'I never thought leopards would eat my face', complains women who voted for Leopards Eating People's Faces Party".
> so overtly racist about it
Racism is literally the point.
"The Epstein thing" is an interesting way to refer to an overt pedophile protection racket. And "buffoon" feels a bit short of "malignant narcissist with dementia taking bribes and starting catastrophic wars", yeah?