Derek Thompson

Say what you want about Donald Trump, but the man is... fantastically disinhibited, no strings attached. He says whatever comes to his mind.

Say what you want about Donald Trump, but the man is... fantastically disinhibited, no strings attached. He says whatever comes to his mind.

And there seems to be maybe in this age of social media and TikTok and people loving the performance of authenticity, something that's holding, to your point, Democrats back if they're essentially going to treat every presidential contest as who's America's next top lawyer.

And there seems to be maybe in this age of social media and TikTok and people loving the performance of authenticity, something that's holding, to your point, Democrats back if they're essentially going to treat every presidential contest as who's America's next top lawyer.

And there seems to be maybe in this age of social media and TikTok and people loving the performance of authenticity, something that's holding, to your point, Democrats back if they're essentially going to treat every presidential contest as who's America's next top lawyer.

And you're not allowed to criticize one of the least popular presidents in American history.

And you're not allowed to criticize one of the least popular presidents in American history.

And you're not allowed to criticize one of the least popular presidents in American history.

Bernie Sanders, love him or hate him, is fundamentally sincere. The anger that he has toward billionaires, the anger that he feels about capitalism, the frustration that he feels with the Democratic Party, none of that is faked.

Bernie Sanders, love him or hate him, is fundamentally sincere. The anger that he has toward billionaires, the anger that he feels about capitalism, the frustration that he feels with the Democratic Party, none of that is faked.

Bernie Sanders, love him or hate him, is fundamentally sincere. The anger that he has toward billionaires, the anger that he feels about capitalism, the frustration that he feels with the Democratic Party, none of that is faked.

I was talking about this with Ezra the other day, and I don't know how you feel about this theory, that in a weird way, sincerity, or certainly the performance of sincerity is becoming more important in politics today. Kamala Harris struggled with sincerity. There was a sense of like, you're not Joe Biden,

I was talking about this with Ezra the other day, and I don't know how you feel about this theory, that in a weird way, sincerity, or certainly the performance of sincerity is becoming more important in politics today. Kamala Harris struggled with sincerity. There was a sense of like, you're not Joe Biden,

I was talking about this with Ezra the other day, and I don't know how you feel about this theory, that in a weird way, sincerity, or certainly the performance of sincerity is becoming more important in politics today. Kamala Harris struggled with sincerity. There was a sense of like, you're not Joe Biden,

We tried very hard to make sure Joe Biden wasn't on the ticket, but also you can't criticize Joe Biden or say any way that you're different than him. There's clearly strings attached to you. You're not saying how you feel. You were on the team. With Bernie Sanders, there's something really wonderfully sincere about his politics, even though they are not my politics. Donald Trump,

We tried very hard to make sure Joe Biden wasn't on the ticket, but also you can't criticize Joe Biden or say any way that you're different than him. There's clearly strings attached to you. You're not saying how you feel. You were on the team. With Bernie Sanders, there's something really wonderfully sincere about his politics, even though they are not my politics. Donald Trump,

We tried very hard to make sure Joe Biden wasn't on the ticket, but also you can't criticize Joe Biden or say any way that you're different than him. There's clearly strings attached to you. You're not saying how you feel. You were on the team. With Bernie Sanders, there's something really wonderfully sincere about his politics, even though they are not my politics. Donald Trump,

He's a he's a bullshitter extraordinaire. But I think there's something very sincere about the degree to which he hates elites. He's the Queens guy who never felt accepted by the Manhattan Club. And he hates those guys and has been waiting to have the opportunity to get back at them. And so when he talks about hating the liberal elite, it's not faked at all. And people can feel it.

He's a he's a bullshitter extraordinaire. But I think there's something very sincere about the degree to which he hates elites. He's the Queens guy who never felt accepted by the Manhattan Club. And he hates those guys and has been waiting to have the opportunity to get back at them. And so when he talks about hating the liberal elite, it's not faked at all. And people can feel it.

He's a he's a bullshitter extraordinaire. But I think there's something very sincere about the degree to which he hates elites. He's the Queens guy who never felt accepted by the Manhattan Club. And he hates those guys and has been waiting to have the opportunity to get back at them. And so when he talks about hating the liberal elite, it's not faked at all. And people can feel it.