Jon Cryer
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It's great to be here. I'm to some degree amazed that some people are being that candid about it, only because we're three months in. I mean, this is pretty remarkable. This is supposed to be a honeymoon. This is supposed to be Trump's honeymoon. Trump's honeymoon is very bumpy so far.
It's great to be here. I'm to some degree amazed that some people are being that candid about it, only because we're three months in. I mean, this is pretty remarkable. This is supposed to be a honeymoon. This is supposed to be Trump's honeymoon. Trump's honeymoon is very bumpy so far.
It's great to be here. I'm to some degree amazed that some people are being that candid about it, only because we're three months in. I mean, this is pretty remarkable. This is supposed to be a honeymoon. This is supposed to be Trump's honeymoon. Trump's honeymoon is very bumpy so far.
And, you know, a lot of the sort of more cultish aspects of Trumpism will be much, much harder to dislodge from people because it's similar to Brexit. You know, there's very few people in Britain who are willing to just say, wow, that was just a dumb idea. I can't believe I fell for that.
And, you know, a lot of the sort of more cultish aspects of Trumpism will be much, much harder to dislodge from people because it's similar to Brexit. You know, there's very few people in Britain who are willing to just say, wow, that was just a dumb idea. I can't believe I fell for that.
And, you know, a lot of the sort of more cultish aspects of Trumpism will be much, much harder to dislodge from people because it's similar to Brexit. You know, there's very few people in Britain who are willing to just say, wow, that was just a dumb idea. I can't believe I fell for that.
You know, as supposedly Mark Twain said, that it's much easier to con somebody than to convince them that they've been conned.
You know, as supposedly Mark Twain said, that it's much easier to con somebody than to convince them that they've been conned.
You know, as supposedly Mark Twain said, that it's much easier to con somebody than to convince them that they've been conned.
Well, I come at it, even though I'm an actor, I love history. It just keeps repeating. And this type of thing has happened in authoritarian governments in the past. Berlusconi attempted it most recently. This has happened before. And he is as bad as I expected. I had pointed out before the election that it won't be tanks on every corner.
Well, I come at it, even though I'm an actor, I love history. It just keeps repeating. And this type of thing has happened in authoritarian governments in the past. Berlusconi attempted it most recently. This has happened before. And he is as bad as I expected. I had pointed out before the election that it won't be tanks on every corner.
Well, I come at it, even though I'm an actor, I love history. It just keeps repeating. And this type of thing has happened in authoritarian governments in the past. Berlusconi attempted it most recently. This has happened before. And he is as bad as I expected. I had pointed out before the election that it won't be tanks on every corner.
He'll be turning the United States into an authoritarian state through fear. It's going to it's it's it's people being scared for their jobs, people scared for their businesses and him using the levers of federal power for revenge, which is what he has said he would do. He said he would do that. I mean, I didn't have to be Einstein to figure out that he was going to be doing this.
He'll be turning the United States into an authoritarian state through fear. It's going to it's it's it's people being scared for their jobs, people scared for their businesses and him using the levers of federal power for revenge, which is what he has said he would do. He said he would do that. I mean, I didn't have to be Einstein to figure out that he was going to be doing this.
He'll be turning the United States into an authoritarian state through fear. It's going to it's it's it's people being scared for their jobs, people scared for their businesses and him using the levers of federal power for revenge, which is what he has said he would do. He said he would do that. I mean, I didn't have to be Einstein to figure out that he was going to be doing this.
And that's why I think the point that you were making, which was that, you know, that a lot of these folks seem surprised about this when he talked about doing almost all of this. And by the way, I still feel I have Trump supporters in my family. You know, I feel for them on some level because we in the entertainment industry created this guy.
And that's why I think the point that you were making, which was that, you know, that a lot of these folks seem surprised about this when he talked about doing almost all of this. And by the way, I still feel I have Trump supporters in my family. You know, I feel for them on some level because we in the entertainment industry created this guy.
And that's why I think the point that you were making, which was that, you know, that a lot of these folks seem surprised about this when he talked about doing almost all of this. And by the way, I still feel I have Trump supporters in my family. You know, I feel for them on some level because we in the entertainment industry created this guy.
You know, we created this image of this billionaire, brilliant guy. And it was never him. He was always kind of a moron. He was he doesn't he still doesn't understand what tariffs are. how they work on the most basic level. You know, he's he's you know, he's got these weird sort of this weird fox brain that's just been addled by 40 years of Fox.
You know, we created this image of this billionaire, brilliant guy. And it was never him. He was always kind of a moron. He was he doesn't he still doesn't understand what tariffs are. how they work on the most basic level. You know, he's he's you know, he's got these weird sort of this weird fox brain that's just been addled by 40 years of Fox.