Saagar Enjeti

And so, I mean, this just demonstrates like the sheer futility, which I think, you know, really I've realized here, where Trump demands absolute loyalty, even internally, if you were to oppose or, you know, marginally oppose, let's say in the case of Iran, where publicly you're making him be clowning yourself by, you know, comparing Iran to a suicide bomber or something like that.

even that is not enough.

You need to be so enthusiastic about bootlicker, both publicly and privately.

For him, he made the devil's bargain.

He said, okay, I'm going to be the vice president.

The theory behind that, which I have espoused here, and I've said publicly, I did know him in a previous life.

The theory of the entire policy project was we go, we work for Trump,

And in exchange, because Trump is effectively tabula rasa, blank slate, you push from the inside to have better policy.

It's been a total failure, an abject and a total failure.

Now, there's a lot of reasons for that.

And really, what I think it ultimately comes to is there's no forcing mechanism.

Because even in this case, let's say you did oppose war with Iran.

Nobody will ever know the truth, even if that's true.

And even if you do so internally, Trump still demands absolute contrition in public, which neuters any ability that you have.

Because in public, you have to go out

and defend this very nonsense as it is happening.

So it just creates a mechanism where Rubio would be the more honest succession at this point for MAGA.

What is MAGA?

Like Trump.

Okay, so Rubio, let's do it.