Thomas Zimmer

And he absolutely sees it as a kind of position where you can bend the entire machinery to the will of Donald Trump. And that is, I mean, to be clear, he really sees Donald Trump as a gift from God. That's how he describes him, literally a gift from God, someone who is precisely the right kind of radical figure to lead this counter-revolution.

And he absolutely sees it as a kind of position where you can bend the entire machinery to the will of Donald Trump. And that is, I mean, to be clear, he really sees Donald Trump as a gift from God. That's how he describes him, literally a gift from God, someone who is precisely the right kind of radical figure to lead this counter-revolution.

He is entirely devoted to, again, bending the entire machine to Trump's will.

He is entirely devoted to, again, bending the entire machine to Trump's will.

He is entirely devoted to, again, bending the entire machine to Trump's will.

This is another reason why vote is important or interesting, because he is competent, right? He knows how government works. And I think, you know, in the first Trump administration, there was this saying, oh, malevolence of tempered by incompetence, right? As we're once again, sort of looking at... What we're in for with the second Trump administration.

This is another reason why vote is important or interesting, because he is competent, right? He knows how government works. And I think, you know, in the first Trump administration, there was this saying, oh, malevolence of tempered by incompetence, right? As we're once again, sort of looking at... What we're in for with the second Trump administration.

This is another reason why vote is important or interesting, because he is competent, right? He knows how government works. And I think, you know, in the first Trump administration, there was this saying, oh, malevolence of tempered by incompetence, right? As we're once again, sort of looking at... What we're in for with the second Trump administration.

And we see a lot of fundamentally incompetent people because Trump insists on nominating them. But then on the other end of the spectrum, there's people like Russell Vogt who he knows how government works and he knows how to make it work. I mean, I think people tend to think that's of the extreme. Extremists, the nutty MAGA people are also incompetent.

And we see a lot of fundamentally incompetent people because Trump insists on nominating them. But then on the other end of the spectrum, there's people like Russell Vogt who he knows how government works and he knows how to make it work. I mean, I think people tend to think that's of the extreme. Extremists, the nutty MAGA people are also incompetent.

And we see a lot of fundamentally incompetent people because Trump insists on nominating them. But then on the other end of the spectrum, there's people like Russell Vogt who he knows how government works and he knows how to make it work. I mean, I think people tend to think that's of the extreme. Extremists, the nutty MAGA people are also incompetent.

And conversely, when you go up on the competence scale, you tend to go down on the nutty ideology scale. But that's, again, if you look at someone like this, this is a truly committed ideologue. He really means this kind of stuff. He's fundamentally not on board with any kind of ideology.

And conversely, when you go up on the competence scale, you tend to go down on the nutty ideology scale. But that's, again, if you look at someone like this, this is a truly committed ideologue. He really means this kind of stuff. He's fundamentally not on board with any kind of ideology.

And conversely, when you go up on the competence scale, you tend to go down on the nutty ideology scale. But that's, again, if you look at someone like this, this is a truly committed ideologue. He really means this kind of stuff. He's fundamentally not on board with any kind of ideology.

pluralistic vision of a democracy in which people have disagreements and they kind of, you know, try to come to some sort of, I don't know, consensus or understanding. No, he's not on board with that. He's a truly committed ideologue, but he's also very competent. And so these are the more, in that sense, I think these are the more dangerous people that we need to worry about.

pluralistic vision of a democracy in which people have disagreements and they kind of, you know, try to come to some sort of, I don't know, consensus or understanding. No, he's not on board with that. He's a truly committed ideologue, but he's also very competent. And so these are the more, in that sense, I think these are the more dangerous people that we need to worry about.

pluralistic vision of a democracy in which people have disagreements and they kind of, you know, try to come to some sort of, I don't know, consensus or understanding. No, he's not on board with that. He's a truly committed ideologue, but he's also very competent. And so these are the more, in that sense, I think these are the more dangerous people that we need to worry about.

I'm concerned about this also, honestly frustrated, because I think modern society and complex modern societies and modern states are difficult for any authoritarian regime to bring in line, even if they're fully competent. But since the election, I think ostensibly anti-MAGA political leaders and liberal institutions have...

I'm concerned about this also, honestly frustrated, because I think modern society and complex modern societies and modern states are difficult for any authoritarian regime to bring in line, even if they're fully competent. But since the election, I think ostensibly anti-MAGA political leaders and liberal institutions have...

I'm concerned about this also, honestly frustrated, because I think modern society and complex modern societies and modern states are difficult for any authoritarian regime to bring in line, even if they're fully competent. But since the election, I think ostensibly anti-MAGA political leaders and liberal institutions have...