Will Saletan
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And so he thinks that everybody loves him.
I think, Tim, that he thought, and maybe the people around him being sycophants also thought, if I go to an NFL stadium, those are my people.
That was like the NASCAR thing.
They think Biden's a jack.
They love me.
And he got like, you know, he didn't pay attention to the feedback he got in the election.
Right.
But here he is in the stadium and he's being directly booed.
So there's no question this is about you, Donald Trump.
I think this is a reality check.
And sometimes, Tim, when I worry that we are Trump, that Americans are OK with Trump, it consoles me to see things like the election backlash and it consoles me to hear things like that forthright repudiation of him in an NFL stadium.
Probably not a stadium that might be inhabited by lots of people whose relatives, whose loved ones have been fired or have been furloughed because of you.
Maybe that would be a good move.
The Bulwark Daily · Will Saletan and Scott Lincicome: A Crime Boss Has Taken Over · 3 Feb 2025
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There's no vacation from Trumpism, Tim. It's just everywhere you go.
This is where we are, that like the good is bad? Yeah, yeah, that's where we are. Tim, is it schadenfreude or is it that you think that there's something salutary about the pain that will lead to healing?
Well, I don't know. It's a little bit of the tree falls in the forest problem. If you and I are right, objectively, that this is insane and destructive, but the Republicans keep winning elections doing it.
What consolation is there in that?
Yeah, I don't know about this. First of all, on the perception versus reality thing. Look, look, one, you know, at some point, reality only matters if it intrudes. And, you know, we went through this election where the reality was Trump was an idiot and he was going to do all this damage. And he created a perception that, I mean, you saw the polls. People believed he was a good president.
Like after COVID, after all that craziness.
If that's the perception and they keep, you know, that then the Republicans keep getting to implement the crazy policies. I will say I. I do think and I know you and Scott are going to talk about the tariffs, but it is a good thing that very early in this process, among the stupid things that he was going to do and is doing, he's doing one that's going to hurt a lot of people quickly.
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