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The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.

H.L. Mencken

Friday, June 7, 2019

Trump In Normandy

I'll leave these takes here.

One of the most profound experiences I had was travelling to Normandy a few years back.  I'd waited my whole life to visit and it doesn't disappoint.  Standing on Omaha beach just strikes you dumb.  The cemetery leaves you mute.

Trump's malignant narcissism is actually one of his selling points to the Trumpenproletariat. It's about his contempt for their shared enemies. But every time he pulls shit like this - providing it's properly covered - he loses a few more people.  Maybe they come back because "liberals argle bargle blah blah blah," but this has to have an effect.

Also, right now the best chance of Trump leaving office before January 2021 is in an ambulance.  He looks and sounds profoundly unwell.

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