Ok, but that headline is weird. I can tell you exactly why he said that shit and it’s not bizarre, it’s just gross.
Trump’s rhetoric relies on a wide variety of in-group references and cultural touch points and pretending to be the reasonable one while framing anyone left of him as an absurd caricature is how Trump do. It’s what his base likes. They want to pretend that their opponents are ridiculous people concerned about cruelty to flies instead of basic necessities like pest control. They’ve built this whole narrative where Democrats are simultaneously weak, ineffective losers and also somehow a grave threat to the very fabric of our nation.
To his base It doesn’t matter if the specifics are factual, what matters is that the broader gesture feels true (by affirming their existing biases).
Ok, but that headline is weird. I can tell you exactly why he said that shit and it’s not bizarre, it’s just gross.
Trump’s rhetoric relies on a wide variety of in-group references and cultural touch points and pretending to be the reasonable one while framing anyone left of him as an absurd caricature is how Trump do. It’s what his base likes. They want to pretend that their opponents are ridiculous people concerned about cruelty to flies instead of basic necessities like pest control. They’ve built this whole narrative where Democrats are simultaneously weak, ineffective losers and also somehow a grave threat to the very fabric of our nation.
To his base It doesn’t matter if the specifics are factual, what matters is that the broader gesture feels true (by affirming their existing biases).
Classic fascist playbook tbh.