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Jul 25, 2020 • 4 tweets • 1 min read • Read on X
I don’t disagree that this is partly a consequence of teaching terrible and wrong things about America (and the West and capitalism). My last book was largely on that very point. But I find this wildly unpersuasive 1/
You assume other presidents wld be equally terrible at defending conservative & American principles, as undisciplined, needlessly trolling, & incompetent at governing. Trump creates conditions that unite liberals & leftists. Biden (who I’m not voting for) wouldn’t — for long.2/
Also, Trump defenders can’t have it both ways. You can’t say that Trump has been unique in how unfairly he’s been treated and how uniquely unhinged the media has been and then simultaneously argue everything would play out the same way under any Republican president. 3/
Trump invites this nonsense more because he’s a destabilizing force in American life (please spare me “he’s a disruptor blah blah”) because that keeps him the center of attention. It’s not in his own political interest, the GOP’s, or the country’s. But he can’t stop. 4/4

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