My evolving understanding of Ted and Trump could not have been more different.
I used to think Ted was an extremely smart firebrand who didn’t care who he pissed off in making his point (see his takedown of McConnel on the Senate floor). Now I see him as a slimy opportunist who simply checks which way the wind is blowing and goes that way.
I didn’t trust Trump in the beginning of 2016. I didn’t vote for him in the primary. By the general election, I was cautiously optimistic that he could get the job done.
At this point, I would crawl over broken glass to vote for him again. He is the only true President in my lifetime. I now recognize that all of the other Presidents since Kennedy were either deep state stooges or deep state operatives.