“They attacked him so relentlessly that only the blind couldn’t have seen this coming.”
No one saw this coming. Trump seemed the same as in 2016 right up to Election Day, with the exception of picking Vance (which was a clue). After Election Day, when he started naming his Cabinet, then it did start becoming clear that this was a new Trump. But even after that, it took until Day 1 in office that Trump 2.0 would be everything we hoped for in Trump 1.0, but sadly didn’t get back then.
>> Trump seemed the same as in 2016 right up to Election Day
Oh, I respectfully disagree. President Trump has been changing for the wiser and better in SO many ways, since January 2020.
I echo what you wrote. Trump 2.0 has been amazing. What’s different is that he’s much better at picking the right kind of people. For example, Elon Musk is insanely wealthy & intelligent & so transparent about his real objective. And 2 things that bring him universal awe & lack of fear is that he can never be President (so other politicians know he’s not competition) and he’s got an insane amount of money that makes him a kingmaker for politics, especially during the Midterms and then 2028. That’s why we won’t be seeing jealousy of RFK Jr, Bondi, Rubio, Johnson, Thune, Scott, Burgum, Gabbart, and others towards him.
I was talking about going after those who had attacked him. Trump is from Brooklyn, from New York City. HAving lived and worked there from 1996-2002, I can tell you exactly what he was thinking of doing, and those who knew him knew exactly.
He was telling everybody back in 1988 what he was going to do (Oprah), but no one paid attention.
You are correct in that Trump trusted people in the first term who he should never have trusted. But that is true for all of us. There are always people we should not have let into our OODA, but hindsight is the best teacher.