Trump’s Maze of Mirrors
One moment he’s a populist hero, the next a martyr, a king, a victim, a phoenix, a prizefighter hadowboxing CNN. His base sees all these Trumps and chooses the one that flatters their fear.
One moment he’s a populist hero, the next a martyr, a king, a victim, a phoenix, a prizefighter hadowboxing CNN. His base sees all these Trumps and chooses the one that flatters their fear.
“Ignore that flicker of cognitive decline,” they said, “It’s just a deepfake cooked up in a MAGA meth lab.” But it wasn’t deepfake – it was deep truth.
“Politics is the art of controlling your environment.” The Democrats, it seems, have lost their grip.
The heartbreak of watching a democracy crumble isn’t just about the man in the gold-plated penthouse. It’s about the party that kept bringing a handshake to a knife fight.
Trump reframed America — and the world — around his own grievances, insecurities, and obsessions.
The Reich didn’t fall. It metastasized.