A searingly insightful examination by Professor Kalb of Donald Trump, President once more and striving to become the supreme power in the land. I participated in a Hands Off! rally, which I hope, along with some embers of resistance in Congress and the Courts, begin to turn the tide against our would-be American autocrat.
“Trump is not a king.” We need that reminder as Professor Kalb describes a man acting just like a king. I enjoy his writing. It’s like reading a story. How will it end? This is the wonder for us “the people” as we insert ourselves into the story.
Thank you to Professor Kalb for using the word “resign.” We should see that word more frequently—like on protest signs.
Here is another photo of Trump on the golf course (from Chicago protests), showing how “we the people” are inserting ourselves into his “careless” story:
This photo was taken at the same time that Professor Kalb describes Trump thusly:
“Less than twenty-four hours after sending the nation and the world into economic convulsions, Trump flew to his Mar-a-Lago retreat in Florida for a weekend of golf and fundraising, looking like an aging multimillionaire with not a care in the world. Then chose to post about it on social media.”
YES! And it is beyond my wildest understandings, WHY we EVER allowed that despicable human being Rupert Murdock, to come to our country and create, and continue with, such a harmful corporation known as FOX NEWS CHANNEL!!!
What a sad state we find ourselves in. What kind of people elect this utterly incompetent doofus to be their President……TWICE!? Answer: as the rest of the world can only surmise: a very VERY Stupid populace! How could Americans vote to destroy their OWN country? Absolutely preposterous! And…..so will….and is…..America now beheld around the world! “You reap what you sow!”
I see a lot of talk about the economic consequences of the tariff policies of this boneheaded administration, and I'm sure my 401k is not immune (though I'm afraid to look). But I find the human consequences almost too much to bear.
Among the men deported to Bukele's hellhole in El Salvador without due process are some we know don't belong there. 60 Minutes yesterday said fully 75% have no criminal history. They have tattoos. By rights, they all should be returned.
The students swept off the streets by masked men and detained for offending Trump with their speech is a blatant human rights violation.
There are people with terminal illnesses whose clinical trials have been suspended and their last best hope is gone.
Federal workers who learned they were fired when they showed up to their jobs and their badges no longer worked fell instantly into a black hole with no severance pay.
And all of us will suffer when the scientists leave, when disaster strikes and there is no FEMA coming, when the next pandemic hits.
So many Americans have had their lives turned upside down by the whim of one angry, stupid man. For those like Bill Ackman and Peter Thiel who would trade these horrors for the chance to be a little richer, I have nothing but anger and disdain.
"Among the men deported to Bukele's hellhole in El Salvador without due process are some we know don't belong there. 60 Minutes yesterday said fully 75% have no criminal history. They have tattoos. By rights, they all should be returned."
If they were here illegally then they have no right to be here in the first place - that's the main reason they are being deported. And "60 Minutes" isn't exactly a paragon of truthfulness:
"60 Minutes Anchor Insists Hunter Biden Emails ‘Can’t Be Verified’ When Pressed by Trump"
"The students swept off the streets by masked men and detained for offending Trump with their speech is a blatant human rights violation."
To which specific students are you referring?
"Federal workers who learned they were fired when they showed up to their jobs and their badges no longer worked fell instantly into a black hole with no severance pay."
Our local Subway closed a few weeks ago and none of the employees knew until they showed up for a meeting. No job, no severance pay. Would you show as much pity for them as you do for federal workers?
Hal, you're suffering from the same reality distortion that's afflicting this administration. You said "If they were here illegally then they have no right to be here in the first place - that's the main reason they are being deported."
So the implication is that if they were NOT here illegally then they DO have a right to be here, just like you or me. The problem is that they didn't get a chance to prove it--they just got taken away. This is something that we only expect to happen in an authoritarian country like Iran or North Korea. It shouldn't happen here because of due process. Before we send people to prison we should make sure they belong there--that's what civilized countries do.
Your attitude towards the people being deported shows casual indifference to their fate, and that's a bit disturbing. Trump is really good at getting people fired up about deporting people, and he keeps talking about it, even when it's a lie, like Haitians in Springfield--"they're eating the dogs, blah blah blah".
Are you genuinely happy that people are being deported? Do you think that if they are being deported then they probably deserve it, and they don't deserve a fair hearing in case a mistake was made? Then that means you are complicit with Trump turning us into an authoritarian state with minimal rule of law. This is similar to what happened to Germany as Adolf Hitler was turning the German Republic into the Third Reich.
It's a slippery slope. In a country with the rule of law, everyone has the same rights, but if someone says over and over that "some people" don't deserve rights, that it's OK to mistreat them, then you are giving the green light to authorities to dehumanize specific "other" groups of people and ship them to horrible prisons where they will be abused, tortured, and killed. That's what Hitler did, and that's what happening right here, right now, in the USA.
"The problem is that they didn't get a chance to prove it--they just got taken away."
The problem is they didn't apply at a consulate or embassy somewhere along the route or they didn't come through an approved port of entry.
"Your attitude towards the people being deported shows casual indifference to their fate..."
Your attitude towards the rule of law, the burden on American taxpayers and our nation's security bothers me.
"Are you genuinely happy that people are being deported?"
Were you genuinely happy when millions of illegal aliens flooded across our borders?
"Then that means you are complicit with Trump turning us into an authoritarian state with minimal rule of law."
First, start by defining what you mean by "authoritarian state". I mean, it's a great buzz phrase for the Left, along with "fascist" and "Hitler".
"This is similar to what happened to Germany as Adolf Hitler was turning the German Republic into the Third Reich."
Trump, for all his faults, didn't turn the country into a "Third Reich" state during his first term, and he hasn't done it in his second term. And it's not for lack of all the wailing and gnashing of teeth from the Left constantly telling us that this time, really and truly, Trump will be Hitler.
"That's what Hitler did, and that's what happening right here, right now, in the USA."
Hitler eliminated his political opponents and built camps for the extermination of Jews and others. Hitler claimed emergency powers and ruled the country by himself, a true authoritarian. Hitler went to actual war to defeat those who beat Germany in WWI. Trump has not done any of that.
So Hal, you seem pretty positive about Trump deporting people. Do you think he's doing the right thing and us libs are making too big of a deal out of it?
If the officials showed that all of the people that were deported were undocumented, then I suppose they would just be doing their jobs. But many of them were legal residents.
How do you feel about deporting people who are here legally?
You said, "The problem is they didn't apply at a consulate or embassy somewhere along the route or they didn't come through an approved port of entry."
Actually, some of them did. We know of one for sure who came through on an appointment using the CBPOne app, was paroled, and was detained when he went for his regular immigration checkup.
The problem is that they have not been afforded due process. Even if they are here illegally, that is a misdemeanor and they can be deported to their home country; it does not give government authority to throw them in a foreign prison.
"The problem is that they have not been afforded due process."
How do you interpret "due process"? What, exactly, do you think is involved?
"Even if they are here illegally, that is a misdemeanor and they can be deported to their home country; it does not give government authority to throw them in a foreign prison."
How many and which types of illegals have thus far been put into prison?
Your examples of 60 Minutes "untruthfulness" is pretty slim. Hunter Biden's emails took time to verify and ALL 60 minutes interviews are edited, including Trump's.
The most publicized student swept up was Mahmoud Khalid; the second is the Tufts student from Turkey.
And I probably have more sympathy for the Subway workers because they worked a job that didn't even pay a living wage. Fast food is one of the top industries whose workers are on SNAP and Medicaid.
"Your examples of 60 Minutes "untruthfulness" is pretty slim. Hunter Biden's emails took time to verify... "
The FBI had already verified the contents of the laptop but remained silent.
"...ALL 60 minutes interviews are edited, including Trump's."
Did '60 Minutes' edit Trump's responses to make him look better? No.
"The most publicized student swept up was Mahmoud Khalid; the second is the Tufts student from Turkey."
It's not a free speech issue.
"And I probably have more sympathy for the Subway workers because they worked a job that didn't even pay a living wage."
But you never see the media interview people in the private sector who have lost their jobs. But if a government worker loses their job under a Republican, that's different.
What is different is 25% of workers at HHS losing their jobs in one fell swoop. Here's an article you might find enlightening, and that might make you worry next time you go to the grocery store:
"At the start of April, thousands of federal health workers were fired on the orders of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.; a plan called for terminating 3,500 employees at the Food and Drug Administration — a move that he welcomed as a “revolution.” Consumer watchdogs and others described it as a safety blood bath."
I can't help but feel a tremendous amount of Schadenfreude at all those Wall Street bozos, who all voted for the orange felon getting their just desserts now.
I would posit there were two glaring exceptions to the Founding Fathers' vision: the Black slave AND WOMEN. I agree that the quisling law firm and news media deserve nothing but shame for their cowardice. We have no business endorsing any of his corrupt morality, his careless indifference to suffering, and his autocratic tariff delusions. The man is clearly unfit. But who has the courage to come against him and make it stick? It must be a plurality of us.
It’s so hard to wrap your head around how one man can shake the foundations of the globe and get away with all the destruction he’s raining down on it. Harder yet to realize there’s no collective group to overpower him and escort him out of our White House straight into a holding cell for his crimes. This goes against every thing we’ve ever learned about how our constitution is supposed to work. Just a piece of paper with words and names on it that many have sworn to defend and to live by, so many have given the full measure for, and now we deface it by letting him get away with destroying it. Where will it all end?
Marvin, you have summed up the terrible and “capricious” actions of this tyrant. He destroys and pillages with no regard for the consequences to the average person. Thank you for decades of journalistic distinction.
"But now, in the early months of the second Trump administration, it’s painfully clear that our system of government has been devolving day by day into an autocracy. We already have a supremely powerful executive branch of government, noted by the fact that old and distinguished law firms are bowing before the president’s demands..."
Let's reset the premise, Marvin. We have a supremely powerful executive branch mainly because the legislative branch has been ceding its power over a number of years. Tariffs should be your biggest clue, and I expect you to know this. The power to levy tariffs clearly belongs to the House of Representatives because tariffs are a revenue-generating mechanism. But Congress passed a law that allowed the President to do Congress' job.
As for the law firms, they can choose to disobey the President and not receive any contracts, but that's their choice. Regardless, these firms know that as soon as a Democrat occupies the White House it will be business as usual.
"Trump has been described as a “malignant narcissist,” a man obsessed with himself, operating essentially on his gut instincts."
Gotta agree with you there, but he's not the only one, is he? Surely with your decades of experience as a journalist, you've met similar people in other professions.
"What would Trump do, assuming for a moment there were three GOP Senators with the clout and courage to inform him that his tariff decision was a disaster and that he should resign?"
Marvin, assuming for a moment there were three Democratic Senators with the clout and courage to tell the President of his obvious mental decline and that he should resign, what would Biden have done in 2021?
It's questionable how many senators knew of Biden's decline before it became evident in the debate. That said, his administration wasn't committing human rights abuses and defying the courts, had restored our reputation in the world after the first Trump administration, and had produced an economy that was the envy of the world.
"It's questionable how many senators knew of Biden's decline before it became evident in the debate."
It's not questionable that, at a minimum, Biden's family, the WH staff, Kamala Harris, Democratic leadership and Biden's doctor knew for most of his term. If most people had bothered to pay attention during the 2020 campaign they would have realized that Biden was not altogether there even when compared to his 2016 self. But it didn't matter to Democrats; all that mattered was getting rid of Trump regardless of how bad their own candidate was.
Be careful about speaking for all Democrats. Apparently it mattered a lot in 2024 since many spurned a perfectly acceptable candidate in favor of Trump. You are right about this Democrat, though. I'd have voted for a ham sandwich before voting for Trump. To be fair, I'd have voted for a Liz Cheney before voting for Trump.
"Apparently it mattered a lot in 2024 since many spurned a perfectly acceptable candidate in favor of Trump."
I guess that's a new meaning of "perfectly acceptable candidate" of which I and over 77 million voters are unaware.
"You are right about this Democrat, though. I'd have voted for a ham sandwich before voting for Trump. To be fair, I'd have voted for a Liz Cheney before voting for Trump."
A searingly insightful examination by Professor Kalb of Donald Trump, President once more and striving to become the supreme power in the land. I participated in a Hands Off! rally, which I hope, along with some embers of resistance in Congress and the Courts, begin to turn the tide against our would-be American autocrat.
“Trump is not a king.” We need that reminder as Professor Kalb describes a man acting just like a king. I enjoy his writing. It’s like reading a story. How will it end? This is the wonder for us “the people” as we insert ourselves into the story.
Thank you to Professor Kalb for using the word “resign.” We should see that word more frequently—like on protest signs.
Here is another photo of Trump on the golf course (from Chicago protests), showing how “we the people” are inserting ourselves into his “careless” story:
https://bsky.app/profile/pd1ljw.bsky.social/post/3lm42m6qq2s2c
This photo was taken at the same time that Professor Kalb describes Trump thusly:
“Less than twenty-four hours after sending the nation and the world into economic convulsions, Trump flew to his Mar-a-Lago retreat in Florida for a weekend of golf and fundraising, looking like an aging multimillionaire with not a care in the world. Then chose to post about it on social media.”
and yet, he would be nought without Fox News
YES! And it is beyond my wildest understandings, WHY we EVER allowed that despicable human being Rupert Murdock, to come to our country and create, and continue with, such a harmful corporation known as FOX NEWS CHANNEL!!!
What a sad state we find ourselves in. What kind of people elect this utterly incompetent doofus to be their President……TWICE!? Answer: as the rest of the world can only surmise: a very VERY Stupid populace! How could Americans vote to destroy their OWN country? Absolutely preposterous! And…..so will….and is…..America now beheld around the world! “You reap what you sow!”
I see a lot of talk about the economic consequences of the tariff policies of this boneheaded administration, and I'm sure my 401k is not immune (though I'm afraid to look). But I find the human consequences almost too much to bear.
Among the men deported to Bukele's hellhole in El Salvador without due process are some we know don't belong there. 60 Minutes yesterday said fully 75% have no criminal history. They have tattoos. By rights, they all should be returned.
The students swept off the streets by masked men and detained for offending Trump with their speech is a blatant human rights violation.
There are people with terminal illnesses whose clinical trials have been suspended and their last best hope is gone.
Federal workers who learned they were fired when they showed up to their jobs and their badges no longer worked fell instantly into a black hole with no severance pay.
And all of us will suffer when the scientists leave, when disaster strikes and there is no FEMA coming, when the next pandemic hits.
So many Americans have had their lives turned upside down by the whim of one angry, stupid man. For those like Bill Ackman and Peter Thiel who would trade these horrors for the chance to be a little richer, I have nothing but anger and disdain.
"Among the men deported to Bukele's hellhole in El Salvador without due process are some we know don't belong there. 60 Minutes yesterday said fully 75% have no criminal history. They have tattoos. By rights, they all should be returned."
If they were here illegally then they have no right to be here in the first place - that's the main reason they are being deported. And "60 Minutes" isn't exactly a paragon of truthfulness:
"60 Minutes Anchor Insists Hunter Biden Emails ‘Can’t Be Verified’ When Pressed by Trump"
https://www.yahoo.com/news/60-minutes-anchor-insists-hunter-175446505.html
"Uncut ‘60 Minutes’ Kamala Harris interview reveals ‘word salad’ responses were heavily edited by CBS — snipped Israel answer to just 20 words"
https://www.yahoo.com/news/uncut-60-minutes-kamala-harris-202154858.html
"The students swept off the streets by masked men and detained for offending Trump with their speech is a blatant human rights violation."
To which specific students are you referring?
"Federal workers who learned they were fired when they showed up to their jobs and their badges no longer worked fell instantly into a black hole with no severance pay."
Our local Subway closed a few weeks ago and none of the employees knew until they showed up for a meeting. No job, no severance pay. Would you show as much pity for them as you do for federal workers?
Hal, you're suffering from the same reality distortion that's afflicting this administration. You said "If they were here illegally then they have no right to be here in the first place - that's the main reason they are being deported."
So the implication is that if they were NOT here illegally then they DO have a right to be here, just like you or me. The problem is that they didn't get a chance to prove it--they just got taken away. This is something that we only expect to happen in an authoritarian country like Iran or North Korea. It shouldn't happen here because of due process. Before we send people to prison we should make sure they belong there--that's what civilized countries do.
Your attitude towards the people being deported shows casual indifference to their fate, and that's a bit disturbing. Trump is really good at getting people fired up about deporting people, and he keeps talking about it, even when it's a lie, like Haitians in Springfield--"they're eating the dogs, blah blah blah".
Are you genuinely happy that people are being deported? Do you think that if they are being deported then they probably deserve it, and they don't deserve a fair hearing in case a mistake was made? Then that means you are complicit with Trump turning us into an authoritarian state with minimal rule of law. This is similar to what happened to Germany as Adolf Hitler was turning the German Republic into the Third Reich.
It's a slippery slope. In a country with the rule of law, everyone has the same rights, but if someone says over and over that "some people" don't deserve rights, that it's OK to mistreat them, then you are giving the green light to authorities to dehumanize specific "other" groups of people and ship them to horrible prisons where they will be abused, tortured, and killed. That's what Hitler did, and that's what happening right here, right now, in the USA.
Wake up!
Thanks for your response, Bob. I’m not articulate, so you said it for me.
EXCELLENT response Bob Tinsman!!!
This Hal person, isn't a very nice human being! And to prove it, he doesn't even give us his full name.
If he even is a human being...
"I'm sorry, Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that" 😂
"I am completely operational, and all my circuits are functioning perfectly."
"This Hal person, isn't a very nice human being!"
If giving an opposing view makes me not "very nice", that's fine. At least I don't vandalize Teslas.
"The problem is that they didn't get a chance to prove it--they just got taken away."
The problem is they didn't apply at a consulate or embassy somewhere along the route or they didn't come through an approved port of entry.
"Your attitude towards the people being deported shows casual indifference to their fate..."
Your attitude towards the rule of law, the burden on American taxpayers and our nation's security bothers me.
"Are you genuinely happy that people are being deported?"
Were you genuinely happy when millions of illegal aliens flooded across our borders?
"Then that means you are complicit with Trump turning us into an authoritarian state with minimal rule of law."
First, start by defining what you mean by "authoritarian state". I mean, it's a great buzz phrase for the Left, along with "fascist" and "Hitler".
"This is similar to what happened to Germany as Adolf Hitler was turning the German Republic into the Third Reich."
Trump, for all his faults, didn't turn the country into a "Third Reich" state during his first term, and he hasn't done it in his second term. And it's not for lack of all the wailing and gnashing of teeth from the Left constantly telling us that this time, really and truly, Trump will be Hitler.
"That's what Hitler did, and that's what happening right here, right now, in the USA."
Hitler eliminated his political opponents and built camps for the extermination of Jews and others. Hitler claimed emergency powers and ruled the country by himself, a true authoritarian. Hitler went to actual war to defeat those who beat Germany in WWI. Trump has not done any of that.
Wake up!
So Hal, you seem pretty positive about Trump deporting people. Do you think he's doing the right thing and us libs are making too big of a deal out of it?
"So Hal, you seem pretty positive about Trump deporting people."
I would be positive about any administration deporting those who entered illegally....wouldn't you?
If the officials showed that all of the people that were deported were undocumented, then I suppose they would just be doing their jobs. But many of them were legal residents.
How do you feel about deporting people who are here legally?
You said, "The problem is they didn't apply at a consulate or embassy somewhere along the route or they didn't come through an approved port of entry."
Actually, some of them did. We know of one for sure who came through on an appointment using the CBPOne app, was paroled, and was detained when he went for his regular immigration checkup.
The problem is that they have not been afforded due process. Even if they are here illegally, that is a misdemeanor and they can be deported to their home country; it does not give government authority to throw them in a foreign prison.
"The problem is that they have not been afforded due process."
How do you interpret "due process"? What, exactly, do you think is involved?
"Even if they are here illegally, that is a misdemeanor and they can be deported to their home country; it does not give government authority to throw them in a foreign prison."
How many and which types of illegals have thus far been put into prison?
You know the answers to these questions, so I won't bother to answer. I'm done feeding the troll.
Your examples of 60 Minutes "untruthfulness" is pretty slim. Hunter Biden's emails took time to verify and ALL 60 minutes interviews are edited, including Trump's.
The most publicized student swept up was Mahmoud Khalid; the second is the Tufts student from Turkey.
And I probably have more sympathy for the Subway workers because they worked a job that didn't even pay a living wage. Fast food is one of the top industries whose workers are on SNAP and Medicaid.
That’s not the point, Hal.
"Your examples of 60 Minutes "untruthfulness" is pretty slim. Hunter Biden's emails took time to verify... "
The FBI had already verified the contents of the laptop but remained silent.
"...ALL 60 minutes interviews are edited, including Trump's."
Did '60 Minutes' edit Trump's responses to make him look better? No.
"The most publicized student swept up was Mahmoud Khalid; the second is the Tufts student from Turkey."
It's not a free speech issue.
"And I probably have more sympathy for the Subway workers because they worked a job that didn't even pay a living wage."
But you never see the media interview people in the private sector who have lost their jobs. But if a government worker loses their job under a Republican, that's different.
What is different is 25% of workers at HHS losing their jobs in one fell swoop. Here's an article you might find enlightening, and that might make you worry next time you go to the grocery store:
"At the start of April, thousands of federal health workers were fired on the orders of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.; a plan called for terminating 3,500 employees at the Food and Drug Administration — a move that he welcomed as a “revolution.” Consumer watchdogs and others described it as a safety blood bath."
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/opinion/food-outbreaks-illness-regulation.html
"What is different is 25% of workers at HHS losing their jobs in one fell swoop."
Do you know exactly how many employees are necessary to work in any given organization?
Very glad to hear from a journalist who is an old pro and pulls no punches. Thank you, Mr. Kalb!
I can't help but feel a tremendous amount of Schadenfreude at all those Wall Street bozos, who all voted for the orange felon getting their just desserts now.
I would posit there were two glaring exceptions to the Founding Fathers' vision: the Black slave AND WOMEN. I agree that the quisling law firm and news media deserve nothing but shame for their cowardice. We have no business endorsing any of his corrupt morality, his careless indifference to suffering, and his autocratic tariff delusions. The man is clearly unfit. But who has the courage to come against him and make it stick? It must be a plurality of us.
YES! I said that aloud to myself as I read, and was scrolling through the comments to see if that observation had been made.
It’s so hard to wrap your head around how one man can shake the foundations of the globe and get away with all the destruction he’s raining down on it. Harder yet to realize there’s no collective group to overpower him and escort him out of our White House straight into a holding cell for his crimes. This goes against every thing we’ve ever learned about how our constitution is supposed to work. Just a piece of paper with words and names on it that many have sworn to defend and to live by, so many have given the full measure for, and now we deface it by letting him get away with destroying it. Where will it all end?
Trump is the Deep State. When he accuses others of something it is a confession.
Marvin, you have summed up the terrible and “capricious” actions of this tyrant. He destroys and pillages with no regard for the consequences to the average person. Thank you for decades of journalistic distinction.
Perfect summary of our reality. But the real shocking part is that no Republicans feel compelled to stop him....
"But now, in the early months of the second Trump administration, it’s painfully clear that our system of government has been devolving day by day into an autocracy. We already have a supremely powerful executive branch of government, noted by the fact that old and distinguished law firms are bowing before the president’s demands..."
Let's reset the premise, Marvin. We have a supremely powerful executive branch mainly because the legislative branch has been ceding its power over a number of years. Tariffs should be your biggest clue, and I expect you to know this. The power to levy tariffs clearly belongs to the House of Representatives because tariffs are a revenue-generating mechanism. But Congress passed a law that allowed the President to do Congress' job.
As for the law firms, they can choose to disobey the President and not receive any contracts, but that's their choice. Regardless, these firms know that as soon as a Democrat occupies the White House it will be business as usual.
"Trump has been described as a “malignant narcissist,” a man obsessed with himself, operating essentially on his gut instincts."
Gotta agree with you there, but he's not the only one, is he? Surely with your decades of experience as a journalist, you've met similar people in other professions.
"What would Trump do, assuming for a moment there were three GOP Senators with the clout and courage to inform him that his tariff decision was a disaster and that he should resign?"
Marvin, assuming for a moment there were three Democratic Senators with the clout and courage to tell the President of his obvious mental decline and that he should resign, what would Biden have done in 2021?
It's questionable how many senators knew of Biden's decline before it became evident in the debate. That said, his administration wasn't committing human rights abuses and defying the courts, had restored our reputation in the world after the first Trump administration, and had produced an economy that was the envy of the world.
"It's questionable how many senators knew of Biden's decline before it became evident in the debate."
It's not questionable that, at a minimum, Biden's family, the WH staff, Kamala Harris, Democratic leadership and Biden's doctor knew for most of his term. If most people had bothered to pay attention during the 2020 campaign they would have realized that Biden was not altogether there even when compared to his 2016 self. But it didn't matter to Democrats; all that mattered was getting rid of Trump regardless of how bad their own candidate was.
Be careful about speaking for all Democrats. Apparently it mattered a lot in 2024 since many spurned a perfectly acceptable candidate in favor of Trump. You are right about this Democrat, though. I'd have voted for a ham sandwich before voting for Trump. To be fair, I'd have voted for a Liz Cheney before voting for Trump.
"Apparently it mattered a lot in 2024 since many spurned a perfectly acceptable candidate in favor of Trump."
I guess that's a new meaning of "perfectly acceptable candidate" of which I and over 77 million voters are unaware.
"You are right about this Democrat, though. I'd have voted for a ham sandwich before voting for Trump. To be fair, I'd have voted for a Liz Cheney before voting for Trump."
That is your choice.