I nominate "Trump should be taken seriously but not literally" as the stupidest high profile US political comment of the decade.
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Now I don’t know at what level of discourse we’re disconnected lol. I mean that it’s clear Trump’s statements cannot be taken literally. Attacking them at the object level just looks increasingly naive. He’s an entertainer. A showboater. He can’t be beaten with


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Ah yes — you nailed it. That is the primary reason why conservatives pretend not to get it. “It’s just words.” “He’s just trolling.” As if the POTUS deliberately weilding power by means of maximizing polarization was fine, actually. God-tier delusions.
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