“But some people want to believe that Trump can be tricked into following any old schmuck that uses the right hashtags. Some people want to believe that he’s just some dope that somehow, without really trying, has bullshitted his way into the presidency. But neither case is true, and the progressives who oppose him need to accept this sooner than later.”
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