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kleinbl00 · 2903 days ago · link · · parent · post: A Yale history professor’s powerful, 20-point guide to defending democracy under a Trump presidency
The blessing and the curse of Donald Trump is that he's a selfish, narcissistic idiot. It's a blessing because his primary goals are self-aggrandizement and self-enrichment, which means any policy changes are going to be incidental to his personal benefit. It's a curse because it means anyone who can influence the world while also stroking his ego gets to influence the world. I'd much rather have a moron running things than a malevolent ideologue. Both choices suck ass, no doubt, but what politics Trump had were centrist Democrat, at least until the whole Birther thing gave him a new way to be famous.