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It will go down in history as the “Bah! Humbug!” address.

But this was not an address by a self-confident man dishing out Christmas presents to the nation. It smacked of desperation from one who can feel the December windchill of opinion polls – a Reuters/ Ipsos poll on Tuesday showed just 33% of US adults approve of how Trump has handled the economy – dissent in his own Republican ranks and the Jeffrey Epstein files looming on Friday.

The speech also revealed Trump’s need for a reliable foil. Over the years Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have been useful nemeses for a man and movement defined less by what they are for than what they are against.

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[–] gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

So MTG is saying the president did a great job and that she wouldn't change any of his policies if she was elected president?

[–] theneverfox@pawb.social 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yep. Well, adjusted for inflation. She suddenly has not a single negative thing to say about Trump. She does her damnedest to not talk about him at all

It's all we have to focus on "the issues" and "the things people really want"

No policy, obviously

[–] gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Huh, fair enough I guess, I thought she was still going after Trump and just trying to take his place as the QAnon set's champion, but I guess that what I get for assuming a known liar would be consistent in her positions for more than a couple of weeks

[–] theneverfox@pawb.social 3 points 4 months ago

Yeah, she's totally sane washing herself, she even explicitly said she no longer believes in q anon

It's really uncanny. She doesn't even have the manic energy anymore, she sits there calm and proper at an angle with her hands still... You know what I'm talking about, the consultant pilled body language

I'd recommend looking up a clip, it's an incredible case study of what consultants do to the human body