Re-blogging this because it’s a good read – clear, cogent, and accurate.

“There are two kinds of people who voted for Donald J. Trump in 2024. The first group was conned—they bought the sales pitch, got burned, and are just now starting to realize they were used. Veterans who lost their jobs, farmers who went bankrupt, blue-collar workers whose towns never saw the economic boom Trump promised—they’re pissed off, and rightfully so.

But then there’s the second group.

The ones who will never wake up. The ones who, no matter how many times Trump lies, betrays, fails, or humiliates them, will stand by him until the bitter end. They will make excuses, twist logic into knots, ignore reality, and cling to their delusions with both hands—because admitting the truth would break them.

These people aren’t victims of Trump anymore. They’re willing participants in their own destruction.”

Read the full post at Closer to the Edge on Substack.

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