Nixon, Reagan, W. Bush, Trump is not a curve towards competence. Nixon got stuff done. Reagan started a movement but bumbled around until Nancy took charge and hired professional help. W started and lost two wars. Populists never know how to govern, so the next tiktok, parlor, youtube star isn’t going to know how to move the levers any better and their entourage is going to be a clown show.
They can win because the American populace is shallow and irrational, but running off the rails is not a competence badge.
They can win because the American populace is shallow and irrational, but running off the rails is not a competence badge.