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The obvious reason behind Trump’s undying political strength is somehow still dumbfounding ignorant Big Media elites

It is not my habit to read Paul Krugman’s screeds, much less recommend them, but every dog has its day.

And Krugman’s latest piece commands attention because of what he inadvertently reveals about elite ignorance.

Under the headline “The Mystery of White Rural Rage,” the New York Times columnist approvingly cites a book that details the decline of rural America.

Spoiler alert: Technology gets the blame.

But Krugman, an economist, quickly adds, “I still don’t get the politics” of rural Americans, and later writes, “I still find it hard to understand” recent voting patterns.

What he means, of course, is that nearly nine years after Don*ald Trump came down that escalator to launch his first campaign, Krugman still hasn’t figured out the source of the former president’s enduring political strength among people living in what *media masters call “fly-over” America.

https://nypost.com/2024/02/27/opini...still-dumbfounding-ignorant-big-media-elites/
 
Choice to be dumb

Even now, as Trump rolls through primaries on his way to a third presidential nomination, Krugman professes to be in the dark.

Perhaps he is, but, if so, it’s a choice.

Willful ignorance is the only way to explain his bizarre claims, which include that New York is a “relatively safe” city compared to the “hellscapes” of rural America.

He also ridicules the idea that *illegal immigration, wokeness and the deep state are real problems, blaming nearly every rural ill on technology.

He concludes by declaring that white rural rage is “arguably the single greatest threat facing American democracy.”

There you have it, a naked display of the know-nothing cosseted class.

His echo of Hillary Clinton’s “deplorables” comment, a slur that will live in infamy, shows how stuck they are in their mental swamps.

In fairness, it’s not just leftists who are confused by Trump’s remarkable comeback.

Nikki Haley is roadkill because she believed his GOP support was soft and that the party was looking not only for a new generation but also a new direction.

It is more than a footnote that her campaign has been kept afloat in large part by Democrats, voters and donors.

The first primary challengers to fall, including Ron DeSantis, Chris Christie and Tim Scott, took a different path by offering personal versions of Trumpism without Trump.

They, too, were quickly dispatched.

All the wannabes discovered that Trump’s GOP base had essentially doubled since the start of 2023, from the mid-30s to 75% now.

Polls show he is also gaining support among black and Latino voters in the population at large.

Against that backdrop, Krugman’s ignorance strikes me as especially revealing.

At this late stage of the Trump era, there is no mystery, only an arrogant refusal to accept truths that don’t fit neatly into a blinkered worldview.

Most of the left still believes America would thrive if only it traded its patriotic and cultural distinctions for the warm embrace of globalist institutions, and that anybody who rejects that vision is stupid.

That’s hardly a new development at the Times or Big Media in general.

Recall that after Trump’s stunning 2016 victory over Clinton, the editor and publisher of the Gray Lady wrote a mea culpa letter to subscribers conceding their failure to realize Trump could win.

“Did Donald Trump’s sheer *unconventionality lead us and other news outlets to underestimate his support among American voters?” they wrote.
 
Here we go again

While insisting the Times staff had “reported on both candidates fairly,” they also vowed the paper would “rededicate ourselves to the fundamental mission of Times journalism. That is to report America and the world honestly, without fear or favor.”

Baloney.

If they had actually reported the campaign fairly and honestly, even Krugman might have learned something.

Instead, here we go again, with virtually every Trump story in the Times these days an opinion piece arguing he’s not fit to be president again.

It’s a replay of 2016 and 2020, so much so that we can probably expect some kind of Russia, Russia, Russia hoax any day now.

The paper and its ilk have no problem with the unprecedented onslaught of prosecutions against Trump.

No former president had even been indicted, but Trump has been hit four times, for a total of 91 felony counts.

The leftist media have been cheerleaders for all four cases and the civil ones, too, including the outrageous show trial concocted by New York state Attorney General Letitia James and a “Gong Show” judge.

Once again, the hatred for all things Trump has blinded them to the impact the cases are having on the electorate.

Rather than scare away most of the GOP and independent voters, the cases are drawing supporters to him.

In large part, that’s because all have been brought by Democratic prosecutors, effectively confirming the “weaponization of law enforcement” argument.

Each case also features something not quite kosher, such as the scandal involving Fulton County, Ga., District Attorney Fani Willis, who looks to have hired her lover to be the chief prosecutor and lied about it under oath.

Then there’s the fact that Joe Biden escaped prosecution despite having boxes of classified documents while Trump faces serious charges for a similar offense.

And don’t forget that Biden made it clear he wanted Attorney General Merrick Garland to prosecute Trump for Jan. 6, and presto, Garland did.

While it’s too early to say how these factors will play out in the general election, especially if Trump is convicted in any of the cases, it’s already clear he is getting a boost from the incumbent’s glaring failures.
 
Border disorder

Biden’s physical and mental declines are obvious arguments against giving him four more years, as are still-lingering inflation and the dangers posed by aggressive foreign adversaries taking advantage of his unsteady leadership.

But the top concern now among voters is the open border, and the contrast between the two policies tilts sharply in Trump’s favor.

Under Biden, as many as 10 million illegal migrants have poured into the US.

The alleged involvement of some in especially heinous crimes, including the murder of the female jogger on the University of Georgia campus, could be the deciding factor in what is expected to be a close election.

The issue will become even more elevated Thursday when both men are scheduled to visit the border.

Although they will be far apart, the comparison will favor Trump because his policies, including building a wall and keeping asylum seekers in Mexico, are widely supported while Biden’s are widely loathed.

In fact, Biden’s visit reveals his desperation to blunt the issue.

His trip could easily backfire if it’s nothing more than a photo op and he refuses to strike a deal with Congress to turn off the human spigot.

He could also reverse the executive orders that he used to cause the problem in the first place.

Even if he does nothing, Biden will get Paul Krugman’s vote.

That’s only fair because listening to the Big Media elite is how he screwed up his presidency in the first place.
 
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It is difficult to see how Trump got such a big following. He is a crook with a hundred indictments to deal with. He is a dumb person who has no knowledge of the world nor it's' history. He is a woman abuser and user on a huge scale. He may be a rapist. He is a terrible judgemental bigot using minorities as political fodder.
Trump's only talent is he is a good conman. He reads low-level people very well and knows how to use them. Vote for me, I hate the same people you do.
 
Nordberg said:
It is difficult to see how Trump got such a big following. He is a crook with a hundred indictments to deal with. He is a dumb person who has no knowledge of the world nor it's' history. He is a woman abuser and user on a huge scale. He may be a rapist. He is a terrible judgemental bigot using minorities as political fodder.
Trump's only talent is he is a good conman. He reads low-level people very well and knows how to use them. Vote for me, I hate the same people you do.
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Over a decade on The Apprentice gave viewers the false perception that he's a savvy businessman who makes wise decisions.
But that was with directors and producers who tirelessly worked overtime to create that perception. Talking to The Apprentice producers,
They said they continually had to do numerous takes before the Orange Turd would get it right.

The MAGA morons in the cult swallowed this false perception hook, line and sinker.
 
Nordberg said:
It is difficult to see how Trump got such a big following. He is a crook with a hundred indictments to deal with. He is a dumb person who has no knowledge of the world nor it's' history. He is a woman abuser and user on a huge scale. He may be a rapist. He is a terrible judgemental bigot using minorities as political fodder.
Trump's only talent is he is a good conman. He reads low-level people very well and knows how to use them. Vote for me, I hate the same people you do.
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It's only difficult if you are a grade A moron with a severely retarded IQ.

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Joe Capitalist said:
Over a decade on The Apprentice gave viewers the false perception that he's a savvy businessman who makes wise decisions.
But that was with directors and producers who tirelessly worked overtime to create that perception. Talking to The Apprentice producers,
They said they continually had to do numerous takes before the Orange Turd would get it right.

The MAGA morons in the cult swallowed this false perception hook, line and sinker.
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Irony from a clownish buffoon who parrots MSNBC all day long.
 
Truth Detector said:
The left will NEVER "get it."

The obvious reason behind Trump’s undying political strength is somehow still dumbfounding ignorant Big Media elites

It is not my habit to read Paul Krugman’s screeds, much less recommend them, but every dog has its day.

And Krugman’s latest piece commands attention because of what he inadvertently reveals about elite ignorance.

Under the headline “The Mystery of White Rural Rage,” the New York Times columnist approvingly cites a book that details the decline of rural America.

Spoiler alert: Technology gets the blame.

But Krugman, an economist, quickly adds, “I still don’t get the politics” of rural Americans, and later writes, “I still find it hard to understand” recent voting patterns.

What he means, of course, is that nearly nine years after Don*ald Trump came down that escalator to launch his first campaign, Krugman still hasn’t figured out the source of the former president’s enduring political strength among people living in what *media masters call “fly-over” America.
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Don’t know why it baffles Krugman, it’s easy, Trump pretends to hate the same people and entities as they hate. Trump feeds their insecurity over a changing America, and provides scapegoats to explain to them why America doesn’t looking like the America they want it to be, the way they remember it, or think they remember it, he schleps the melodrama, and they eat it up
 
Nordberg said:
It is difficult to see how Trump got such a big following. He is a crook with a hundred indictments to deal with. He is a dumb person who has no knowledge of the world nor it's' history. He is a woman abuser and user on a huge scale. He may be a rapist. He is a terrible judgemental bigot using minorities as political fodder.
Trump's only talent is he is a good conman. He reads low-level people very well and knows how to use them. Vote for me, I hate the same people you do.
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No, it's really not. It is, only if you are on the Left.

A big chunk if American citizens, potentially a majority, deeply distrust the government. They see it like this:

Got a problem? Call a cop, get two problems (Abbie Hoffman, look him up)

I'm from the government. I'm here to help (taken as a certainty leading to disaster)

No one is safe when Congress is in session (Mark Twain)

They see Trump as an outsider. The more the Left and government go after Trump to get him out of politics, like the "lawfare" going on right now, the more this sort of American is inclined to thinking Fuck the government! That's why I'm voting for Trump. They aren't doing it because of who he is, but what they know he represents. They don't give a shit that he's an asshole or womanizer, or whatever. They're voting for him because he represents someone they know will fuck the government.

For the Left, that's a HUGE threat. Undoing big government? OMG! The horror! The rich and powerful don't want that. They like having all the money and power and government helps them concentrate that at the top.
 
What fucking political strength?

Ever since 2017, Republicans have pretty much lost every meaningful race or severely underperformed.

Trump cost the GOP the House and the Senate, not to mention several state governments (Michigan, Pennsylvania).

Trump will cost the GOP again this November because Conservatives are stupid, have no policies that have succeeded, and have never made the country an objectively better place.

Conservatives have nothing to run on!
 
The more Democrats corrupt our legal system to go after Trump the more it makes me realize we have to support Trump and make sure the Democrats aren't rewarded for perverting our legal system. They are making America into a Banana Republic. I was actually for another candidate but he dropped out. Now I realize it is very important that Trump wins to prove a point. The point is the legal system should not be used to eliminate your political opponent,
 
ExpressLane said:
The more Democrats corrupt our legal system to go after Trump the more it makes me realize we have to support Trump and make sure the Democrats aren't rewarded for perverting our legal system. They are making America into a Banana Republic. I was actually for another candidate but he dropped out. Now I realize it is very important that Trump wins to prove a point. The point is the legal system should not be used to eliminate your political opponent,
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How dare Trump be held accountable for his crimes.

If you don't want to face our court system, don't break the law you goddamned fucking MORON.
 
archives said:
Don’t know why it baffles Krugman, it’s easy, Trump pretends to hate the same people and entities as they hate.
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More dumb Democrat projection. Meanwhile, you support a mentally unsound, sociopathic liar and corrupt grifter. That's the definition of stupid.

archives said:
Trump feeds their insecurity over a changing America, and provides scapegoats to explain to them why America doesn’t looking like the America they want it to be, the way they remember it, or think they remember it, he schleps the melodrama, and they eat it up
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What a pile of mentally unbalanced bile arsecheese. Alas, the fact that you support a mentally unsound, sociopathic liar and corrupt grifter makes you a dishonest, lying, projecting moron.
 
LV426 said:
What fucking political strength?

Ever since 2017, Republicans have pretty much lost every meaningful race or severely underperformed.
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You're describing Democrats halfwit. Now back to that padded cell you go!

LV426 said:
Trump cost the GOP the House and the Senate, not to mention several state governments (Michigan, Pennsylvania).
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Not as bigly as Obama did. You're a simple-minded cretin lacking any factual context or historical facts.

LV426 said:
Trump will cost the GOP again this November
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Wishful thinking from a halfwit who is NEVER right about anything and loves Fascism, mediocrity, autocriticism and BIG BIG Government.

LV426 said:
because Conservatives are stupid,
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More projection halfwit. Democrats are the definition of stupid and fascism.

LV426 said:
have no policies that have succeeded, and have never made the country an objectively better place.
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More projection halfwit. You described the Biden Presidency perfectly however.

LV426 said:
Conservatives have nothing to run on!
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Says the douchebag whose party has nothing it can run on, other than murdering the unborn. You really are the dumbest fuck on the planet.

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Truth Detector said:
The left will NEVER "get it."

The obvious reason behind Trump’s undying political strength is somehow still dumbfounding ignorant Big Media elites

It is not my habit to read Paul Krugman’s screeds, much less recommend them, but every dog has its day.

And Krugman’s latest piece commands attention because of what he inadvertently reveals about elite ignorance.

Under the headline “The Mystery of White Rural Rage,” the New York Times columnist approvingly cites a book that details the decline of rural America.

Spoiler alert: Technology gets the blame.

But Krugman, an economist, quickly adds, “I still don’t get the politics” of rural Americans, and later writes, “I still find it hard to understand” recent voting patterns.

What he means, of course, is that nearly nine years after Don*ald Trump came down that escalator to launch his first campaign, Krugman still hasn’t figured out the source of the former president’s enduring political strength among people living in what *media masters call “fly-over” America.

https://nypost.com/2024/02/27/opini...still-dumbfounding-ignorant-big-media-elites/
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Irrational Rage leads to poor decisions that defy logic.
 
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