On Donald Trump
Feb 2016, private message to a friend:
“I go back and forth between thinking Trump is a cynical asshole like Nixon who wouldn’t be that bad (and might even prove useful) or that he’s America’s Hitler.”
April 2016, the New York Times:
“Mr Trump is unfit for our nation’s highest office.”
July 2016, the Atlantic:
“Trump brings power to those who hate their lack of it, and his message is tonic to communities that have felt nothing but decline for decades … Trump is cultural heroin. He makes some feel better for a bit. But he cannot fix what ails them, and one day they’ll realize it.”
August 2016, NPR:
“I can’t stomach Trump. I think that he’s noxious and is leading the white working class to a very dark place.”
October 2016, PBS:
“I’m a never Trump guy. I never liked him.”
October 2016, now-deleted tweet:
“Trump makes people I care about afraid. Immigrants, Muslims, etc. Because of this I find him reprehensible. God wants better of us.”
March 2017, now-deleted tweet:
“In 4 years, I hope people remember that it was those of us who empathized with Trump’s voters who fought him the most aggressively.”
July 2021, confronted with past anti-Trump statements, CNN:
“Like a lot of people, I criticized Trump back in 2016. And I ask folks not to judge me based on what I said in 2016, because I’ve been very open that I did say those critical things and I regret them, and I regret being wrong about the guy.”
September 2022, Timcast News:
“I think in America if the facts change then you should change your mind and Trump was a good president.”
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