MAGA Unreality vs the World

The U.S. government is in the hands of people who are fully detached from reality. That is a major weakness for the regime – but also a source of further radicalization.

Some thoughts from my new piece:

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https://steady.page/en/democracyamericana/posts/55dc578f-c914-4239-8dc9-e2bbef1fe5c6

MAGA Unreality vs the World

The U.S. government is in the hands of people who are fully detached from reality. That is a major weakness for the regime – but also a source of further radicalization.

Steady
The U.S. government is in the hands of a disturbed authoritarian who is surrounded by people who either share his delusions, are too sycophantic to confront him, or believe the president’s delusions serve just fine as a vehicle for their own zealotry and ideological extremism.
@tzimmer_history It may be that Hegseth is out of control, perhaps Trump cannot rein him in at this point: he’s turned it into his holy war.