THE LIES DON’T HAVE TO BE CONSISTENT, THEY JUST HAVE TO BE CONSTANTLY REPEATED: “I say hilariously, because there has been all this effort to portray Trump as a huge narcissist who must be losing his mind over the ascension of Musk into a ‘co-President.’ That Time Magazine cover has been talked about as if it’s an enraging taunt that is utterly at odds with the idea of Trump as a maniacal egoist. And now here’s Trump, calmly sitting, and Musk, standing, gleefully gabbing to the press about all the cool stuff he’s doing and horsing around with his short little tiny kid, and Barbaro’s idea is that we must all still think the same thing about Trump. I’d love to credit Barbaro with having a super-dry sense of humor, but the next speakers didn’t take a cue to say, wow, we’ve got a whole new Trump here and let’s try to understand him.”
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Wish I had a dollar for all the pros last year who told me Trump can't share the limelight and would never bring on Kennedy and the others
Guy has shared more limelight than most politicians ever
— Walter Kirn (@walterkirn) February 13, 2025