An anecdotal confirmation of your point
by mocopdx (2024-02-28 18:06:46)

In reply to: Others have opined on that. He's not an honest man.  posted by krudler

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One of my only MAGA friends has told me that he realizes Trump says a bunch of dumb shit, but that he's not part of the ruling class that has alienated him and many others. He's not "one of them". He doesn't go as far as calling it the deep state, but I know that's what he means. He has said multiple times that he would've voted for Bernie Sanders over an establishment Republican for the same reasons.

These people don't care as much about policy as they do about sticking it to The Man. How a billionaire, NYC socialite, prep school and Ivy League educated man, who has spent decades rubbing elbows with the elite and powerful of America, is their idea of an iconoclast man-of-the-people... is beyond me. That does speak to some of his only real talents in life- he's a talented showman and con artist.

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