r/agedlikemilk • u/karmaceuticaI • 1d ago

Curdled.

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u/Airway 1d ago

Exactly right. He basically said "I was wrong because Trump is acting different now, who could have seen it coming?"

When in reality he was wrong because he's stupid and it was easy to see this coming.

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u/antenonjohs 1d ago

I hate Trump just as much as everyone else, but I like to take these things at face value. He’s not implying “who could have seen it coming?” He admits he was wrong, simple as that.

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u/Airway 1d ago

"Trump 2.0 is different", to me, sounds like he's saying it isn't his fault he was wrong because this isn't what was to be expected.

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u/antenonjohs 1d ago

That’s a pretty big stretch… I don’t read “Trump 2.0 is different” as “it’s not my fault I was wrong” in the context here

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u/Broad-Bath-8408 1d ago

How else could you read it? He's saying, 'I was wrong because of x' And the implication is that x is out of his control. So clearly he is saying he was wrong because of something he could not control, e.g., it is not his fault.