That follow-up barely counts for anything when it's used as an opportunity to humblebrag ("I'm a man on honor") and backtrack ("well ackshually Trump 2.0 is very different, other than that I was totally right, you know! ☝️🤓"). Nowadays I am finding it increasingly difficult to be forgiving of people who believe, trust, and worship Trump, especially after the decades of Trump proving himself to be an evil charlatan.
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.
He admits he is wrong, but he does not admit that he is stupid, as he should. If one calls another “fairly stupid” for insinuating something would happen, one must have an extreme level of confidence that their understanding is correct. The confidence required to predict something will happen is less than the confidence required to predict it won’t and to call those who say it will “stupid.” Therefore, he should increase the severity of his stupidity accusations, but upon himself, where he admits he’s “stupid” or “very stupid”. His lack of admitting that he’s stupid is a form of backtracking his logic.
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u/stereoroid 2d ago
Admitting he was wrong counts for something, though.