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.
The only difference between Trump the first time around and this time is the first time around, he truly believed he had a mandate. He was humiliated when he found out he didn't. Because he has a very long history as a bully, his current behavior shouldn't surprise anyone - it's typical for bullies to double down and start bulldozing after they've been called out publicly. He is just bulldozing forward policies he talked about last time, but didn't have the mandate to implement through Congressional actions last go around.
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u/stereoroid 2d ago
Admitting he was wrong counts for something, though.