Wtf he was president before. He said incredibly worrying things during his campaign. Project2025?
IIRC, he was allegedly not supposed to laugh in that scene, and he was just caught off-guard by Gene ad-libbing the “morons” line, so that’s an authentic laugh that they kept in the film.
It’s not funny this time, though.
A lot of people didn’t even hear about project 2025. Even then, you had to be fairly plugged in to have heard anything more than his disavowal of it.
This is just making excuses… I’m not even from the USA and heard all about it
Choosing to stick your head in the Fox News sand does not excuse ignorance
As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart’s desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.
H.L. Mencken
The problem with this is that the same argument (that people are too stupid and can’t be trusted with voting) was made against the concept of democracy in the first place, and was also the justification for the electoral college. It’s an inherently cynical argument in favor of authoritarianism and “divine right to rule” over representative government.
Yes, but an educated populice in required for democracy to be done correctly. Which we are lacking, which leads to statements like this becoming true and democracy becoming not true.
A: Hey bud, this house is probably gonna need a new roof soon. the foundation is all eaten up. Those pipes are still lead. There’s asbestos in the walls. And you’re right next to a waste water treatment plant. Maybe you should look for anoth—
B: No I like it. The door is my favorite color.
A: Color? I mean, you can paint any—
B: No no, this is the one. It has a red door. Nothing else matters.
