Tucker Carlson made a point last night that I have long believed and wanted to expound on a bit. Carlson stated, in a very concise and explicit way, that politics is an inside game to the political class. They believe that only members of their exclusive club have the right to hold the reins of power. That you must earn your way in through the accepted channels (Harvard, Yale Law, etc.), and follow the rules of the club to participate. And that the general public places a subservient role.
Though they won’t admit it, one of the things the political class really hated about Trump was that he wasn’t a member of the political class. Worse yet, he didn’t want to be. In fact he openly mocked and disrespected them. The fact that a commercial developer and former reality TV star could waltz in and win the Presidency really rankled their drawers. The fact that Trump didn’t listen to them and their collective “wisdom”, yet was wildly successful, just pissed them off even more. Trump would kill the economy they said. Yet the economy boomed and unemployment reached historical lows. Trump was insane to kill Soleimani and World War III was coming they assured us. And Iran suddenly became very quiet. He was at first provoking Kim Jong-un, then later in his term coddling the Korean dictator they complained. Yet the nuclear stand-off that seemed inevitable when Obama left office never materialized. Tariffs are stupid and our allies won’t renegotiate any trade deals they proclaimed. And Trump brought manufacturing back to America. A wall is silly they protested. And yet border crossings plummeted. And the list goes on and on. Trump was even nominated 3 times for Nobel Peace Prizes for working to normalize relations between Israel and it’s Arab neighbors. Something former Secretary of State and rotting zombie look-alike John Kerry swore could never ever happen until we kissed the Palestinians asses. Every single time the “smart set” said something Trump was doing would lead to disaster, it ended up working brilliantly. They had no answer. Only a perfectly timed once-in-a-century pandemic could stop all the winning and give the political class the window they needed to oust him. And even then, they still had to cheat.
Trump shone a bright spotlight on the political class, and exposed just how truly corrupt and incompetent they really are. And they hated him for it. The Presidency is the pinnacle of success that the political class dreams of achieving. They place the office on a pedestal. And a crass real estate developer easily snatched it up and showed them all up in doing it, seemingly on a lark. They can hide behind all the pomp and circumstance, the elaborate buildings, the fancy clothes, and the swooning media fan-boys. But once the curtain is pulled back and the truth is exposed, you can’t un-see it.