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Obama falls into Trump trap - bullet - 05-22-2020 01:28 PM
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/05/21/obama-trump-altitude-272702
Leftist Politico manages to control itself in this article, calling saying bad things about the President, the Trump trap.
"...But political culture has returned to something close to its pre-pandemic state. People are filled with resentment and malice toward their fellow citizens. They are arguing over eccentric or ephemeral controversies. They are sanctimoniously and often hypocritically denouncing the sanctimoniousness and hypocrisy of their opponents. Above all, many influential voices across the ideological spectrum are united in the assumption that the most important subjectconstant and all-consuming—to be thinking and talking about is Trump.
Here is the essence of the Trump Trap. For critics, not speaking out against his provocations could be reasonably interpreted as complicity or cowardice. Speaking out, however, gives those provocations the centrality upon which the Trump movement depends...."