This is Brad DeLong's Grasping Reality—my attempt to make myself, and all of you out there in SubStackLand, smarter by writing where I have Value Above Replacement and shutting up where I do not… A New Rule for Social Interactions with Anyone Who Ever Voted for or Thought of Voting for Donald TrumpThey must begin with an abject apology, declaration of repentance, and agreement to be guided for **all** their future voting decisions by somebody who is not such an easily grifted moron…They must begin with an abject apology, declaration of repentance, and agreement to be guided for all their future voting decisions by somebody who is not such an easily grifted moron…Could somebody, some engineers, facilities staff, or internal consultants, have told somebody in the bowels of the institution or the board that the building really needs a lot of work, and “if you really want to rework the building, you’d be better off closing it”? There i no trace of that anywhere I have been able to find. Right now nobody is saying: “this idea has been on the table for years and Trump has now embraced it”. There are no quotes from anybody coming forward as a long‑time pro‑closure Cassandra. What the record shows is Trump’s post hoc appeal to “Highly Respected Experts,” with no prior public track. It will be interesting to see how long it is before people begin claiming that Trump’s desire to close it for reconstruction is just common sense, and who the first ones are.
That he has not yet been adjudged mentally incompetent, and that no guardian ad litam has yet been appointed, are surely the most mysterious things about our current situation. If reading this gets you Value Above Replacement, then become a free subscriber to this newsletter. And forward it! And if your VAR from this newsletter is in the three digits or more each year, please become a paid subscriber! I am trying to make you readers—and myself—smarter. Please tell me if I succeed, or how I fail…##a-new rule-for-social-interactions-with-anyone-who-ever-voted-for-or-thought-of-voting-for-donald-trump |
A New Rule for Social Interactions with Anyone Who Ever Voted for or Thought of Voting for Donald Trump
Sunday, 1 February 2026
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