Nope, because he doesn’t care about stuff that doesn’t impact him personally. In the context of Covid, his biggest regret is probably that he got it, followed by the fact that it didn’t kill more Democrats in urban areas during the initial surge.
followed by the fact that it didn’t kill more Democrats in urban areas during the initial surge.
Viruses have a hard time killing people who believe in science and germ theory. COVID deniers on the other hand who are his biggest supporters are stupid and don't wash their hands.
His greatest mistake was hiring people more loyal to the country than to him. That's his take-away from the experience. And half the country is fine with that and wants him to get another shot at it.
That would be one of the central problems of fascism. People are hired based on loyalty first, and competence a distant second. On top of that, the fundamental worship of power in fascism means everyone is trying to be powerful, so nobody is all that loyal, anyway.
It will always fall apart because of this, but it can also kill everyone else in the process.
He's right. The next time, he'll only have people completely loyal and ready to do massive harm. He never believed he'd win the first time and was completely unprepared. If he wins again, his staff is planned well in advance and we're fucked.
Well, yeah, that would be a problem in most cases. Why did he do that? Is he still doing that? Will he do it again if he is reelected? How would he know if they are loyal before hiring them?
The Heritage Foundation has made the plan, selected the appointees, sealed the deal. He will barely have to make any personnel decisions. It's fucking terrifying because it will work so well instead of the constant chaos of last time.
It's self filtering. Anyone that's watched the last 8 years of throwing each and every one of his cronies under the bus, but still jumps at the chance to be next will be loyal enough, at least until he can't use them anymore.
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