The self-censoring nature of many of the most important facts about Trump's presidencies is a load-bearing necessity for his career. The median voter cannot and will not believe that he is as bad as he actually is. They invent a less bad version of him that they can then be persuaded to support.
@chathamharrison.bsky.socialThe sad thing is "the Trump Administration is trying to coerce the Catholic Church to support it by threatening military action against the Pope" is a thing you could never get John Q. Public to wrap his brain around. Ridiculous. "If this was true I'd have heard about it," they say, hearing about it
