Trump sold America a miracle cure, but he won't be blamed when it fails
There are many who hope that President Donald Trump's supporters will hold him accountable. That they will insist he fulfill his promises about jobs or universal health coverage — and when those promises are broken, that their fervent support will turn into rage at having been duped, causing Trump anguish and eventually costing him re-election.
This is wishful thinking.
Trump's rise to power has followed a similar trajectory to that of medical quacks who peddle panaceas to the desperate — a bizarre and heartbreaking world I've long studied. Just like them, Trump will fail to deliver. But his supporters will find a way to exonerate him.
Consider the ability of one "Archbishop" Jim Humble — a former gold prospector who claims extraterrestrial lineage — to persuade parents to pump their autistic children full of Master Mineral Solution, even though MMS, when activated by citric acid, becomes a dangerous form of industrial bleach.
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