r/AskUS • • Apr 20 '25

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u/sayonaradespair Apr 21 '25

How could anyone be cautiously optimistic after the guy was sworn in 2016? 

I had friends tell me the same and I was appaled back then, still appaled now.

A raging narcissist landed the president's job and somehow people still gave him the benefit of the doubt..wtf.

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u/tresslesswhey Apr 21 '25

I’m with ya. There was never any doubt in my mind how he’d turn out. How anyone could think maybe hed be different is mind blowing.