trump wasn't controlled op at the time. well, he was never a real threat to them, but the rhetoric he would spout about draining the swamp and his populist base thinking he's caesar or whatever had them scared. remember the 10s of thousands of troops in dc ahead of biden's inauguration? remember trump being put on house arrest in mar a lago?  trump's bluster turned out to be all hot air and now they know he's not a threat to their power. if you watched the debates this year, he had far less energy and looked way more like a republican from 10 years ago than he did in 2016 or 2020. but the media will continue pushing the drumpfler narrative because that's what sells and what makes americans think that the red team blue team shit actually matters.
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