Objectively, will Trump be remembered as the villain that he truly is? (I'm being serious) [View all]

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Look, he's obviously reviled among anyone on our side who has even the most rudimentary knowledge of what is happening. And based on his approval numbers, it seems like a growing number of people are, at a minimum, worried about the direction he's taking the country. I won't touch his current fan club.

I'm talking about something else. I'm talking about people who have gone down in history as objectively evil. People that, other than the fringe of the fringe, nobody will never publicly admit to supporting. Without being too hyperbolic, the obvious examples are figures like Hitler, Stalin, Pol Pot, etc. In this country, some of the more hateful pro-segregation figures of the 20th century fit that bill.

I know this is just semantics, but there's a part of me that worries that he'll be whitewashed by the press and historians as simply an incompetent and unstable guy who was in over his head. With the damage he has and continues to do to our discourse, traditions, and institutions, that can't be how he is remembered.