How many electoral college votes shift to Idaho along with the meth and Jesus counties? Because that’s always the reason these movements are really funded.

Billionaires and investment companies buying radio, TV and print media outlets, massively consolidating them and then turning all of them into engagement bait, rage bait and propaganda factories is what ruined journalism. Radio, TV and newspaper deregulation in the 80s and 90s was a massive mistake and is the major driver of the breakdown of civil discourse over the last 30y. Which, of course, is good for billionaires and Wall St because it leaves society too dysfunctional to reign in business as usual profit extraction.

His only talent is convincing the wealthy to invest in his schemes. I don’t understand how he does it, hearing him speak is painful.

That’s not fair, he’s also really good at making promises to the public to secure incentives and public funding and then fucking everyone over