"I struggle to grasp on daily basis how your average American doesn’t understand that this guy is an aggressive liar." "everything the man says is bullshit yet here we are 8 years" - April 13, 2025

like how the fuck did this happen not once but twice? what the fuck, guys?

You aren't the only one who keeps wondering how it keeps happening. Here's another line of terminology and ideas on why...

Mastadon Hashtag "Gullible USA": https://mastodon.social/tags/GullibleUSA

1. "Michael Tomasky. April 21, 2025. Fooled Again Who Were Those Gullible People Who Believed Donald Trump’s Bullshit? His campaign promises, from peace in Ukraine to “beautiful” tariffs, were truly unbelievable. And yet, somehow, many people believed him." - https://newrepublic.com/article/194176/donald-trump-voters-gullible-lies-ukraine-tariffs
2. October 19, 2024 - "America's gullibility crisis. by Zachary Basu. In the heat of this historic election, educated elites who should know better — billionaires, elected officials, journalists — keep falling for fakes, conspiracy theories and outright lies. Why it matters: Human gullibility is not a new phenomenon. But social media and polarized politics are exposing it at industrial scale" - https://www.axios.com/2024/10/19/musk-ackman-election-misinformation