Brett Stephens, one of the Never Trump Republicans at the New York Times, has had an epiphany: Donald Trump is a person, not a demon, and his supporters are Americans who are tired of the transnational elite’s destruction of America.
Bret Stephens is “Done With Never Trump”https://t.co/imPGrImCVW pic.twitter.com/jIHll8BgUO
— Jerry Dunleavy IV 🇺🇸 (@JerryDunleavy) December 18, 2024
It only took nine years to see things more or less as they are. I would say that counts as lightning fast on the Never Trump scale, and as stunning and brave when published in The New York Times.
It’s been more than nine years since I first denounced Donald Trump as a “loudmouth vulgarian appealing to quieter vulgarians.” I’ve called myself a Never Trump conservative ever since, even when I agreed with his policies from time to time. I also opposed him
