It’s great when you run across something from an author you admire and say, “Yes! That’s exactly what I’ve been saying!” That happened to me yesterday when I read Friday’s “The Goldberg File,” by the peerless and fearless Jonah Goldberg of National Review. (Trump has called him “really pathetic” in one of his famous insulting tweets, so that must mean Goldberg’s pretty good.) Anyway, I’ve been saying that there’s a part of me, a small part, that almost wishes Trump would win, because then all of the predictions of the NeverTrumpers would come true. We’d all be vindicated, big time.
Here’s what Goldberg has to say:
Okay, so why in my selfish heart of hearts do I want Trump to win? Because that’s the only surefire way my opposition to Trump can be vindicated. If he loses, every time Hillary Clinton does something awful — which will be a lot — people will say, “If Trump were president this wouldn’t be happening,” or, “This is all the fault of the ‘Jonah Goldberg class,’” or, “If we had Mr. Trump’s broad-shouldered leadership, the grain harvests would be historic.”
You can read the entire article by clicking below. Warning: Don’t expect complete gentility here.
“If Candidate Trump Can’t Be Managed, What Makes You Think President Trump Could Be?”