Me: [Describes my assignment this term. It concerns a current supreme court case.]
Him: Wow, they’re teaching you real ideas! That’s something. That’s how you make something of yourself in your field. What do you think about that?
Me: Uh? Regarding my brief or something else? My brief was just assigned. I haven’t started researching it yet.
Him: No, that they’re teaching you real ideas. Do you have an opinion on that?
Me: um, no? I like the assignment. It seems interesting.
Him: That’s not good. You should have a take on that. If people don’t believe in what you’re saying, you won’t be worth anything. You need to have a take and be able to argue for it, because that’s what your field is paid to do.
Me: Well, no, the law applies to you whether you believe in it or not-
Him: No, it doesn’t! Those systems were set up by globalists and Trump destroyed all of that. It’s all worthless now. You need to convince people to believe in good ideas that make society better.
That’s just reverse Trumpism.
And? The truth of the matter is that it sucks. I hate that Trump revealed that, but I’ve seen a pattern of behavior from him of showing off that money and bullying work.
He blew up a priceless art piece in the subway at Columbus Circle because he randomly decided the City moved too slow. The punishment wasn’t throwing him in jail for destroying public property, it wasn’t revoking his building’s access to the subway. It was a minor fine for vandalism, and an accelerated timeline to build his subway access.
That’s what he’s always done. For him, bullying and paying people off has allowed him to do everything he ever wanted.