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These malign forces will not magically disappear if Harris or some other Democrat or even a responsible Republican and real “small c” conservative were to become president.

While attempting to malign the immigration policies of his Democratic opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris, Trump claimed that Haitian immigrants in Ohio had been kidnapping and eating residents’ household pets.

Trump is surrounded by malign actors and other people who want to hurt the country for their own corrupt purposes.

Moreover, Trump is already and has long been manipulated by malign forces and bad actors such as Putin and other enemies of America's national interests.

Male rage is misdirected at the wrong individuals and groups as it is processed through conspiracism and anti-intellectualism and manipulated by malign actors who are masters at gaming the algorithm and attention economy; facts and reality generally do not supersede or override the power of perception and emotions; joy and hope and calling people names such as “weird” are not effective strategies for stopping such destructive forces.