Under the Occam’s razor principle, the simpler explanation is usually the better one. Consider two contentions:
- Donald Trump is a flawed, but well intended, patriot whose desire to serve has been undermined by the unwarranted criticisms of the press; our allies; a corrupt top law enforcement agency; an overwhelming majority of climate scientists, economists, political theorists and most intellectuals; the pope and other religious leaders; past presidents and first ladies; and the Deep State. He has also been unfairly accused of sexual misconduct by many coerced women, and there is no Russian collusion or obstruction to be discovered in a pointless, partisan investigation that is draining our hard-earned tax dollars. Besides that, he’s deeply religious as he demonstrated by citing “2 Corinthians.”
- Donald Trump is a skilled demagogue who achieved the presidency via an appeal to our darker impulses and the disenfranchisement of many.
OK—you work it out.
— Art Collins, Aurora
Note from KBJ: You omitted an explanation, Art: Americans wanted to make their country great again after eight years of ineptitude, corruption, and arrogance. Donald Trump had the experience, knowledge, skill, and desire to do it; Hillary Clinton did not.
