The Transitive Strongman (good description to share with the MAGAs in your life)

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The Transitive Strongman

March 7, 2026 at 5:46 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 36 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2026/03/07/the-transitive-strongman/

Timothy Snyder: “When I look at Donald Trump as a person, I see a failed real estate guy from Queens with a lot of natural showman talent, whose obviously poor physical condition is covered by terrible, ill-fitting suits and a lot of makeup. When I listen to him I hear incoherent bluster and self-absorbed whining. None of this makes me experience him as strong…”

“The strongman is strong because of the law of transitivity. If you accept at a certain point that he is stronger than you, then you are accepting that you are weaker than him. You are joining in the collective creation of the strongman.“

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1. And that is precisely why he is failing and will continue to fail

Except for MAGA loyalists and some defeatist Doomers, nobody else believes he is a strongman, just an incompetent, criminal failure sowing chaos and destruction.