President Donald Trump said he could shoot someone on Fifth Avenue and not lose a single voter. The press called it hyperbole. His opponents called it proof of insanity. His supporters called it Tuesday.Everyone missed the point.Trump was not boasting. He was explaining his theory of power. The theory is simple: The rules do not apply to him because he has convinced everyone — allies and enemies alike — that he does not play by any rules at all.
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He is not crazy. He is strategic. And the strategy is working.
The absurdity as armor
Trump says things that no normal politician would say because he understands something that normal politicians do not. Normal politicians are constrained by the fear of looking ridiculous. Trump is not. He has weaponized absurdity.
