It hasn't been until the past four years. But trying to understand Trump without factoring in his (obvious) trolling is asking to be forever misinformed.
You're welcome to that opinion. No one is arguing it. But it's a very different opinion to hold that than it is to claim what Trump said was not said in jest. You understand why, right?
My "ilk" ?: -- proving you still haven't learned why Trump won in 2016 and will win again in November.
Wild topic change -- and also laughably false. He's such a dictator he's letting you say this online (and millions more like you) without doing a thing. Again, you need to get a grip.
You overlooked (gleefully) a 21st century coup, three years of media lying to your face, and then make a post up in arms about an obvious joke -- and you think "my ilk" is the one struggling with cognitive dissonance?
Again, you've slid far, my friend.