If you read this site regularly you know that I’ve been complaining about the state of arrested development among so many of our fellow Americans. Our culture is just so sophomoric these days and no one is more childish than Donald Trump who has made it the default attitude of Republicans everywhere (and quite a few others as well, unfortunately.)
Recall this from 2015 when Trump announced his candidacy:
VAN SUSTEREN: Donald, you’re likeable but I tell you, I sort of gasp when I hear you sort of making bathroom jokes about Secretary Clinton. Or anyone. And that’s why I wonder… should you get the nomination, are you going to change your language a bit and appear what I call more presidential?
TRUMP:”I think I’m presidential and I think I’ve done what I call presidential work. You know I built an incredible company. I’ve made great deals, I’ve had tremendous success.”
Yeah, that was a no.
Well, there’s a viral meme about this now:
On a random Sunday night in September, Bluesky user and musician Patrick Cosmos (@veryimportant.lawyer) shared an observation that quickly spread across the whole internet. He wrote, “working on a new unified theory of american reality i’m calling ‘everyone is twelve now.'”
A smattering of responses:
It’s true. How about this?
If you want to see the perfect example of this, here it is:
Republicans are posing for pictures in front of it. Here’s Rachel Campos-Duffy, Fox news star and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy’s wife:
Oklahoma Senator Markwayne Mullin:
They’re all 12.