The narrative that Trump rugged his supporters before there’s been a single war casualty seems overeager. I can see on this protocol so many people badly want it to be the case. They badly want to believe that Israel owns Trump. Some love to rail about the JOOOOSSSSS, some just love that their TDS is validated, and he really is the bad guy.

Maybe So. But also maybe not. And the more I see how badly they want it, the more I feel they’re going to be sorely disappointed, the more likely I believe it is there will be peace, and he might even get a prize for it.

The world doesn’t conform to anyone’s preferences. So yes, while holding out hope for peace (and genuinely believing it’s the base case) might feel like “cope” in the face of so many people eager to point out how you’ve been rugged, I think it’s the other way around.

The new narrative is the counter narrative.

If Trump starts killing people, puts US boots and the ground and gets us in an Iraq-like quagmire, I’ll be the first to ditch him and admit I was wrong to have hoped for better.

But until that happens, I think it’s less cope on my part, than dark wishful thinking on theirs that something bad happens so they can be right.

Stay frosty af and doubt everything the news media are telling you.

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