But also, I don’t have to tell him that bullying actually works in the adult world, because I don’t think it does. I guess it’d be fun to be Donald Trump for a day, slugging back Diet Coke with a stubby, ketchup-smeared finger over the soda-delivery button. Part of why the opposition to Donald Trump has flailed around for so long is because they often refuse to get into the mud with him. His voters love him for this, because it reflects their own personal worldview that bullying works, even in the face of objective facts that say it doesn’t. They don’t work for anyone else.

Source: The Guardian April 10, 2026 15:00 UTC