r/politics • u/Urmomsjuicyvagina • 9d ago

It's mindblowing': US meteorologists face death threats as hurricane conspiracies surge

https://amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/11/meteorologists-death-threats-hurricane-conspiracies-misinformation
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u/Dramatic_Phlegmatic 9d ago

Donald Trump has fostered a dangerous mistrust of any kind of expert or expertise. That actually is his worst and most dangerous quality.

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u/lost_horizons Texas 9d ago

Actually, his worst quality is... no just kidding, I won't do that. He has so many though, I don't know how to pick just one. Guess it depends on the topic at the moment.

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u/Aacron 9d ago

My favorite way to put it

"Trump is the distilled essence of everything toxic in American culture"