“History has many cunning passages, contrived corridors
And issues, deceives with whispering ambitions”
-T.S. Eliot, Gerontion
“TRUMP HAD A CEILING HE ALWAYS HAD A CEILING I TOLD YOU HE HAD A CEILING I TOLD YOU I TOLD YOU I TOLD YOU YOU LAUGHED BUT I TOLD YOU.” These were the words of New York Times columnist Ross Douthat on the night of the GOP’s Iowa Caucus contest in 2016. Of course, we all know how this prediction turned out, and Ross, to his credit, has taken the flak he received for his hilariously wrong prediction with relative good humor.
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