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They weren't actively discounting. I heard one mainstream media (maybe 538) say how they thought it was like a 10-20% chance that Trump would actually end democracy in the US. So not likely, but still incredibly scary odds for something so catastrophic.

I think the US public discounted it. 10%? So you mean, 90% won't happen? And even in the 90% case what else unfolds...

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If you went by many of the media though, you would assume the numbers were the other way around.

That may be your impression, but what does it mean beyond that? It's not my impression. In fact, many of the (formerly) serious journalism publications have bowed to Trump and normalize what he does: Washington Post, Politico, many others.

One problem is 'media' is an incredibly large landscape. Who are you referring to?

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