Source: Financial Times
by Jemima Kelly
“At an event over the summer where I knew the vast majority of the attendees to be highly socially and politically progressive, a woman pulled me aside and told me she needed to talk to me about something. Slightly concerned, I asked what it was regarding. ‘Trump,’ she said. Oh God, I thought, has she been offended by one of my columns? She then uttered six words that have been ringing in my ears ever since: ‘The thing is, I love him.’ This woman — who considers herself staunchly on the left of the political spectrum — went on to tell me what it was about Donald Trump that she found so compelling: his ‘punk’ (her words) outsider status, his funniness, the fact he’s unafraid to say what he really feels, his anti-war, anti-establishment stances.” (11/26/24)
https://www.ft.com/content/e8d2fa11-e9c3-4509-b922-0a97e540ca1d