I am going to give it a * STRONG 8.5 and I think it got better as it went on.*
It seemed like Elon had to get used to Trump's speed and calm himself during those 10-12 minute replies, and all the (EUREKA!) moments Trump has where during Musk's responses he hears another topic he can comment on and tries to push into it immediately.
Trump was aggressive at the onset and calmed down as the interview went on, some of the better moments from him were towards the conclusion of the interview I thought. I enjoyed how gracious he was toward his host, you could see how the many anecdotes where they mention that quality of his are really true without any stretching.
What are your grades and thoughts friends?
Right on, I did grade it based on some of your sentiments exactly, although I ended up going a little higher by a point or so. Like you I also realized that this wasn't for "us". After looking at the sheer size of the audience that this thing made it out to (absolutely monstrous and hopefully works to establish connections with a good % of the typical low info, idk about voting for him type voters) I recognize that it kind of had to be mostly "basic bitch Trump" for that reason.
But you're right, I have been one of the MOST patient and never really got the "pepe zoomies" that so many seem to go through until just recently.
Its odd in a way because for all of the lawfare and then the frigging assassination attempt on him, the "feel" of things is that thesecare bigger events but somehow making smaller actual impacts then they otherwise should...
I blame the MSM of course, which by now EVERYONE knows are totally fraudulent except the people who are intentionally allowing themselves to be gaslit to continue hating Trump.
I have considered also that maybe we have hit a sort of 'critical mass' where we finally DO have a major amount of the general public on board now and there are just the hardcore fringes left over. Lets say it was 60% of the country in 2020 and now maybe 70%+ so the swings don't feel commensurate based on what's happening.
Ultimately though, I think a good 10-15% of everybody and maybe near 50% of MAGA is like us, ready and THEN SOME for the full DECLAS and getting a little worried/impatient for the moment. Meanwhile some of us (me at least) watching this Kamala Harris "cheapfake" horseshit, running on nothing but thin air, and wondering how its possible and if it has any basis in reality.
I did hear some pleasant moments thar gave slight reveals, "other countries with [an Iron Dome] that nobody knows about" and Trump sharing his knowledge of prison populations in other countries worldwide and their back and forth about nuclear and other energy had some genuinely entertaining moments as well.
My hope is that Trump gained ground with part of the population that is still dubious about him, but smart enough to change their minds as the race continues and more surprises happen.
Judging by the media climate, where unfortunately the MSM still holds a lot of sway, I think the time was ripe to get some more ears listening to him now, particularly the ones who haven't yet heard the information before it was tampered with by the media.
It seems as though the biggest event of the year turned out to be the debate with Biden. The lamestream media and [DS] were left truly scrambling after that, with wild swings persisting for nearly a month.
Based on that and recent (dumbfounding) polling I think there will be more reveals and they will be less about Trump and more the sort that are embarrassing and damaging to the left. With Trump's voice now cutting into their constant lib-splaining it will further damage their credulity and the transparent lies about their forward policy agenda.
I heard Rogan say recently that he was amazed at how many were happy and willing to swallow the blatant lying just to keep hating and rejecting Trump; perhaps the next phase for us and MAGA will not be efforts to ADD OR STEAL votes from the left, but rather to make certain members ((anti-Israel anti-Jew pro-HAMAS pro-fashionable politics) become utterly disgusted and disillusioned with the Democratic party so as to withhold their votes entirely.
For every sneaky-assed Dem operative they had working the ballot count at polls circa 2020, if we could replace that agent with one who leads their brethren to refrain from voting and demonstrate in protest at the polling place, that may be the real way we beat the cheat.
Thanks for the post, obviously you stirred up some inspiration for me LOL.