People like Trump (ie the average American) believe it's impossible for any situation to be too complicated for a five year old to understand. (It's why they say things like "if you understand your area of expertise you'll be able to explain to it a five year old")
River_Tam
worth highlighting here is that trump apparently believes the genuinely insane theory that russia couldn't taken ukraine in a day, except they drove their tanks into mud by mistake
www.axios.com/2026/06/19/t...
Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li
like, the "smart MAGA" types were arguing that the war wa going to be a non-factor by June. people genuinely underestimate the fact that media ecosystem dynamics have basically silo'd people off
