When Trump won in 2016 I recall people being devastated and shocked, there was a physically palpable sense that something insane had happened. This time it couldn't feel more normal in general – most muted election of my lifetime.

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Interesting. Personally, I feel a much stronger sense of foreboding this go around than 2016. I think the state of the world foreign-policy wise and the lack of accountability for his actions after the 2020 election are what bother me most.