If Someone Says Trump Is Bad in Some Way: He Is, But He Is Worse Than That
- john raymond
- Jun 16
- 3 min read
The time for euphemism is over. The age of hedging, of parsing, of qualifying our criticisms of Donald Trump must end—because every cautious word, every diluted indictment, only strengthens the violence he has already normalized. When someone says Trump is bad, they’re right. But they are still understating the case. Because Trump is not just bad. He is worse than that.
This isn’t hyperbole. It’s not some progressive flourish or partisan exaggeration. It’s a forensic, historical, and moral assessment. To grasp the danger he represents, one has to stop treating him as a political aberration and start understanding him as what he truly is: a moral collapse in the body of a man. A man who has, again and again, chosen the side of cruelty, of terror, of autocracy—not by accident, not by confusion, but with intent and admiration.
Trump Doesn’t Just Excuse Evil—He Endorses It
Consider his long, public record of praise for Vladimir Putin. Not strategic neutrality. Not hesitant diplomacy. But open admiration. He called Putin a genius after the invasion of Ukraine. He blamed Ukraine for the war they did not start. He questioned why NATO should defend its members. He parroted Kremlin propaganda while ignoring war crimes committed in broad daylight.
Every child abducted from Ukraine, every civilian shelled in their home, every journalist killed, every political prisoner silenced—Trump owns a piece of that. Not because he pulled the trigger, but because he blesses the hand that does.
This is the pattern. Trump aligns himself with strongmen not despite their violence, but because of it. He is drawn to authoritarianism not because it promises order, but because it permits unquestioned domination—and he sees himself in the center of that permission.
Support Is Not Always a Slogan—Sometimes It’s a Silence
It is important to understand that Trump’s support for evil doesn’t always take the form of clear endorsement. Sometimes it’s a wink. Sometimes it’s silence. Sometimes it’s a joke. Sometimes it’s a delay. But the effect is always the same: permission.
He didn’t just inspire the January 6th insurrection. He celebrated it. He didn’t just call them patriots—he gives them pardons. He didn’t just fail to stop the assault—he watched it unfold with joy. And when the smoke cleared, he did not disown it. He claimed it.
He owns it all.
When his followers murder in his name, he looks the other way. When they threaten public officials, he offers rhetorical cover. When they traffic in terror, he calls them “warriors” and “true Americans.”
This is not a misunderstanding. This is not a byproduct. This is the design.
He Is Not Misguided. He Is Malicious.
There are still some who want to believe that Trump is simply reckless, unfiltered, chaotic. But these are excuses born of cowardice. The truth is far simpler: Trump has aligned himself with the darkest forces of the 21st century—and he does so openly.
He is not confused. He is not ignorant. He is not “learning.” He is choosing.
Choosing Putin over Zelenskyy. Choosing violence over democracy. Choosing grievance over governance. Choosing himself over the republic.
And every time he is allowed to do so without being named for what he is—a willing vessel of violence and authoritarianism—we become complicit in the normalization of his rot.
Trump Is Not Just Bad—He Is the Conduit
He is the vector through which lies become power.He is the bridge between fascist fantasy and American institutions.He is the warm smile on the face of terror.And every day we pretend otherwise, he advances further into the heart of this country’s future.
So yes, when someone says Trump is bad, agree with them. But don’t stop there.
Tell them: he’s worse than that.Tell them: he supports murder when it serves a tyrant. Tell them: he supports insurrection when it serves his return. Tell them: he supports terror when it keeps the people afraid.
Tell them not to look away. Tell them not to shrug it off. Tell them not to minimize it.
Because Trump does not minimize the evil done in his name.He multiplies it.
And he will go as far as we let him.
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