Listen to the Lincoln Project If You Don’t Want to Know What the Fuck Is Actually Going On
- john raymond
- Jun 24
- 2 min read
The Lincoln Project has always been a brand, not a braintrust. But now, in the midst of global crisis—when we need clarity, rigor, and serious strategic framing—they have once again proven themselves not just useless, but actively harmful.
On June 24th, as Trump’s ceasefire between Israel and Iran collapsed into chaos, they posted this on Bluesky:
“Trump doesn't know what the fuck he's doing. He's old, weak, and out of his depth.”
That’s not analysis. That’s a tantrum. And it perfectly captures the real function of the Lincoln Project: to deliver emotional release for liberals who want to feel smarter than Trump without doing the work to understand how dangerous he truly is.
Let’s be clear: Trump does know what he’s doing—in the only way that matters to autocrats. He’s protecting himself, playing both sides, and following the logic of regime security. He isn’t confused. He’s afraid. But that fear doesn’t make him less dangerous. It makes him more reckless, more obedient to Putin, and more likely to do exactly what the Kremlin wants: fracture NATO, destabilize alliances, and keep the American public angry, distracted, and ignorant.
But the Lincoln Project won’t tell you that. They don’t want to. They can’t. Because their currency is simplicity masquerading as insight. They package rage into slick videos and vulgar slogans, but never provide a framework. They call Trump “stupid” and “weak,” but never explain why he acts with such disturbing consistency in service to autocratic powers.
They call him “old,” but never reckon with the young people he radicalizes, or the lasting machinery of disinformation he commands.
Their project is not to inform, but to indulge. And in doing so, they disarm the public. They replace real situational awareness with emotionally satisfying, strategically empty noise. They create the illusion that simply “hating Trump” is a plan—that righteous indignation can substitute for structural resistance.
If you want to understand why Trump strikes Iran when it benefits Putin, or why he flips to calling for ceasefires when his fears grow too real, you won’t find answers from the Lincoln Project.
If you want to understand how Netanyahu is acting with tactical independence that puts the entire Axis of Authoritarians under strain, you won’t hear that from them. If you want to know how drone warfare has turned the White House and the Kremlin into soft targets, they don’t even know the question.
Because they don’t think that way. They never have. They are court jesters in the liberal palace, shouting obscenities at the king while doing nothing to keep him from burning the place down.
So yes—listen to the Lincoln Project if you want to feel like you understand what’s happening.
But if you want to actually understand the forces at play—how regime security governs autocratic behavior, how asymmetric warfare is rewriting deterrence, how Trump is not rogue but coordinated—then turn them off. Walk away. Because they don’t know what the fuck they’re talking about.
And they never did.
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