I once assumed that small incremental environmentally conscious steps in how people lived, worked, and played were inevitable. I'm talking smaller, more energy efficient, and safer vehicles, vegetable protein substitutes in place of industrialized meat products becoming generally accepted and even the norm, and I even had naive presumptions about some imminent expansion of mass transportation because it simply made more economic sense.
But that was all before I learned the power of 
I thought Trump had the 2020 election in the bag (granted this was earlier in the year but still). In my mind he'd found the perfect strategy, just keep pumping out stimulus checks with his name on them and secure an easy victory... and then he fumbled it
He was dumb af and stopped negotiating for another stimulus check until after the election. Imagine a world where checks are going out 3 weeks before Election Day. The amount of tactical fumbles that man is capable of is unreal