> mistook offensive humor for conservatism

Something happened in the post-2010 times along with the Tea Party, and offensive humor - especially overt racism - became a mainstream part of conservativism, all the way to the White House.

> "jokes" where the punchline is "I hate my political enemies"

Hence the laughter in the White House at refusing to follow the court order to return their political enemies from the overseas prison.

4chan may have died, but Trump is more the first 4chan President than Howard Dean was the first "internet candidate", and especially Musk the Twitter Presidential Vizir is the heir to this culture.