the problem with not just the left but most most people in general(the kind that follow mainstream news) is just as you said earlier when you stated that I was the first "Trumpist" to ever openly accept that i might be wrong. Its not that im the first trumpist to admit i was wrong, very few of us ever admit that we are wrong.
I bet if it told you that Veneuzuela failed due to being communist you would tell me that veneuzela isnt actually commuinist, which is what left wing media did after its economic collapse only months after proclaiming that it was a perfect example of thriving a thriving communistic state