Here is from Paul Krugman's blog.
So, over the weekend we were told that our pass the popcorn moment
— I mean, our long national nightmare — was over: Donald Trump would
implode now that he had dared to question John McCain’s heroism.
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I wonder what "our pass the popcorn moment" means.
I know he meant by it "our long national nightmare", but I don't know what the "nightmare" has to do with "pass the popcorn".
Best Answer
"Pass the popcorn" implies that watching Trump talk was entertaining. Specifically, it is being compared to watching a movie, an activity often accompanied (in the U.S.) by the consumption of popped corn.