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Tom Rinaldo

(22,911 posts)
Sun Apr 19, 2020, 05:40 PM Apr 2020

Trump's path had been to polarize the electorte, and then energize and mobilize the pole backing him

His hard core base is fanatical, and up until now their utter devotion to following him anywhere, coupled with generalized voter suppression, has given Trump a tactical edge that has kept him electorally competitive despite most Americans giving him negative job approval ratings. Trump had one last chance to revise his strategic approach with this current pandemic, an opportunity to attempt to reframe himself as a unifying leader of all Americans. No way it would have worked with me, but for some others out there, who knows? Clearly Trump did not make that choice.

Now I believe he is locked into a tailspin. In order the keep the fierce loyalty of his hard core base he has to keep the polarizing flames hot. But it isn't news that polarizing behavior always strengthens the opposing pole also. Here's the thing though. Small a group as it may be, there are always some who somehow still manage to float between those poles.Trump is now on an irrevocable path toward losing almost all of those. In a time of a true national crisis, people seek a unifying leader to pull us together and to rally us to work together. No one, not even those under the influence of a mind altering substance, will ever mistake Donald Trump for a unifying leader now.

Through intensifying propaganda and mind fuckery Trump may well hold onto his hard core base. But in the current social climate of crisis that we find ourselves in as a people, this will cause him to lose everyone else. Trump can no longer pull off divide and conquer, He still can divide, but the rules have changed. Now it is divide and lose.

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Trump's path had been to polarize the electorte, and then energize and mobilize the pole backing him (Original Post) Tom Rinaldo Apr 2020 OP
I completely agree with your assessment. writes3000 Apr 2020 #1
If so, does he drag the GOP Senators down with them exboyfil Apr 2020 #2
Many are becoming weaker now because they are so identified to jhim Tom Rinaldo Apr 2020 #6
If Trump had simply done nothing qazplm135 Apr 2020 #3
Yes, agreed. He could have ridden home on the type of bump that George W. Bush got from 9/11 n/t Tom Rinaldo Apr 2020 #7
Polarize the electorate, then kill off the side that voted for him Blue Owl Apr 2020 #4
One word sums it all up... GREED WyattKansas Apr 2020 #5

writes3000

(4,734 posts)
1. I completely agree with your assessment.
Sun Apr 19, 2020, 05:49 PM
Apr 2020

Trump’s enormous ego refuses to accept the more he is seen, the more unpopular he becomes. Many Americans in the middle want to shield their eyes and plug their ears when it comes to our President. This crisis and Trump’s obnoxious camera hogging has made it impossible to do so.

exboyfil

(17,857 posts)
2. If so, does he drag the GOP Senators down with them
Sun Apr 19, 2020, 05:57 PM
Apr 2020

Our messaging needs to emphasize the oversight role of the Senate (and of course the House, but the Senate has more power). I mean could both Georgia seats be in jeopardy as well as Iowa?

I am afraid our nation is stupider than we can possibly imagine.

Tom Rinaldo

(22,911 posts)
6. Many are becoming weaker now because they are so identified to jhim
Sun Apr 19, 2020, 11:15 PM
Apr 2020

In States where the Trump cult is still ascendant his base will protect his Senators. But not all Red states are so completely red. Where we have strong candidates I think Trump has put some Republican seats in play that might not have been a few months ago.

qazplm135

(7,447 posts)
3. If Trump had simply done nothing
Sun Apr 19, 2020, 06:01 PM
Apr 2020

but sit back and let his people in the healthcare side run things, he'd have won re-election easily.

Blue Owl

(49,913 posts)
4. Polarize the electorate, then kill off the side that voted for him
Sun Apr 19, 2020, 07:43 PM
Apr 2020

The art of Donald Trump.

Please proceed, Mr. Trump...

WyattKansas

(1,648 posts)
5. One word sums it all up... GREED
Sun Apr 19, 2020, 09:11 PM
Apr 2020

You see, tRUMP cannot be satisfied until he has destroyed his enemies with overkill. That means he wants to make them pay for not kissing his ring, because he is that greedy. However, tRUMP is also an idiot, because he completely blows off that when people that see him in action, they are completely repulsed by him. Except for his small band of white supremacists, militia groups, anti-government imbeciles, Soviet propaganda gobblers, delusional morons, and crack dealers looking for their $100 protest money. tRUMP now has several weeks of spewing bullshit and hatred on the American People on a very clear video record, just as COVID-19 is exploding in rural America. More republicans are finding out that tRUMP doesn't really give a damn about them and obviously thinks the same way about them, since the response is the same. Unfortunately for the wanna be Fat Daddy, when you fuck everyone over and blame them for your failures, people stop buying your bullshit.

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