A "Strongman" should not be mistaken for a "Strong Leader".

[kentuck]

Unfortunately, many American voters have made this mistake.

But they are not the same. Donald Trump is not a "strong leader". A strong leader does not fire people with a tweet. A strong leader does not treat people, especially children, the way that Trump treats people. He is a sadistic madman.

The only thing he respects is power and if he must use force to get it, then he will do so. In my opinion, his opponents do not realize the threat and the danger they are dealing with. When there are no boundaries and no rules, there are no laws that will not be broken.

[samnsara]

1. hes not a strong man.. hes a flabby out of shape ball of quivering phlegm

[RAB910]

5. Exactly! He is a weak person's idea of strong

just like he is a stupid person's idea of smart

and a poor person's idea of rich

[Hortensis]

2. For sure. Populist movements form around "strongman" leaders.

So fortunately for all of us, many are like Trump, coming across strong on the stump but too inept to destroy their democracies, even with a 60-million mob backing them. Good thing Tom "The Hammer" DeLay, for instance, didn't set out to become our first RW dictator because he was mean and able enough, and we now know the Repub base is eager to destroy.

Then there's the LW populist movement. Sanders extreme certitude on the stump has a much milder but definite authoritarian whiff that draws LW types needing a strong leader, romantics, discontent revolutionaries, idealists looking for a great cause to join, but all dominated by the aggressive populists types his "strongman" aura draws. They can and do go left or right, but their antagonisms are presumably triggered more by economic than cultural issues. The notorious Bernie Bros, the vicious Bernie "swarms" who attack and frequently terrorize individuals on social media, today as much as ever: correct or not, these are classic populist mob responses to what they believe their leader is about, and where they require the one they'll follow to lead.

Speaking of, a lot of currently RW populists are already in need of a new strongman, one who's not a dud, and experts are trying to rank possible inheritors. And the Kremlin would like one "strongman" who draws both right and left. Of course -- SOP for nation destroying.

[Xipe Totec]

3. Or a Strong Bleater nt

[JI7]

4. He is just a racist dumbfuck just like the shits that support him