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In reply to the discussion: Trump 'glum and shell-shocked' as coronavirus pandemic cripples his re-election efforts [View all]paleotn
(17,911 posts)He's simply delusional and luckily his own worst enemy.
But he could have been on a glide path to reelection, if he's listened to experts back in Dec. / Jan. and championed a competent response to Covid-19. From a purely political standpoint, the virus could have been a god send for his reelection chances. America deals with the virus in a science based, effective manner like some of our East Asian allies, while Europe and China burn. All of his past boorishness and stupidity would have been forgotten in the minds of many. But thankfully, no. He stayed true to form and caused a disaster of biblical proportions that will burn into the Fall and beyond, killing who knows how many Americans and completely destroying even the remote chances he had for reelection.
His polling looks awful now even by his own standards, and that's driven just by the daily news. Wait until the Dem election machine hits full steam and all that stored political ammunition gathered over the last 4 years, now leavened with the pandemic, is unleashed. He will lash out in his usual self destructive, idiotic manner, making the impact even worse. If anything, he's consistently stupid.
But for we Dems, this is no time to let off the accelerator. It's time to redouble and triple our efforts. This is a take no prisoners, all is fair, fight to the death and he must be completely destroyed. Not just in the swing states, but everywhere. And not just to take the White House and the Senate, but to crush his brand of populist fascism and destroy the Republican party for at least a generation. My hope is this is the beginning of the end of modern Republicans and in the coming years the party becomes a footnote in history.