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In reply to the discussion: I predict Trump's demise towards the end of 2022 [View all]LiberalLovinLug
(14,165 posts)41. Yup
"Based on the outcome of the 2020 elections, it is extremely unlikely that the American electorate has any appetite left to move the country further to the right."
I can't accept that on face value. In the 2020 elections, Trump got MORE votes than he did the first time. It was only that Democrats got even more to come out through a lot of hard work.
Trump is a cult hero now til he dies. To a significant minority, he will be revered and admired as much as LBJ is to Democratic voters. I vomit a little my mouth when I say that, but its true.
And already Hawley, Greene, Boebert, are buttressing his cult up. Its not so much a Trump cult, as a white supremacist cult. And Trump is more than willing to trade his soul, to be trashed by the "fake news" and half the country, if in exchange he is immortalized as one of the greatest leaders of the century for America, even if by only 40% of the country.
And those that do will be looking for a new leader to take up his mantle. I don't see anyone yet on the horizon that has the same charismatic appeal, and has that ability to lie so effortlessly in front of crowds. But he or she is coming.
We have to focus not on Trump the man, but on Trumpism, on the danger of raising whole generations on actual fake news which instills hatred and real honest fear of Democrats and that they will literally destroy the county. So much so that it doesn't matter how bad or rotten or corrupt a Republican candidate is, they are 1000x more preferable than a Democrat. To me, that brainwashing of middle America is the US's biggest problem for its democracy's health.
I can't accept that on face value. In the 2020 elections, Trump got MORE votes than he did the first time. It was only that Democrats got even more to come out through a lot of hard work.
Trump is a cult hero now til he dies. To a significant minority, he will be revered and admired as much as LBJ is to Democratic voters. I vomit a little my mouth when I say that, but its true.
And already Hawley, Greene, Boebert, are buttressing his cult up. Its not so much a Trump cult, as a white supremacist cult. And Trump is more than willing to trade his soul, to be trashed by the "fake news" and half the country, if in exchange he is immortalized as one of the greatest leaders of the century for America, even if by only 40% of the country.
And those that do will be looking for a new leader to take up his mantle. I don't see anyone yet on the horizon that has the same charismatic appeal, and has that ability to lie so effortlessly in front of crowds. But he or she is coming.
We have to focus not on Trump the man, but on Trumpism, on the danger of raising whole generations on actual fake news which instills hatred and real honest fear of Democrats and that they will literally destroy the county. So much so that it doesn't matter how bad or rotten or corrupt a Republican candidate is, they are 1000x more preferable than a Democrat. To me, that brainwashing of middle America is the US's biggest problem for its democracy's health.
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I would not worry about it, he will be indicted and will be prevented from running again
Escurumbele
Mar 2021
#19
Remember when Alex Jones said that Scalia died at the hands of a heart attack gun?
Initech
Mar 2021
#61
And isn't it pathetic in the extreme - that this has become their only way to win.
calimary
Mar 2021
#34
By the end of this year or very early next year, he's going to be so deeply enmeshed....
George II
Mar 2021
#22
True, most of those were civil lawsuits, not criminal charges or NY AG charges.
George II
Mar 2021
#53
I was hoping you were a psychic with one hundred percent accuracy and were predicting his death.
Lunabell
Mar 2021
#27
I think you make an excellent point about Trump's failures. He dragged the GOP down to his level
Martin68
Mar 2021
#36
Disagree: Cult leaders with a strong base of support like Trump typically don't fade
andym
Mar 2021
#54
There is some evidence to suggest that Trump's prominence as a cult leader is diminishing too.
Beastly Boy
Mar 2021
#58