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Quixote1818

(31,162 posts)
Wed Nov 6, 2024, 01:34 AM Nov 2024

My Republican friend who hates Trump thinks Trump won't get anything done. It will be like the border wall [View all]

I called him because I always feel a bit better talking to him about Trump. He just thinks Trump is a total boob and the country is too diverse for any major dictator stuff to stick. He thinks it will be a total disaster and we will be back in power in 4 years. He doesn't seem that worried that Trump will be able to pull off the dictator stuff. I just hope he is right but he may be too naive to understand how dire this could be.

I really have no clue. I will be bracing and hoping for the best. I will be very happy in 4 years just knowing if we survive as a democracy. His dementia is getting worse and in 4 years he will be way too whacked out and people will eventually realize it. I just hope the Project 2025 folks don't push him into trying too much of their crazy shit. I don't think he cares much about anything but getting rid of brown people and going after people who were mean to him. I'm very worried about Russia and NATO and the possibility of another WWIII down the road and hopefully it won't be the US aligned with Russia at that point. I think it will be either way too crazy and the American people will hopefully hold him in check or they won't be able to hold him in check and 225 years of this democratic experiment will die.

Will we survive or not? What are peoples thoughts?

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He probably won't last but JD Vance will take over, Ocelot II Nov 2024 #1
In either case, Project 2025 will get implemented. Huge layoffs for Federal workers, RFK running health, etc. SharonAnn Nov 2024 #7
he will get his supreme court judges nt msongs Nov 2024 #2
Good chance of that. I do fear he'll deport some people early in term, but he's not going Silent Type Nov 2024 #3
I suspect he'll deport a LOT of people Vogon_Glory Nov 2024 #8
Trump wouldn't improve the lives of any of the dimwit fuckers Klarkashton Nov 2024 #4
I saw that. Stunning how dumb some people are. nt Quixote1818 Nov 2024 #6
To quote Tolkien's Gandalf, "the burned hand teaches Vogon_Glory Nov 2024 #15
If we couldn't get through to them Vogon_Glory Nov 2024 #11
He's going to be 25th Amendmented valleyrogue Nov 2024 #5
It's looking that way... Blue_Roses Nov 2024 #13
It is a bait and switch. valleyrogue Nov 2024 #16
Vance will be potus. The economy and Democracy will be destroyed. N/t CousinIT Nov 2024 #9
He'll get to appoint more judges. The two oldest Supreme Court can retire if he wins and be replaced with 40 year olds In It to Win It Nov 2024 #10
What he will get is vengeance on anyone who exposes the truth. Kablooie Nov 2024 #12
supreme court will go further wierdo pimpbot Nov 2024 #14
The centrists will not all fall in line SQUEE Nov 2024 #17
That's what I think, too Deminpenn Nov 2024 #18
He won't. Project '25 will. Cetacea Nov 2024 #19
Here's some small comfort: Straw Man Nov 2024 #20
This message was self-deleted by its author Jack Valentino Nov 2024 #21
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