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summer_in_TX

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8. The Rude Pundit is on the nose with that analysis.

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Fri Sep 5, 2025, 11:28 PM

Sep 2025

FWIW, Jack Hopkins agrees.

MAGA Dies With Trump: The One Thing Pundits Refuse to Admit

Here’s the brutal truth: MAGA isn’t bigger than Trump. MAGA is Trump.

He’s the spark plug…the circus master…the one man who turned grievance into a political religion. Remove him…and you don’t get a smooth handoff. You get chaos… fragmentation…and erosion.

Yes…the anger will remain. Yes…the authoritarian current in America will keep flowing. But the singular juggernaut we call MAGA? That dissolves the moment he’s gone.

Because when the linchpin is removed…the whole machine comes apart.

Period. End of story.

I am convinced they are right. With Trump 79 and in ill health, and the family history of dementia, I hope and pray he will not last even to the mid-terms.

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The Rude Pundit: Why It Matters If Trump Is Dead or Incapacitated Beyond Who Is President [View all] babylonsister Sep 2025 OP

Love me some Rudie malaise Sep 2025 #1

This might be the best thing Rude has ever written mcar Sep 2025 #2

Vance has so low a charisma that it is negative IbogaProject Sep 2025 #13

I'd forgotten about that! mcar Sep 2025 #18

Donald Trump pulled the dark sheet off of the hidden ignorant, racist, miscreants. chouchou Sep 2025 #3

Cockroaches are just doing their job. Don't mix them up with MAGATS. They're honorable and authentic by comparison. BurnDoubt Sep 2025 #5

Quite true. Such a shame that they don't look cute and fuzzy. I've heard they really don't like our natural smell chouchou Sep 2025 #11

I'll play the skeptic BaronChocula Sep 2025 #4

It's not so much the loons won't be there ITAL Sep 2025 #10

True, but I don't think that was the point of piece BaronChocula Sep 2025 #16

I absolutely agree with him about Vance. ShazzieB Sep 2025 #6

I'd be worried Nasruddin Sep 2025 #15

I think Trump had a very unusual mix of traits that enabled him to do what he's done. ShazzieB Sep 2025 #19

Implement the "Weekend at Bernie's" presidential plan! tclambert Sep 2025 #7

Aha the "Dave" option Layzeebeaver Sep 2025 #17

The Rude Pundit is on the nose with that analysis. summer_in_TX Sep 2025 #8

Back in 2015, boonecreek Sep 2025 #9

In 2015 the markodochartaigh Sep 2025 #12

Vance Nasruddin Sep 2025 #14

Amen, brother. His death can't come soon enough. Joinfortmill Sep 2025 #20

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