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39. I think part of the resistance in term one

Wed Jan 14, 2026, 10:42 PM

16 hrs ago

Was Trump didn't know what he was doing, so he appointed quite a few people in his administration that reigned in his worst impulses. That mixed with the fact that he lost the popular vote gave the resistance more of a foundation. Trump realized the "mistake" - of appointing people who would tell him no AND he has revenge on his mind (which he didn't the first go round) AND he actually won the popular vote in '24 which made a lot of organizations thing "well I guess he's actually the choice of the people."

All of that together killed a lot of the resistance.

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When TSF "took office", did you think it would get this bad this fast? (Poll) [View all] orangecrush 20 hrs ago OP

I thought all this cr*p would happen during term 1 C_U_L8R 20 hrs ago #1

Like the civil war. orangecrush 20 hrs ago #3

Yes after I saw what total ass lickers the pubicans had become for monster 45. IA8IT 20 hrs ago #2

I thought that he would repeat actions of his first term BlueWaveNeverEnd 19 hrs ago #4

I believed in the separation of powers, and honestly thought Congress and the Courts could rein him in. sop 19 hrs ago #5

Same here orangecrush 19 hrs ago #15

Nope, when we also lost the Legislative branch to the GOP haele 17 hrs ago #26

I didn't expect instutitions like universities, large companies and media and news organizations to be so fucking In It to Win It 17 hrs ago #31

I think part of the resistance in term one ITAL 16 hrs ago #39

Yes, to all of that. In It to Win It 4 hrs ago #63

I didn't think it would be this bad in as many different ways. muriel_volestrangler 19 hrs ago #6

Knew it was gonna be bad, but damn, it's been absolutely horrible so far. a kennedy 19 hrs ago #7

The lack of imagination of so many has been unreal to watch NewHendoLib 19 hrs ago #8

Where were the predictions of masked ICE thugs? Of people being deported to prisons in other highplainsdem 17 hrs ago #32

extrapolation of acts from a malignant narcissistic lunatic. Sadly, none of this surprises me - NewHendoLib 17 hrs ago #33

But no one here actually predicted it getting this bad. highplainsdem 17 hrs ago #34

I didn't ponder all the specifics, but expected it to be bloody hell NewHendoLib 17 hrs ago #35

We all hated Trump and expected it to be bloody hell. Without specifics, though, I don't know how we can compare highplainsdem 15 hrs ago #48

I don't understand your need for specifics. NewHendoLib 14 hrs ago #54

See my reply 50. highplainsdem 14 hrs ago #55

I did. Efilroft Sul 16 hrs ago #38

There's nothing in your prediction there about violent masked federal agents, or people they capture being highplainsdem 16 hrs ago #41

Did I have to explicitly spell out ICE? Efilroft Sul 15 hrs ago #46

We all expected ICE to be a problem. All of us. We didn't expect masked thugs doing what they're highplainsdem 15 hrs ago #49

Just did not think it would this bad this fast dhol82 19 hrs ago #9

That makes two of us orangecrush 18 hrs ago #18

Yes, his age Starbeach 19 hrs ago #10

I'm surprised anyone could be surprised. He learned to get Tadpole Raisin 19 hrs ago #11

Some ways worse, some things not as bad as I expected AZProgressive 19 hrs ago #12

It's spiraling out of control, and getting crazier by the minute. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist 19 hrs ago #13

I thought it would mvd 19 hrs ago #14

Yes! I was in meltdown in June 2024 when he won the R Nomination Bread and Circuses 19 hrs ago #16

Good foresight orangecrush 18 hrs ago #17

It's actually edhopper 18 hrs ago #19

Same FHRRK 18 hrs ago #20

No not this fast kwolf68 18 hrs ago #21

When I saw what Elon did the first month yes. Tree Lady 18 hrs ago #22

I thought it would be more of a repeat of the first term. Trump 2.0 is much worse In It to Win It 18 hrs ago #23

I'll admit it. I did not. They gutted the agencies to instill fear and compliance Maru Kitteh 17 hrs ago #24

I recommended people read "It Can't Happen Here" Arthur_Frain 17 hrs ago #25

Yea he has been planning this for the 4 years he was out of office in his floridah mar a Lago white power house. kimbutgar 17 hrs ago #27

Honestly I thought this was what 2017 would be like unblock 17 hrs ago #28

I don't recall anyone here predicting masked thugs employed by the government behaving like ICE. Or the highplainsdem 17 hrs ago #29

I think, frankly, that after seeing markodochartaigh 14 hrs ago #52

ICE's behavior has been worse. And no one expected highplainsdem 13 hrs ago #57

Yes, I actually read Project 2025. BlueTsunami2018 17 hrs ago #30

I did not jmowreader 16 hrs ago #36

i did not Takket 16 hrs ago #37

Oh I thought it would get this bad faster. Initech 16 hrs ago #40

FDT orangecrush 16 hrs ago #43

You said both that you "thought it would get this bad faster" and "it's way worse" than you could have imagined. highplainsdem 16 hrs ago #44

OK let me clarify. Initech 15 hrs ago #47

OK. That sort of agrees with something I mentioned in a reply above. We all expected it to get bad highplainsdem 15 hrs ago #50

Interesting premise. Thanks. NewHendoLib 14 hrs ago #56

And this whole bullshit with Greenland came out of nowhere. Initech 3 hrs ago #64

This message was self-deleted by its author Initech 16 hrs ago #42

Said it would repeatedly Cosmocat 15 hrs ago #45

I thought he would overplay his hand. GoodRaisin 15 hrs ago #51

Yes. In fact, I'm surprised it's not worse. mucholderthandirt 14 hrs ago #53

Wasn't the first term bad enough? hamsterjill 8 hrs ago #58

Did anyone think he would tear down the entire East Wing of the White House in the dark of night? sop 7 hrs ago #59

No. See my reply 50 above for what I think is going on with the replies we're seeing here. highplainsdem 5 hrs ago #61

Post Rec orangecrush 5 hrs ago #62

We told all y'all JustAnotherGen 6 hrs ago #60