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In It to Win It

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34. Electing him the first time was disastrous, but I think this second time is even worse

Reply to J_William_Ryan (Reply #27)

Sat Jan 31, 2026, 02:40 PM

Jan 31

This second term feels a lot different than the first term. He is a lot more emboldened this time than his last time.

I think what makes the second time worse is that it will take even longer to rebuild what is gone. After the first term, there was a feeling that restoration was possible. I no longer believe that restoration is possible this time. There is no going back after Trump's time in office. How people view the presidency and its power will change after Trump's time.

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Electing Donald Trump a second time is the worst thing this country has done to itself [View all] In It to Win It Jan 30 OP

I think he elected himself with Elon Musk's assistance Blue Owl Jan 30 #1

Me too between the money Tree Lady Jan 30 #4

Me three! CommonHumanity Jan 30 #8

Me four! yellow dahlia Jan 30 #13

Yes! yellow dahlia Jan 30 #12

Not to mention selective disenfranchisement RockCreek Jan 31 #24

Absolutely correct! yellow dahlia Jan 30 #11

This is precisely my thinking debsy Jan 30 #18

Absolutely! SheltieLover Jan 31 #26

100% Elon helped rig the election. Initech Jan 31 #28

I beg to differ misanthrope Jan 30 #2

Or, we could go back further and say the worst thing this country has done is... debsy Jan 30 #19

It's an unbroken thread, leading to Trump. sop Jan 30 #21

It's the white supremacy LuvLoogie Jan 30 #3

I don't think he won the election. Emile Jan 30 #5

It sure looks like he had a lot of "help" from people who benefitted after it was over FakeNoose Jan 30 #6

The fact they were able to reach their goal of an authoritarian take over, yellow dahlia Jan 30 #15

Anyone else find it suspicious that Elon Musk's net worth doubled since Trump took office? Initech Jan 31 #29

Exactly! yellow dahlia Jan 30 #14

Voters wanted change... DSandra Jan 30 #7

I have a great deal of sympathy for those Warpy Jan 30 #10

+1 leftstreet Jan 30 #22

As bad as one hell is, it's a lot better than the hell that voters chose DSandra Jan 30 #23

They didn't vote for change, they voted for criminality mdbl Jan 30 #16

Change for change's sake Soul_of_Wit Jan 30 #20

Corporations bear part of the fault for this DSandra Jan 31 #25

Fox News. Initech Jan 31 #30

FOX News is destroying the concept of free speech DSandra Jan 31 #37

Don't forget the misogynist, racial aspect of the race ToxMarz Jan 30 #9

Unfortunately democracy is predicated on the idea that the people will make Gaugamela Jan 30 #17

Electing Trump the first time was as much a disaster, if not more so. J_William_Ryan Jan 31 #27

So many of the problems Trump and MAGA are claiming to fix were caused by Trump. Initech Jan 31 #31

Electing him the first time was disastrous, but I think this second time is even worse In It to Win It Jan 31 #34

"Doctor! Doctor! It hurts when I do this!" Wounded Bear Jan 31 #32

"We" had NOTHING to do with him being elected. Faux pas Jan 31 #33

The worst thing russia, the supreme fascist court, elon musk, the uber rich tech bros and really, really stupid voters yaesu Jan 31 #35

My take is that the biggest mistake America ever made maxrandb Jan 31 #36