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In reply to the discussion: If you are surprised that Trump won Nevada [View all]LibDemAlways
(15,139 posts)a dumbass like Bush speaks volumes about the American public. His supporters had no clue that they were buying a puppet controlled by a cabal of neocons interested only in perpetual war in order to line their own pockets. To them he was a genial Texan they'd like to hang with at the local watering hole. Americans are easily duped.
Apparently Trump's tough guy bluster has a lot of appeal. Republicans aren't interested in hearing about his bankruptcies/business failures, inherited wealth, and womanizing that makes Bill Clinton look like a monk by comparison. They see photos of his lavish lifestyle and think they are looking at a very successful self-made man and good Christian who tells it like it is and can get things done. Won't they be surprised if he's elected and they discover he knows nothing about government, balks at moving into the White House because it isn't opulent enough for his taste, and treats the whole thing like he's still on The Apprentice and can rule like a mafia don.
I think Trump got into this thing on a lark and to feed his ego. He never expected to get this far, and now is probably scared shitless of actually winning. But no backing out now. It will, indeed, be a bumpy ride.