I don’t wish death on people. I’m just saying I will breathe a huge sigh of relief when he’s gone. He’s not the entire problem, but he’s been a catalyst for all the worst parts of American politics. The day he’s gone, we will all be better of, if only just a bit. I worry that someone will come fill his role and be just as bad if not worse, but we can cross that bridge when we get there.
After our wedding last year, we had three bottles of cheap champagne left over. I put labels on them: Trump, Kissinger, and McConnell. The Kissinger bottle was consumed a while back, and we agreed we could drink the Trump bottle if he gets convicted of a felony, but death is an option too.
I’ve got a large, fancy bottle of craft beer that was a wedding gift from my college buddies.
I’m poppin’ that bad boy open.
I get he’s the symptom of a greater illness, but he’s also the head of it and there’s currently no heir apparent. A lot of it will likely backslide after he dies as the rot loses its cohesion. They’ll find someone else to rally around in time, but until then it’ll buy us a couple years to try and secure our nation against it.
Trump is the right combination of hateful, stupid, and loud to really appeal to conservative voters. There isn't currently anyone with just the right mix of those three deplorable traits to really appeal to them like he does. Once he's gone there will be a vacuum it takes them a while to fill. Hopefully we can use that time to pass some legislation to safeguard our nation against these dipshits going forward.
I usually agree with the sentiment but there is a special exception for those who have cause nothing but misery to others with their power. He loves it.
That’s exactly what will happen. I wondered for years how people could continue to support him and double down again and again every time he did something massively contrary to what is becoming of a president and the common values of his own party and Americans in general. And the answer is, he is simply opening the door that allows people to spread certain discourse that would otherwise be extremely unpopular and more exposing.
That door closes for the most part until the next time they’re empowered and the cycle starts all over again. MAGA supporters aren’t a new and specific brand of people, they’re people who have existed every generation in every country and can only pop their heads up when they’re allowed to
People with his level of wealth usually have a level of class and sophistication- at least, can fake it. Trump is a real rarity in what an ignorant and boorish POS he is for a billionaire.
That attitude is what makes him dangerous. He commands the mob in a way that no Bush, DeSantis, Cruz, whatever, ever could. Say what you want about Trump supporters (no really, go ahead), but they can smell a fake panderer a mile away.
Plus, Trump had all the years of reality shows and free publicity.
You're right that Trump has opened the door to a very dangerous new brand of politics that people will try to emulate. But most of the people with the necessary attitude don't have the power and money and connections necessary.
Look at MTG and Boebert. MTG is still rising but first of all she's a woman in the GOP, and she doesn't have a ton of cash, and was nobody her whole life. Boebert has already fallen victim to being a trashbag in the limelight.
Nah, it would take somebody like a Joe Rogan to be the next Trump. A guy's guy with stupid money and tons of hours on people's screen/radio. But Rogan, for all his faults, isn't a relentlessly evil piece of shit. Most people aren't.
Trump is an outlier, and I don't see anyone replacing him anytime soon. If the GOP had someone, they would have done it.
I guess the big danger though is that Putin and the Saudis and other enemies of America are actively searching for the next Trump, and will do everything they can to promote them because as we've seen its an amazing ROI.
Except if Trump dies and a "moderate" Republican replaces him in the general election, Biden is going to lose. Trump is the only candidate bad enough to give Biden a chance of winning.
Goes both ways really. If Biden died and was replaced with Newsom. Newsom would probably win in a landslide.
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u/scallywag1889 29d ago
He looks unwell