(Disclaimer: I voted against Trump and anyone who supported him in my state.)

  • JaggedRobotPubes@lemmy.world
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    8 hours ago

    It’s actually likely to be better as long as trump waddles on. He’s just so god damn bumbling that even with all the cards, he’ll find little ways to not get his shit done.

    Mind you it won’t be enough, and it will be god damn fucking horrific. But decidedly less smooth while Narcissism Jones keeps grabby-handsing the wheel from his handlers and derailing his own goals.

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      2 hours ago

      Until they kill him or use the 25th amendment to install Vance. Now that he’s won, you think the people around the useful idiot who have accepted all the Russian money will just let him fuck their plans up?

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        32 minutes ago

        It’s a double-edged sword, even for the GOP. Trump’s followers are a cult, and cultists follow one person. So without Trump as the godhead, there’s no one with enough (ugh) charisma and panache to unify the GOP rabble.

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          29 minutes ago

          The right wing always galvanizes behind someone new if it means they get to hurt their enemies.

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            24 minutes ago

            Sure, but understand basic Followership: a cultist will allow any action, any cut, so long as they believe it ingratiates them with their Leader.

            No culthead, no cult following. The GOP reverts to a mob.

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              13 minutes ago

              Until a new strongman pops up. I’ve been watching this movie for 30+ years.

              They’re not going to seize power and then fuck it up. Project 2025 will go forward. There is structure behind this movement. I’d like to believe that Trump dying or going away would fix the problem too, but it won’t.

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      7 hours ago

      He seems to lack competence in many ways, but some of the guys around him are a whole lot more conniving and potentially effective.

      It’s also not likely Trump feels any urge to hire a somewhat moderate(ish) cabinet of professionalls like he did last time. I assume he learned his lesson given that they all eventually turned on him.

      So let’s see. I think he’s spent the past 4 years surrounding himself with some bad hombres, to borrow a saying, and now he’s ready to act with fewer guardrails.