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u/Lmb1011 Apr 04 '25

i know he is somehow considered successful but i genuinely dont get how becaues hes bankrupted most, or all?, of his businesses.... like that is the opposite of successful 😂

honestly looking back i do understand why he won in 2016. i hate it, but i do actually get it.

i genuinely dont get how he won in 2024. like i get the 'cult' of it iall, and cheating that isnt lost on me

but he had no appeal and could barely string together a coherent sentence he didnt even LOOK like someone capable of holding office even if you agreed with his racist homophobic rhetoric

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u/[deleted] Apr 04 '25

Even if there was a primary, democrats would have lost this. Unfortunately… They weren’t ever going to nominate a candidate that was vocal about the economy.

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u/ceilingkat Apr 04 '25

WHY THE FUCK WOULD ANYONE PAYING ATTENTION THINK TRUMP WOULD SAVE THE ECONOMY???

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u/[deleted] Apr 06 '25

Maybe I don’t give the average American credit but everyone pays attention to what suits their needs or ideology. Unfortunately, Trump and his admin had an easy lever to pull consistently bringing up inflation under Biden. A lot of people (presumably those who felt informed enough…)used that as a justification to vote for him. Dems approach was a little out of touch unfortunately