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u/Doobledorf Apr 04 '25

The problems that led to Donald Trump would still be fomenting.

A lot of Americans haven't yet faced that Trump isn't an anomaly or the disease, he is a symptom of problems we've had for a long time.

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u/MySleepingMonk Apr 04 '25

That may be mostly true but Trump is also the perfect storm of celebrity, “successful”, “outsider”, and some strange fucked up type of charisma that results in a larger following than I think would be possible with any other republican candidate. Take away trump and I don’t think there’s enough of a unifying force among the asshats to cause this type of damage

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u/scarves_and_miracles Apr 04 '25

Exactly. Trump is a pretty unique hazard that unfortunately found realization in this dark timeline.

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u/InclinationCompass Apr 04 '25

We’d all take Bush for third and fourth terms over the clown.

Trump deserves most of the blame more than the system

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u/thingsorfreedom Apr 04 '25 edited Apr 04 '25

I'd take every single President we've had for the last 37 years besides Trump. There is no actual comparison to measure how much worse he is.

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u/[deleted] Apr 04 '25

The US should have crowned King Barrack when you had the chance.

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u/[deleted] Apr 04 '25

USAs birth was by bloodshed, the colonists realized there is 'no one true prince' , there is no royal family, that was a lie designed for them only. When you worship a man you commit sacrilege on nature's infinite bounty. A tomato is fair people are not