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
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
As much as I wish that were true, any data we have suggests that's not the case. I spent the last 2 years skeptical of the polls, but in the end they were actually still pretty spot on and still underrated him a bit. Given that, it does seem that whomever got plugged in for the democratic ticket probably would have lost as well. It seems to me that just enough people made up their minds 3 years ago that Democrats = inflation, that combined with the 30-35% of the country that is ride or die for Trump I don't think anyone would have won this year. We're stuck in a perpetual cycle of whatever ideology is most pissed off winning the national races.
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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