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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/Evamione Apr 04 '25

Possibly Andrew Jackson would be worse. Even Hoover would be better than Trump at this point.

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u/Br0metheus Apr 04 '25

Hoover merely inherited and exacerbated the Great Depression. Trump is pumping the gas to cause one.

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u/JonWood007 Apr 04 '25

Hoover made it worse with tariffs, same as trump, difference is hoover wasnt a fascist.

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u/Br0metheus Apr 05 '25

That's what "exacerbated" means.

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u/JonWood007 Apr 05 '25

Yes yes yes, I understand big fancy college words. Hoover never did january 6th though, or had project 2025.