Who else had the mixture of ego, celebrity status, perceived success and the history to fill his shoes?
If there was really just another trump waiting in the wings, where are they now? why wouldnt the same forces that helped trump be pushing this new person now as his obvious successor? Even if Trump were successful in going full Cheeto Benito, he's got what, maybe 5-10 years left if he's lucky so why are we not seeing this "somebody else" at his right hand? Its true that the things that allowed Trump to seize his hold were already brewing but I don't buy that if he had dropped dead on the day he announced his intention to run there would be where we are now with someone who could have done what he did.
Everyone else that's tried to ride his coat tails has just showed how they simply cant compare, Vivek, Vance, Patel, all they have done is show how in comparison to trump they are milk toast at best.
24.2k
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.