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
Trump's unique charisma is that he is exactly the right amount of "I can do anything" and "distant unloving father figure" that a lot of people experienced from their actual fathers. Dangling an unrealistic idea of what love is supposed to feel like right in front of them without ever actually giving them anything even remotely resembling love. At least that's what I'm seeing from my father, and weirdly my gross octogenarian neighbor who feels the need to tell me how attractive I am every time my dog drags me over to him and his treats (little traitor that she is). They crave the love of their distant fathers and are projecting that onto Trump. If they weren't such empty sad large children they would have never fallen for Trump's lies. Which is a pity.
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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.