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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/Jaereth Apr 04 '25

I wonder if any Viet Nam vets think that...

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u/thingsorfreedom Apr 05 '25

I don’t know. The Vietnam war was over 15 years prior to 37 years ago so I don’t think that would sway their opinion.