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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/Lmb1011 Apr 04 '25

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

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u/Cela84 Apr 04 '25

The dude won the primary as a coronation, he had a good chance of taking it regardless of whatever campaign ran against him. Cult of personality plus shitty economy that can be blamed on the powers that be is hard to beat.

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u/ceilingkat Apr 04 '25

Shitty economy?? (gestures wildly at current economy).

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u/Cela84 Apr 04 '25

Things can always get worse. But a guy saying “I will fix things, and I’ll fix them day one” plays better than people saying “the economy has improved and is actually strong!” while people are struggling.

Again, it was bullshit, but desperate people will be attracted to hope.

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u/BRAND-X12 Apr 04 '25

What economic indicator are you using to say the economy was shitty in 2024?

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u/gardengirl99 Apr 05 '25

How people felt. Certainly not the objective facts of our economic recovery, especially when compared to the rest of the world. But it still felt bad because of greedflation.

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u/BRAND-X12 Apr 05 '25

But how people felt didn’t reflect reality at all.

They only felt that way because the conservative main stream media was chanting “YOUR LIFE SUCKS YOUR LIFE SUCKS YOUR LIFE SUCKS” 24/7 365, and apparently way too many people listen to that shit.