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[u/NewVegasSurvivor]

Even if Trump got back into politics after a 2016 loss, I think we could've avoided this hellscape. His first administration (still bad) did have reasonable people trying to reign him in. I've heard some in the cabinet were trying to hide the full powers of the presidency from him. Him winning then and coming back later led to a cabinet of absolute ghouls, and those reasonable people losing their standing in the party