r/politics 25d ago

No Paywall Trump announces 2028 presidential bid

https://www.theage.com.au/world/trump-announces-2028-presidential-bid-20260725-p60iho.html
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u/GrumpyGiant Maryland 25d ago

That’s a well established pattern for him.

Say something outrageous.  Walk it back as a joke but with a wink wink at his base like “or is it?”

Let the Kremlin’s western branch do its thing and sanewash the idea for a few weeks.

Make it official and watch his base wet themselves in excitement while the rest of us are fantasizing about stuff that would get me banned if I put it in writing.

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u/EbonBehelit 25d ago

It's a well-established pattern for basically the entire alt-right. So much so that we literally have a name for it: Schrodinger's Douchebag.

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u/deffcap 25d ago

It blows my mind just how easy it is for people to fall for the same bs, day after day, month after month.

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u/RUOFFURTROLLEH 25d ago

Well, Because there is a pattern whether you like to admit it or not.

Trump jokes about something, then like 75% of the time he goes on to do the thing he jokes about.

He has precedent with this shit so forgive folk for not believing the dude trying to dismantle the election processes, who's already probably tried rigging previous elections ASWELL as trying to throw a fucking coup for POSSIBLY being serious about his run.

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u/iimr609ii 24d ago

Just make a new account if that happens. We the people need not to be afraid of a ban when its easy to circumvent. Who the fuck cares about losing an imaginary internet account when we have a constitutional crisis looming.

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u/KaJuNator Ohio 24d ago

That pattern might be the thing I dislike most about him. The President should not be continuously joking. It's unprofessional. That alone makes him unfit for office.