@return2ozma to News • 21 hours agoDonald Trump quips he can't run in 2028 unless Republicans 'do something'www.usatoday.comexternal-linkmessage-square76arrow-up1307arrow-down18cross-posted to: politics
arrow-up1299arrow-down1external-linkDonald Trump quips he can't run in 2028 unless Republicans 'do something'www.usatoday.com@return2ozma to News • 21 hours agomessage-square76cross-posted to: politics
minus-squareFlying Squidlink26•9 hours agoThey would be worse. A dumb Nazi is preferable to a smart Nazi.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish18•7 hours agoUpside is the cult of personality is attached to Trump, and no one else has been able to pull it off him. Trump is only effective because somehow, for some insane reason, he, personally, has a lot of devoted followers.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink7•6 hours agoThe cult is attached to Trump, yes. But when he dies his followers won’t suddenly wake up from their madness and flock behind a “normal candidate”. They will still go for the crazy ones who act and talk the way Trump did. There may not be a second Trump, but they are lost nevertheless.
They would be worse. A dumb Nazi is preferable to a smart Nazi.
Upside is the cult of personality is attached to Trump, and no one else has been able to pull it off him. Trump is only effective because somehow, for some insane reason, he, personally, has a lot of devoted followers.
The cult is attached to Trump, yes. But when he dies his followers won’t suddenly wake up from their madness and flock behind a “normal candidate”.
They will still go for the crazy ones who act and talk the way Trump did. There may not be a second Trump, but they are lost nevertheless.