@return2ozma to News • 8 days agoDonald Trump quips he can't run in 2028 unless Republicans 'do something'www.usatoday.comexternal-linkmessage-square83arrow-up1354arrow-down110cross-posted to: politics
arrow-up1344arrow-down1external-linkDonald Trump quips he can't run in 2028 unless Republicans 'do something'www.usatoday.com@return2ozma to News • 8 days agomessage-square83cross-posted to: politics
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink9•7 days 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.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•5 days agoBut, hopefully, they won’t fall in line behind a single successor and instead splinter into a bunch of smaller, competing factions.
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.
But, hopefully, they won’t fall in line behind a single successor and instead splinter into a bunch of smaller, competing factions.