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If Trump loses in 2024, do you think he'd run in 2028? (self.asklemmy)

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[–] paddirn 6 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Probably and Republicans will be too stupid to go with anyone else, hopefully he's on his deathbed by then (if not gone sooner). At least Democrats will have to run somebody else, though not sure who in the current Democrat party would rise to the top. Hillary might make another go at it, but I could see Newsom or Warren going after it as well, but nobody really strong comes to mind.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Hillary might make another go at it

She's a smart woman, surely she must have realized by now that nobody likes her

[–] paddirn 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Ehhh, I'd have thought she had realized that the first go around, however, she actually did win the popular vote against Trump in 2016 (Hillary: 65,853,625 votes (48.0%) vs Trump: 62,985,106 votes (45.9%)), so it's entirely plausible that she doesn't realize that.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

Well, when he dies, I’m gonna create a ton of Parler and truth social bot accounts and spread conspiracy theories with the end goal of persuading idiots on the alt-right to mount write-in campaigns for Trump.

But I will absolutely not consider doing that until he is dead and buried.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Get ready for trump jr

[+] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

For all his faults, Donald uniquely has the charisma to pull this act off. His children are all rizzless goofs. My personal feeling is that anyone trying to do "The Trump" will fail miserably. What we're more likely to see is someone else come along with a different style but that's also charismatic.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Yeah, everyone else trying to be Trump 2 has spilled their spaghetti. Ramaswamy even tried to out crazy Trump and make up for the batshit insanity of his ideas by just doing a Benny Shaps and talking fast, and he couldn't beat old puddin' fingers. DeSantis tried his ass off to set himself up as the rightful heir to the throne, and ended up speedrunning a failed campaign. Haley's having better success by just trying to do her own thing. I kinda think that MAGA is really a cult of personality around Trump, and there isn't really a MAGA movement without him.

Anyway, if he runs again in 2028, man, just drag America out behind the shed and put it down. It's just getting too painful to watch.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

I honestly thought DeSantis stood a better chance. He's got the traditionally ideal resume, although he failed to really leverage that in his campaign, probably out of fear of angering the MAGA base. He's certainly smarter than Trump and possibly more malevolent. But, he lacks the charisma and personality of a used care salesman and doesn't have the Vince McMahon like faux tough guy image that Trump has spent a few decades honing.

Trump is a moron, but he's smart enough to know that there is an alarmingly large segment of the American population for whom politics is like wrestling. He doesn't have to deliver on jack shit. He just has to put on a great show and the "fans"will keep coming back for more and emptying their pockets for him on the way in. Hell, that's what he's done for his whole career.

Haley knows she can't compete in that arena which is why she isn't even trying. She's hoping to pick up enough disgruntled traditional Republicans to make a dent but I'm not not sure there are enough left to give her any serious momentum.

[–] JeeBaiChow 3 points 10 months ago

If his base doesn't learn that they're supporting a grifting criminal, and he continues to be able to fleece them unabated, sure.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Running for his life I hope

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (8 children)

Since when has a politician known when to quit?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Clinton hasn't run since she "lost" to Trump.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Clinton is still active in other areas though and still brings it up like she is owed.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Are you saying Clinton writes opinion pieces under the pseudonym John Pavlovitz?

Also, are you saying that politicians should just sit down and die when they don't win something? I mean, based on your rhetoric, you seem like the exact kind of person that thinks all politicians should just die, so I wouldn't be surprised.

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[–] sturmblast 2 points 10 months ago

He'll be in prison

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Absolutely. He’ll also run again if he wins, because his Supreme Court will decidee that a two-term-limit is unconstitutional.

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