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“It’s over for Trump this time, he’s finished!” - You (2015,2016,2017,2018,2019,2020,2021,2022,2023,2024,2025)

soraminazuki 1y ago
Being incompetent and being popular are unfortunately not exclusionary. Or are you saying that elected officials doesn't make mistakes?
cloverich 1y ago
OP predicted Trump will mess up not that he'll lose an election. His electorate is largely supporting him via emotional response, hence his constant appeal to emotions, morality, demonization, etc - it works very well. The title of the book on my manipulated mothers shelf is "Democrats hate America" not "Iranian nuclear enrichment policy” — because this isn’t about policy, it’s about identity. Trump’s rhetoric doesn’t have to withstand scrutiny; it just has to resonate. And it resonates because it offers a simple moral binary: good vs. evil, us vs. them. That’s why failures, scandals, or even authoritarian gestures don’t shake his base — they’re not evaluating him on outcomes, but on whether he reflects their emotional reality. The real danger isn’t just that he might “mess up,” but that the political incentives now reward this kind of performative grievance over competence.
const_cast 1y ago
Stupid people being back by other people doesn't mean they aren't stupid. It actually means the contrary - there's more stupid people than we previously thought... I'm being a bit mean I suppose, it's not actually stupidity. It's naivety and fierce propaganda campaigns. Everyone longs for a simpler time and the domestic economic struggles of the US are plain.
Forgeties79 1y ago
No? I said he constantly does stupid things. I said nothing about this being the end for him. I’m not sure how you got that from my comment. I mean look at how he’s handled the “ceasefire” so far. He’s an embarrassment and unbelievably incompetent. He’s a petulant child.

Being incompetent and being popular are unfortunately not exclusionary. Or are you saying that elected officials doesn't make mistakes?

cloverich 1y ago

OP predicted Trump will mess up not that he'll lose an election. His electorate is largely supporting him via emotional response, hence his constant appeal to emotions, morality, demonization, etc - it works very well. The title of the book on my manipulated mothers shelf is "Democrats hate America" not "Iranian nuclear enrichment policy” — because this isn’t about policy, it’s about identity. Trump’s rhetoric doesn’t have to withstand scrutiny; it just has to resonate. And it resonates because it offers a simple moral binary: good vs. evil, us vs. them. That’s why failures, scandals, or even authoritarian gestures don’t shake his base — they’re not evaluating him on outcomes, but on whether he reflects their emotional reality. The real danger isn’t just that he might “mess up,” but that the political incentives now reward this kind of performative grievance over competence.

const_cast 1y ago

Stupid people being back by other people doesn't mean they aren't stupid. It actually means the contrary - there's more stupid people than we previously thought... I'm being a bit mean I suppose, it's not actually stupidity. It's naivety and fierce propaganda campaigns. Everyone longs for a simpler time and the domestic economic struggles of the US are plain.

Forgeties79 1y ago

No? I said he constantly does stupid things. I said nothing about this being the end for him. I’m not sure how you got that from my comment. I mean look at how he’s handled the “ceasefire” so far. He’s an embarrassment and unbelievably incompetent. He’s a petulant child.