r/politics • u/ben_watson_jr • May 19 '24

How Can This Country Possibly Be Electing Trump Again? Soft Paywall

https://newrepublic.com/article/181287/can-america-possibly-elect-trump-again
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u/Necrowaif May 19 '24 edited May 19 '24

I attribute this to two factors: first, people are really hurting from the cost of living crisis, and are perhaps desperate enough to believe that Donald Trump is the answer because they remember how food prices were cheaper pre-pandemic. (He’s not the answer, to be clear, but it’s easy to see why Johnny Lunchbox might see it that way.)

Second, there is a tremendous array of forces working in Donald’s favour: the entirety of conservative media, a fair portion of non-conservative media, an army of evangelicals, a large swath of social media (including the hellsite formerly known as Twitter), rich people who want to keep their tax breaks, Russian trolls and more than a few idiot lefties who look at politics as an all-or-nothing exercise - either they get everything they want or they kick over the gameboard.

However, there are also factors working against Donald: his criminal trial, his worsening finances (and that of the GOP) and his deteriorating mental state. In six months, it might be a completely different ballgame.

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u/Kaiisim May 19 '24

Yup. Trump's biggest advantage is that if he wins he will destroy America as we know it. Lots and lots of forces have been attempting that for a loooooooooong time.

It used to be that Fox was bad, but the YouTube landscape is a thousand times worse.