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/crudedrawer May 19 '24

Second, there is a tremendous array of forces working in Donald’s favour:

This is the oft unspoken truth rihght here. The most powerful people in the world - from the supreme court to media CEOs to Putin and Musk and an entire universe of right wing podcasters and youtubers with huge reach - all want to make Biden lose. If he wins it will be the greatest victory of people over The Powers that Be and they'll STILL frame it as the elites keeping regular folks down.

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u/Outside_Function_726 May 19 '24

We have seen both of these 2 geezers run the show and it's a shit show......all politicians must go we need new leadership

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u/Elegant_Plate6640 May 19 '24

Except that we’ve seen one of those geezers act relatively competent.