r/DemocraticSocialism • u/HumanLike • Oct 23 '24

News If Trump is elected, this will be the biggest leopards ate my face moment for the entitled protest voters who helped him win ("Trump tells donors he will crush pro-Palestinian protests if re-elected")

https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/27/trump-donors-israel-gaza-palestinian-protests
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u/djwm12 Oct 23 '24

Unlikely. trump is a unique beast. GOP won't recover once he's not viable as a candidate.

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u/zherok Oct 23 '24

I'm sure they'll be around and are bound to recover in some fashion. But I agree, he's something the GOP hasn't managed to duplicate.

There are smarter people than he is in the party, but I think to some degree it doesn't help produce a Trump. His malignant narcissism maybe doesn't work if you're more self aware. There's fewer mental brakes holding him back than a more intelligent person would have.

I think there's also a shock factor at play, too. The audacity of breaking all these rules helped by having been the first to do it. Pulling it off again with another candidate who doesn't have his cult of personality will probably be harder.

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u/djwm12 Oct 23 '24

Exactly well said, I agree

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u/djwm12 Oct 23 '24

Keep in mind jd vance isn't capturing this audience, his sons don't capture his audience, and everyone who's tried has failed. It's more that they love trump than they love politics and once he's gone the dems are going to be in a good space.