06-02-2024, 01:40 PM
(06-02-2024, 05:05 AM)pally Wrote: There is no way Trump die quietly that doesn’t give rise to giant conspiracy theories. Shoot, I suspect he could be struck by lightning in front of his rally crowd and they will claim it was Biden ordering one of MTG’s Jewish space lasers to zap him. Trump will become a martyr to the MAGA cause
That entire movement dies when he's gone. Maybe not immediately, but eventually.
His main gift is a lifetime of playing PR games and an understanding of how to work the national media. He was a major international celebrity long before he was in politics. It doesn't help him govern, but it definitely provides an advantage that few have when they first enter office. He gives people what they think they want, and that's all learned through his previous occupations.
Populism isn't as easy as it looks. People, even intelligent ones like Hillary, spend their careers trying to figure out how to be liked, then get waxed by both Obama and Trump. You have it or you don't. Trump's the Rain Man of the discipline. The GOP will go back to being unrelatable ultra-religious elitists once he's finished.
