Trump's Axios interview

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(08-06-2020, 05:11 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: You can understand why someone does something and still think they're totally wrong.  I'm more referring to those who think our only salvation is a Democratic House, Senate and White House.  I'd take four more years of Trump and a divided Congress over that any day of the week.  I've seen first hand just how crazy and nonsensical "progressive" politics is, and it's borderline terrifying.

LOL If we don't want gridlock and crazy then a Dem House, Senate and WH IS our only salvation, if that means some stable and responsible governance, finally, plus a national healthcare solution.

The bolded here is the key to continued Trump strength, even in the face of disaster--the terror before "leftism."  In 2016 it was Hillary. Now it is Portland and the "deep state."

You can understand why people do something and still be totally "shocked" that they would do it.

(08-06-2020, 05:11 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: [b]Belsnickel Wrote:[url=http://thebengalsboard.com/Thread-Trump-s-Axios-interview?pid=888555#pid888555][/url]I'm going to have to disagree with you, here. . . .the Never Trumper Republicans that emerged in 2016 and the Lincoln Project that is currently putting some serious effort behind getting Trump out of office show that your claim isn't entirely accurate. These are people that are hard core Republicans and support the policies of the GOP. ...

[/b]This actually supports my claim that Trumpism is centered around Trump.  Once he is gone I expect a return to the standard GOP template.

I agree, which further supports my claim that Trumpism is a symptom of Trump and not a shift in GOP priorities.

When over 80% of Republicans embrace Trumpism, that certainly is a symptom of a shift in GOP priorities. Not an aberration. You've given no account of why the rejection of diplomacy and the desire for walls and bans and harsh treatment of immigrants and fear of "lefistm/socialism" will stop when Trump leaves office. As if all the divisive, xenophobic images and deep state conspiracies won't be ready to hand for the next Republican national leader who wants to elbow moderates aside.

You seem to be arguing that mass, continued support for a Trump candidacy amidst his incompetent handling of civic unrest and a pandemic obscures the real identity of the Republican party now, to which it will magically revert once Trump is gone,  And the existence of a fraction of never Trumpers somehow proves the rule rather than the exception.

Just as you seem to be arguing that the election of Biden obscures the real radical, crazy and "borderline terrifying" identity of the Democratic party. AOC as Attorney General? Elizabeth Warren Secretary of the Treasury? Ilan Omar as Secretary of State?  Because Pelosi and Biden offer little "pushback" to them in an election year?