What does the future hold for Donald Trump? - threadbans in OP

Here's a screenshot of the announcement of the sale, sorry the image if f'ed up, the linking code on here dodgy af.

Sort of hilarious and disgusting at the same time. Cryptocurrency ftw, too, doesn't trust USD (or maybe expecting a lot of overseas 'bidders.')

I wonder what the over/under is for the percentage of 'profits' turned into foster care / education grants.

Yes, that's what I said in the previous post (after edit)

The problem is that his Klan can not, WILL not change their mind. He is bullet-proof to them. While they would happily burn someone alive for "taking the knee" (And don't their stars align beautifully that most of these people are black. Sheer perfection for them), if trump came out tomorrow and took a dump on the American flag, they would cheer him as they would then declare "This flag doesn't represent me anymore". MAYBE they'd have a problem if he simply Came Out :)

But his Klan will all turn out for the mid-terms and 2024. As is their right. But Democrat voters have a tendency to NOT turn up. They did last time and voted him out. But the biggest issue with Democrat voters is apathy. And, say what you want about trump, he is certainly more of a personality than Biden.

And trump's Klan will spot the usual Schrodinger's Covid arguments:

• It is fake.
• It's the Democrats' fault that it is spiking.

Sometimes within the same breath.

And the usual Schrodinger's Elite arguments:

• Trump's a hugely successful billionaire tycoon. Smartest and richest man in the world.
• Trump is a man of the People. One of us and will "get" those billionaire tycoons.

So, as much as I hate to admit it, 2022 and 2024 WILL be a close one and it is too close to call. I mean, even the most ardent trump advocate here would have to agree that democracy has been permanently damaged in the US by trumps statements. They won't say it but deep down they will believe it (because it's an undeniable Truth). So, 2022 and 2024 will be close and EXTREMELY nasty and messy...... And THAT, above all else, will be trumps Legacy. That he sh4t all over American democracy. He will be remembered for no other policy decisions (The vast majority of which were rolled back or thrown out).

As for Civil War? Nah. Not going to happen. briany said it best:

There's no organisation there. There is only so much you can do with some pick-up trucks, 4 teeth, a confedarate flag, your cousin, and a nebulous hatred of homosexuals, "dem t owelheads", Bill Gates nanobots, "Elites", liberals, RINOs, everyone who is not them ('cuz they all hate 'Murica) and Democrats (Who, let's not forget, are Satanist pedophiles.)

They may have vast amounts of firearms but it would never happen. Oh they'd come out: Squeeze into their camouflage gear. Cover their exposed bellies with their assault riles. Parade up and down a few streets in Oklahoma and Florida. Call themselves Patriots. The National Guard will come out (eventually. Even in these places). Shots may even be fired. If a National Guardsmen is killed, fox "news" will offer thoughs and prayers to the family. If an insurrectionist is killed, fox "news" will wail and throw their hands up in the air about the heavy-handed approach taken on innocent people expressing their right to bear arms.

But no, there will be no real "uprising". Just a lot of people with large, over-compensating guns preening about in costumes.

I am confident that designers all jostle for opportunities to donate clothing. Remember the 'eat the rich' gown AOC wore (to much right-wing pearl clutching?) It was very expensive, and donated.

The grifting is the disgusting part, but Melania really was forced to relent from the grifting while FLOTUS, now that she isn't, sell everything. Still I'm hyper-amused by her insisting on cryptocurrency as payment. Can't trust those bidders...

Getting into bitcoin to avoid asset seizure maybe?

I'd say it's more likely that she wants to move to Bitcoin as an excuse to unsubscribe from Donald's emails asking for donations.

Trump has way more personality than Biden, but let's not forget that the pro-Biden vote was really more anti-Trump, and that means that America looked at Trump's ample personality in 2020 and decided that it was something they could do without being at the head of things.

And the thing of it is that Trump doesn't really appear to have changed in his outlook much. We hear from him less, which is great, but any time we do, it's pretty much the same old thing. If anything, he's gone darker and more bitter.

Although approval rates of Biden have dropped, imagine if Trump does run again. We know what kind of chaos and division he would actively foment as president, and we even have veiled threats by the likes of Bannon about 'doing it right' the second time, which sounds quite ominous.

The tick-tock nature of American politics could have serious implications for the country, the way things are shaping up. It used to be a stable system because each side represented roughly one half of America and, most importantly, they each abided by the same set of norms. There was a kind of balance, there. Democratic president, Republican Senate. Republican president, Democratic house. It was bland and predictable, but it basically worked.

What appears to be happening, now, is that the Republican side is getting more desperate. I think the root of this is that the party's voting base has been the worst hit by austerity post-2008, and this has left them prone to the extreme rhetoric and disinformation proliferating online, and there are real echoes of history in that. And the more extreme they get, the more they push the rest of America away, and the less potential benefit they gain from participating in politics as normal and enfranchisement for all.

Therefore, they will use their control in state legislatures, where they have it, to make it harder to vote for the kind of people they don't want voting, and try to get a majority of representatives back in power at the top levels of U.S. politics. All that's left, then, is to get a Republican president back in office and 'get it right' that time, as Bannon has essentially said.

" think the root of this is that the party's voting base has been the worst hit by austerity post-2008"

Yes, but their policies and approach to politics in general is outdated and they are the least favourite party. Therefore, they must cajole or cheat to stay in power.

That's because more people will put money down and tie it up for a few years on trump then they will on the others, it's a potential loss leader without much risk for the bookmaker. Until Biden is confirmed to run (I've no doubt he will) then his odds will be diluted whereas there's not much other names on the GOP side that would attract early bets (DeSantis maybe?).

drunkmonkey. He/she disappeared shortly afterward, or at least that particular username.