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

Ah, but you see that poll (73% of GOP voters want a debate) was taken before trump said he wasnt going to debate (as if he could). I would love to see the poll now.

All the little sheep "oh he doesn't need to be there. Legendary, remember?"

Details of Trump's bond agreement.

Watch troth special for the likes of...

"NEVER THREATENED ANYBODY. POSTED ADDRESSES OF RADICAL LEFT WITCH HUNTERS AND PRAISED OUR BEAUTIFUL 2ND AMMENDMENT. JNR JUST POSTED PICS AND ADDRESSES OF THEIR FAMILIES AND PRAISED 2ND AMMENDMENT. PERFECT POSTS. HOW IS THIS A THREAT. FREEDOM"

Why not? It's a win-win for him. His terrorist cult will jump at his nudge-nudge-wink-wink post. (We know they have form. Despite his people here on this thread saying Jan6 didn't happen). And if the courts have a problem with his post and lock him up (the irony) then his terrorist cult will riot again and murder more people.

Well his actions got people killed so it’s not a good idea of him to try the it’s not murder defense.

We seem to be running low on MAGA faithful on here. We're mostly down to one occasional visitor who'll turn up once there's a US Right-winger who's a "breath of fresh air" and then proceed to be an ardent MAGA apologist of truly awful things. But I guess "fresh air" is of short supply at the moment.

I suspect many may have migrated to agreeable pro-MAGA echo chambers Since apparently we are all Marxists Lefty-loonies on here....or something woke something...either way, running low on local MAGA silliness for the minute.

It absolutely is, and has been for a long time. That CBS poll is quite remarkable. I'm not sure how their rating is as a pollster but to think that 71% of those surveyed believe what Trump says, compared to 60% believing their family members, and 42% believing their religious leaders, is very disturbing indeed. I'm not at all sure what could happen to break this spell either. A sex abuse trial hasn't worked. Being criminally prosecuted hasn't made any difference either. And his bigoted, stupid, childish behaviour seems to go down a storm with these people. And yet, if you ask most of these people why they're so devoted to Donnie, they can't answer. The US is in a very dark place.

I was going to post something similar earlier based upon, believe it or not, the Barbie movie. There seems to be early stages of people simply beginning to ignore these hate-filled mouth breathers. They lost their tiny little minds over the Barbie movie but people, in general, seemed to ignore them. Of course their followers didn't venture out of their mom's basements to go to see the movie and they decried it as some wokey wokey woke wokeness but that's never gonna change. No, even only a year or so ago, this would have gotten a worse bashing.

People have realised they are a one trick pony and, if anything, are looking to them as amusement. I don't mean to lump Mark Kermode into that group. He is not. AT ALL. But it's almost like watching his rants. You'd think "Oh ho, there's an Entourage Movie sequel. And they meet the "Sex and the City" women. I cannot WAIT for the review". It's like that: Oh, I cannot WAIT to see what such and such a person will make of THIS! The fox "news" review is gonna be EPIC!

This populism actually comes across as exhausting. One can never have one's own opinion. Have to wait to see what the general consensus is before informing your own opinion and then, By God, sticking to it. I mean to be perma-outraged. I'm knackered just THINKING about the effort. The mental gymnastics involved in supporting such hateful causes. Especially when they go directly against some previous opinion. (Going from "Biden's a coward and disrespectful for not participating in debates" to well trump's not debating now "Well, he doesn't NEED to 'cos he's got such a lead". If you have to wriggle like that to change your opinion on a point, maybe you are making the wrong point....

Genius move by Fox to try to regain control from him and makes absolute sense, you dont get to control the debate and the spin if you cant be bothered showing up.

You know Trump will end up seeing this

It has genuinely hilarious moments.

Eastman surrenders.

IDK if he is the first, but the first among the core conspirators afaik. Lots of people are indicted, including lower level georgians:

Another play straight from the fascism playbook, the 'strongman shirtless' shtick.

also caught in a big porker about 9/11

I already think he has no chance, but he still really badly wants you to believe he's a viable candidate despite his overt pledge to pardon Trump to "heal th3 c0untry"

Indeed it is, and there is no cure or remedy for it.

Not true, Jail sentences for those charged and convicted of crimes and the provision of proper mental health services for the rest of his supporters would be potential cures and remedies.

What about that shaman bloke who "fessed up" ,got a jail sentence ,served his time and repudiated his apology when he got out?

Once a nut case always a nut case?

Does the body politic rot from the head down?

There's history of fascistic groups leveraging liberal democratic systems in order to gain power. It's not a new angle that Trump and co. are running, here, but it's always needed fertile ground of receptive voters, otherwise they'd just be some crazies shouting out in the wind and a harmless joke. Social media has allowed misinformation to run rife and mob mentalities to form and that, along with the austerity arising from the 2008 recession, has been the changes which have laid the ground for Trump and co. to attack the democratic processes of the United States - to undermine confidence in them, to promote cynicism and ignorance. The next thing will be to claim that they don't recognise the courts trying them.

Trump and his cronies had a bash at the edifices of their Republic in 2020 and, though they swayed a bit, they held. These court cases and 2024 will represent the next go around. Lot of sharks in the water who smell blood and will have been refining their methods and tactics to usurp power, and they're not going to go quietly. It may not be pleasant, but these elements will have to be confronted and faced down in order for America to truly move forward.