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

He has probably been leaving tide marks and make-up stains on everything he wears for years. But because he doesn't do his own laundry or change his own sheets it didn't even register with him. It was only when he wore a mask that he came face to face (ha!) with his own debris.

Looks more like gravy browning than tan!

Probably got so used to the studio make up and how it made him look better on camera. He only thinks in terms of TV exposure, not reality.

Tis a pity he never received a Herman Cain

Fake electors appear allergic to CNN, so does TPUSA

I don't believe that Donald Trump is so delusional, or blind or senile that he genuinely believes the fake tan looks good in the conventional sense. He also probably knows that his hair doesn't look good in the conventional sense.

Why the hell does he keep them, then?

Trump, if nothing else, understands the power of branding. The fake tan and the hair is fugly but also extremely memorable. Pair that with the tacky gold apartment and the plastic wife, and it becomes almost like an impressionist painting of what a yuppie is. It's not exactly what yuppies looks like, but it somehow viscerally taps into the feeling of what a yuppie is and what every temporarily-embarrassed-millionaire American aspires to be. The hair, the tan, the gait, the voice, the hand expressions - it's all part of a desire of Trump to control whatever space he's in - to be a domineering, brutal presence.

well he was democratically elected as president of the most powerful country in the world in 2016 against all the odds (no one would believe it) if that doesnt count as victory im not sure what does

he came very close to winning again in 2020 some believe he did actually win that election it doesnt matter now

and at present he is a front runner to go up against joe firing on all cylinders biden in 2024 so we will all have to see what victory really looks like next year

Define 'close'. Trump himself claimed his victory over Hilary was a landslide, yet Biden beat him by a larger margin in the electoral college and an even bigger one when you take in the popular vote

Polls don’t matter.They’ve been wrong so often that they may be disregarded.

Polls said Brexit would fail & Hilary would win, for two.

I think we should

look at recent elections. The red wave” failure & the most recent democrat wins. Also, I cannot see how Trump is going to increase his vote on 2020, I think they’re hoping for a collapse in Bidens vote.

I never hear of GOP policies, just Trump talking about what a crook Biden is, without actually ever accusing him of something, as that would be libellous. Or how he’ll stick the feds on his opponents.

I think people want to get behind a bit of positivity for a change. And the GOP don’t offer any positivity as far as I can see.

Can you or anyone else who thinks Biden should step aside name one Democrat who you would be confident could beat him?

It's too late to be putting a replacement forward. Harris isn't a strong enough profile to win, plus I highly suspect that largely misogynistic USA is far from ready to let a woman run their country. I think the Dems learned their lesson with Hillary and it'll be another few elections before they push a female candidate. Biden's a strong candidate, with a good record to back it up. As said previously, polls are pointless this far out. Trump is bulk-dumping polls on Truth Social almost everyday. The desired effect of course being that the Dem voters think they're beaten, so don't bother to vote. However, it has often spectacularly backfired, fiercely mobilising the opposition vote, coupled with a complacency amongst voters who don't mobilise expecting their own candidate to win in a landslide. Trump will lose this election, and lose big, I predict. The only way he could possibly win is serious illness or death of Biden before they go to the polls. I would imagine the domestic terror threat against Biden is near it's highest and will go into critical mode in the aftermath of another potential election win in a democracy that has seen four presidents assassinated.

Given the latest polls, would you still say this is true?

I would have thought someone like Gavin Newsom would be a good candidate? Granted, I don't know much about US politics, but could Biden even endorse him, nudge, nudge, wink, wink. It would take the age thing out of the conversation.

"In 2023, Newsom launched Campaign for Democracy, a PAC to take on authoritarian leaders. It is thought to be a starting point for a possible 2028 presidential bid." (from Wikipedia)

2028 might be too late:-)

Imagine if AOC decided to throw her hat in the ring. I'm well aware that this would almost certainly not happen, and I understand that AOC has already endorsed Biden, but I'm just thinking of the sparks that would fly by running someone almost the polar opposite of Trump.

Whoever runs on the Democratic ticket needs to run on a strong message because the nature of politics seems to be such that you can be as toxic as you want while in power and still have a chance of getting reelected after a few years pass and memories fade. Look at what that did for Fianna Fail here. Even Bertie has been eyeing a comeback. So, this is what Trump is banking on in the USA. You'd think all the indictments would sink him, but he's working off the bed of nails theory where because there have been myriad controversies around him, no one issue has any real impact, and people are fatigued of hearing about them anyway, and that's just the people who don't believe that it's all some nefarious conspiracy to keep him out of office.

Isn’t Nikki Haley polling well?