Donald Trump the Megathread part II - threadbans and mod warnings in OP

You know that cultural trends are on the wane when Elon Musk gets in on the act. Whatever counter-cultural appeal Donald Trump has left will have another chunk ripped away from a fawning interview with South Africa's answer to the question, "What kind of a person would attempt to dance the Macarena at the 1999/2000 NYE party?".

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I think he’s upset that saying her name “Ka-MAH-La” isn’t getting the reaction he wanted, and since it’s spelled the same way in print it gets almost completely ignored, so he’s trying to go for another effort to try and get people to pay a bunch of undue attention to him

Weirdo.

Wait now.

Trump's suspicion (fantasy) that Biden makes a comeback, so that Trump can debate him rather than Harris, is backed up - we have a source.

It's.... Oh - nevermind

The hatred and the bile from Trump's lot is just tiring. Bunch of robots stuck on the same program. Nothing to offer but negativity. No hope. No happiness.

Hosepipe of bullsh1t.... See what sticks

clutching all the straws, boiling them, and hurling them at the wall like strings of spaghetti.

Haven't listened to it either, but I assume the … between quotes there meant they're parts of different sections of his rambling rather than just a pause.

It depends on what his base would do. If they get bored of Trump's act then he's fairly dead in the water, although I have to think there would remain enough hardcore MAGA that Trump would still be a significant influencer/kingmaker in whatever rose from the ashes, so some of his 'ideas' would linger in order to placate that portion of things.

In one way, it looks like Trump's movement is running out of momentum, but because that perception has only hit me in the last two weeks since Biden dropped out, it leads me more to the conclusion that what we're really seeing is just what happens when his movement is put up against anyone halfway charismatic and likeable. I think Trump and team were willing to run the risk of people voting against him and hold a campaign in that kind of negative arena, but what has blindsided him is the Democrats suddenly offering something to vote for . That's something I would argue the Democrats haven't really had since Obama and what must be setting off serious alarm bells in Trump HQ.

But even if Harris manages to win the election, there will still be this odious sector of the American conservative movement who see their goal tantalisingly close of a country that his ridded itself of liberal democracy, has stripped social freedoms and where there is an institutional societal hierarchy. They're not just going to give up on that. So, what was to be Project 2025 would just become Project 2029 and so on and so on. So unless there is some major moves made to address this in a way that brings the whole country back to an equilibrium, they're eventually going to get in anyway.

I think Donald Jr would be a good shout to inherit whatever exists of MAGA by the time Sr. passes the torch. Not because of his charisma, but because of his proximity to the throne and the fact that he isn't a career politician. An aspect of what gives Trump his appeal is that he comes from outside the regular political system, and this would be a requisite for any heir.

I'm sure there are ambitious actors within the MAGA movement wargaming this very scenario, but whoever it is would have to consolidate power quickly and ruthlessly lest the whole thing collapses due to infighting, which would be bad for MAGA but pretty good for normal people.

They'd all be wannabes and poor imitations. With that being the playing field, the familial connection would give Donald Jr. primacy. It's not uncommon in cults of personality that those closest to dear leader get the nod even if they're not necessarily the most qualified.

In the same way that Kim Il Sung is the eternal leader of North Korea, Donald Trump would always be the leader of MAGA. The day-to-day head would just be a custodian.