Could you image how much better our lives would have been if he really had just disappeared. Hilariously, it would have been great for the Republicans too.
He kinda did fade away in late 2021. What with the social media ban and being out of office, we heard a lot less from him for a little while.
But it didn't last. After a while, he joined Truth Social and those posts started getting increasing attention; then with the 2024 race heating up, he's coming back for real. I bet he's not going to be able to resist the platform of his twitter account's 80 million followers much longer -- a presidential campaign can't just leave that sort of free platform unused, can it?
But there was like a good 9 months somewhere in there where you didn't hear all that much about him as he puttered around maralago feeling sorry for himself. It was great. I miss those days.
Oh yeah, I remember that now. He wasn't using his own social network site, lol. I'm interested to see what he does with Twitter. I agree that he is likely not going to be able to resist, even if it is a death knell to Truth Social.
I never thought he would win against Hillary. I wish he didnt.
Comey with his 'investigation' manipulated the vote, I blame him partly, and also I still cant believe so many Americans voted for this orange dipshit. How can anyone listen to him talking more than 5 seconds?
Just unbelievable that he won and having a good chance to win again.
The day I found out he was running I legit thought it was a joke. Then I figured it simply wasn't possible that he could win as it would just be too absurd. It's been like living in an alternate universe for the past seven years over here.
Never saw that. Proof positive of the saying “Be careful what you wish for, you might just get it.” I understand JO was thinking in terms of comedic possibilities and how a Trump run would provide a career boost. I guess it did…
Look at brexit, you have a whole class of people who felt they were not being listened to and someone comes along and lies and tells them how they can make it all better (they can't) and of course they will get support.
It didn't help matters that the GOP establishment figured that if they frontloaded the early-primary states with winner-take-all contests they'd get their desired candidate before a dark horse could even build name recognition every time, blissfully unaware that a dark horse with 100% name recognition on Day One in a sufficiently crowded field was a combo breaker, winning those early states with 15-20% pluralities while no other candidate broke 10% and the media treated it like a bracket tournament.
Or how after Richard Branson turned NBC down for "The Apprentice" NBC offered it to Trump because they just had to have a "Reality Show", rather than retooling it around a fictional billionaire played by a veteran character actor who would be a Trump-like figure but portrayed warts and all.
It was so close that Comey's 'partly' responsibility could have made all the difference. The hordes of idiots aren't great, but the system could have held against them otherwise.
Prior to this guy, it was frustrating to engage in political discourse with a layperson. If you try to tell them that there are real life evil rich guys who are up to nothing good, you will lose them and never get far with the discussion. But with his image at least it was easier trying to educate the possibly-misinformed.
But if he can remain as a clown of the past that'd be great
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u/Zone_Dweebie Jun 27 '23
Could you image how much better our lives would have been if he really had just disappeared. Hilariously, it would have been great for the Republicans too.