— Musings —11.14.2024 04:15 PM
Donald Trump is an asshole
SFH did this six years ago. Still applies.
— Musings —11.14.2024 04:15 PM
SFH did this six years ago. Still applies.
This may sound counter intuitive, but under the surface, Trump is more vulnerable now than he ever has been. Since he can’t run again, his power is already starting to loosen on the Republican Party and we can see it happening in real time. Senators who can’t be “primared”, because their terms outlast his, will start to turn against him before he is even inaugurated. His team’s foolish naivety is laying the ground for an inevitable mid term impeachment conviction, I think. The Republican establishment is waiting for an iron clad moment to crush him like the demented cockroach they know he is, just to redeem themselves and their party. They don’t care about him or MAGA and he is mistakenly opening their window of opportunity with the absurd cabinet picks.
So let me understand – this HUGE Republican Party faction that didn’t want Trump, opposed him all along are just waiting for him to be denuded?
January of 2021 wasn’t a good time?
The first impeachment wasn’t a good time?
After verdicts against him (without the luxury of granting himself presidential immunity) wasn’t a good time?
If you’re waiting for the republicans to do the right thing it would be encouraging to have a Churchill like figure holding guard till they rally. (Possibly misappropriated quote where he said “ you can always trust Americans to do the right thing when all other options have failed)
Republicans are responsible for Trump thrice being nominated but Democrats are the reason Trump has twice won the presidency and republicans won up and down the ticket because it is now the Trump party.
I’m not a Trumpist, I don’t even consider him a conservative (which I am) I have Said it a thousand times Trump is not the illness he’s only a symptom of an electorate that feels abandoned by elites.
Brian Mulroney / McGuinty-Wynne / Al Gore / Davis-Miller-Peterson (across two parties) are just some more recent examples of political machines that forgot the electorate.
Let’s not forget federal liberals thinking Harper and Layton successes were simply voters not understanding the great insights of Martin, Dionne and Ignatieff.
Democrats need to re-connect with the electorate for the Republicans to have a hope of reclaiming their party.
Democracy in the USA only has a chance at survival IF credible alternatives can emerge.
I believe Canadian democracy is in worse shape. Because liberal government can rely on two other parties to hold balance of power through two long minority mandates. These were not the result of great across the aisle negotiations, but agreeing to oppose the opposition party
Phil, you are missing the most important thing…. he can’t run again. Every politicians value lies in their future potential. Once that ends, their power and influence begins to diminish. Republicans are already focusing on what’s next because they have to. This is why we see all the opposition to the ridiculous cabinet picks.
Trumps only value to the Republican Party has been his ability to win elections but that potential is now over. They’ve sucked all the value they can out of him. Politically, he’s a walking corpse, it’s only a matter of time.
No I do t think I’m missing anything
Two points
1) maybe it’s a ton of largesse but democrats from Biden to the lowest level congressional candidate have been going on about Trump subverting democracy. Even Trump has alluded to this (being the last election christians will need to vote). I would guess he’s capable of ignoring little things like rules on term limits. I don’t but half of it but I don’t dismiss all of it.
2) what evidence is there that Trump won’t have a chosen successor? It’s fairly common in US presidential history for the VP to get a chance at the top job. Vance isn’t exactly a moderate unless he’s masking a hell of a persona to fool Trump. Biden forced the Democrats to anoint Harris. Obama has had a strong influence on the party three elections after he left office.
W did not have an appointed successor as Cheney was never going to win. Raegan got his way with successor being someone he was close to.
I just don’t see how the republicans who haven’t spoken out before will do so now.
SERIOUSLY, did anyone with rank in the GOP think Trump was going to win again after Jan 6?
What you saw before the election is what you’ll see after. Howl as they want I’ll buy in (a bit) with GOP character when and if many of the nominations fail.
I actually think Trump won’t be a disaster but I do think the disease of “elite glaucoma” to everyday voters is what both real GOP and Democrats have to get their heads out of their asses and figure out.
If they don’t someone in the Trump vein (and his chosen successor) will be the next president.
Phil,
Another thing I think you might be missing…. JD Vance will never be a chosen successor… There will never be a chosen successor. Trump is a nutbar wackjob and can’t imagine an America without himself as President.
Vance is the coup operation’s easy alternative leader waiting in the wings. I think he’s known that since he was nominated at the Convention. Why else would he be so notably silent since the election ended? Because he knows the fix is in.
He knows he’s caught in the middle of it and he knows this will end with a civil war within the Republican Party.
After being given the Trudeau like “what you are missing” a second time I’ll pass on further comment
Sean, you have called T’s cabinet picks absurd and ridiculous. Some are but nowhere near all. Rubio, for one, is fine. If you are a supporter of Israel, Stefanik is fine. Fetterman has already said he will support her. Many are run of the mill Republicans. And we can’t exactly look down our noses at those folks given the experience our PM and Finance Minister bring to their roles. And the nice thing about down there is they can pass judgement on the whole bunch of them in two years. Their system is so much better than ours(like Mraz said in today’s podcast-lots of checks and balances). If someone like T were PM….oh wait.
And as far as Vance goes, about 1/3rd of all vice presidents became president. Given T’s age, I’d say the odds are pretty high he will be the 48th president.