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We might be living the final moments of not being terrified what the US President is going to do
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this post was submitted on 05 Nov 2024
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Hahahahhahahaha you think Trump is the last guy to feel threatened by? The dude was just the starter. There's a whole movement now with tons of corrupt politicians who will try to get a shot at the presidency. I'm thinking about the Florida governor for example.
USA is a country with a lot of inequality, if not rising inequality, so a fertile breeding ground for populists. And it has an ancient voting system that always gives a two party system so perfect for this kind of polarisation. The system with campaign contributions will also make sure nothing changes about inequality and is making things worse. Yeah, it'll happen again.
The voting system is so insane. I mean sure, back in the 18th century it made sense due to the travel required, but the fact that americans still use a voting system from that time says it all really...
https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/01-10-02-0065
Nothing to do with travel, it was just the only way to launder slave votes
You’re right in concept but DeSantis utterly fizzled nationally. Even in Florida he’s aging like last week’s fish.
Trump is still around though. I bet FL man takes a big step up in popularity once that's no longer true.
If he had been a hit I expect he would have been in the VP slot. I think/expect he’ll fade away into lucrative consulting gigs and rake in the dough.
Maybe him personally but someone like him will replace Trump. I'd bet lots of money they're not going back to someone like Mitt Romney or John McCain.
Only because he fucked up and went after the Mouse lol
Mouse will fuck you up
They still killed Reedy Creek which I still find surprising.
Jeb Bush?
I think you mean Jeb!
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