• FuglyDuck@lemmy.world
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    1 年前

    Republicans can’t, though. I mean Trump started a literal insurrection on Jan 6 to try and overturn the last election. Do you really think he’ll just bow out gracefully if he somehow looses the primary?

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      1 年前

      I don’t know, and honestly it’s a long ways away still. However I don’t think he is that stupid. A lot of people make swipes at him, but people really underestimate him. The dude won the presidency in the first place, it’s like people calling George W. Bush a moron because of his verbal mistakes when public speaking. They may be dumb for presidents but they are presidents.

      If the Republicans nominate Desantis, Trump could burn that bridge and fuck him over, or get behind him and play the “I helped him win” card and make him look like a “Kingmaker” whether he did anything or not. But I think completely screwing a Republican nominee over will harm his following a lot, as well as his legacy, and I imagine both of those are things he still cares about.

      Or maybe he’ll go Scorched Earth because he really is that stupid… who knows, but I don’t think he’s really THAT crazy.

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        Being elected because your a genuinely awful person is not an indication of intelligence.

        He really is as stupid as people say. Look at all the stupid shit he says. That’s not an intelligent person speaking. His sound bites sound even dumber in context than out. Like that time he very seriously suggested injecting bleach as a cure for Covid.

        And no. Trump’s ego won’t let him take a back seat to anyone. Again: he incited an insurrection to over turn the last election. He’s a sore looser and will absolutely go scorched earth if he’s not handed the nomination (and/or looses the ‘24 election)