• a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world
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        2 months ago

        Oh, boy, you are not going to like how insane how base is.

        The conspiracy theories are going to be everything from trans shooter to poison to still alive to Jesus coming back from the dead.

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          Yeah, I know how crazy they are. But there’s a difference between “died of a stroke” and “the Charlie Kirk special” on the crazy reaction meter.

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        Eh, even as a martyr he’d be useless. The moment he’s gone, no other reich winger can bring the MAGA crowd over to their camp. Without Trump himself there’s no MAGA, martyr or not.

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          I’m not so sure of that. I think we’re too confident that someone won’t appear to take his spot. As of this minute I think Tucker Carlson could do it.

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            He’s been actively cutting the knees out from under anyone who has tried to make themselves the clear successor. It’s a common weakness in these cults of personality. They’re afraid of the competition/a possible usurper

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            there will be dozens, if not hundreds, of people appearing to take his spot. let the base splinter itself into shitty factions during the inevitable power struggle.

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    Well, the door is right there so don’t let it hit you in the diaper on the way out (because we don’t want any skidmarks on our door).

    Also, this still counts as your second term.

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      …if the door hits him hard enough, then we went have to listen to him as a host, either. ‘two birds’ and such.

      Those skid marks would become a national treasure.

  • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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    There’s a universe in which Donald Trump got the E! newsdesk after Bill O’Reily was killed in a freak loofah incident and it is a fundamentally better one.

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      Everything is clickbait nowadays. Journalism died when they figured out how to cram as many ads on a page as they can. The headline is the bait- the actual content is the ads.

  • DupaCycki@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Plot twist: Trump resigns instead of losing the next election or going to war and pretending he could have been president for another 150 years if he wanted to?