Donald Trump the Megathread part II - Mod Warning updated in OP 12/2/26

Eh, what polls were you looking at? I was following polling aggregates fairly closely and I don't remember Kamala having stonking leads in any of the swing states. I think almost all of it was within the margin of error.

If you were to make a case for conspiracy based on discrepancy between polling and outcome, the 2016 and 2020 elections would be better candidates, and I mean that in terms of how much better Trump did than the polls said. Trump was basically written off for 2016 but won, and I think in 2020 he was down something like ten points in Wisconsin, which ended up being a relative squeaker. In fact, it looked so much like Trump was going to pull another upset that a certain notorious poster on this forum took to writing a screed at around 3AM on the day of the count to say how America had once again rejected 'woke' and blah, blah, blah. As usual, they did not stick around to stand behind their words…

I’ve been watching series 5 of The Boys, parts of it feel like a documentary on Trump..

If this were a wedding, they'd turn off the microphone.

Trotting out Liz Cheney at campaign rallies was utterly tone deaf, too.

No one likes Liz Cheney. She is the daughter of an evil man who represents nothing more than neocons. The fact that she appeared at Harris rallies underlines just how out of touch and out of ideas the Harris campaign was. She wouldn't even go on Joe Rogan. Really, really pathetic and cowardly in retrospect.

they were chasing this will-o-the-wisp of the solid republican voter supposedly put off by Trump's excesses and transgressions of conservative pieties. I saw very little sign of this creature's existence across three presidential elections: AFAICS the 'red' 45% of the electorate stayed rock-solid behind Trump

He's definitely looking to try for a 3rd term

"A Trump judicial nominee was asked point blank: is Trump eligible to run for a third term?

Their answer: “I would have to review the actual wording…”

If they vote for Trump they are agreeing with him about how he carries on and what he says.

If they don't agree, then they at least accept it as a price worth paying for getting what they do like.

I would disagree that they like Europe. They agree with Trump that Europe is anti-US and out to take advantage of them.

Thr time for excusing voters is well past. If they voted for, or going to support Trump, then they have made that decision and its on them.

Shall we see the ‘greatest democracy in the world’ taken over by an authoritarian in 2028…? Will be interesting to see.

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Not quite IMO. It's more of a Plutocracy than anything else. The recent enthusiasm for fascism hasn't really changed the underlying system. It still exists to enrich the establishment, billionaires and corporations and the expense of the American public.

Americans are still allowed to criticise and satirise Trump. How much longer this will be allowed is questionable but I wouldn't call the American state authoritarian just yet.

when was it ever democratic?

You've not considered who owns the media though. They're in on it despite MAGA's desperate attempts to convince us that CNN is somehow left wing.