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

a mainstay of American conservatism is always always blame someone else. They don’t like consequences for their actions or words. There is zero chance that anyone in that administration will be accepting that they are to blame for their actions.

Yeah, that's why I said we'd be dealing with it, and it'll take a generation to unwind the damage he's done. Believe me, I'm under no delusion here, but it has to start somewhere. At least the lid's off the whole rotten dumpster fire now, and everyone aside from his most committed personality cult followers can see this for what it is.

Iran should just say "american ships leave the strait and it's back to the way it was before". That'd put the pressure on the Americans, but now that I type all that; I don't think the Americans really care about opening it without getting something like a 'win'

I see Trump as more of a symptom than a cause, so even when he does eventually go away, that's no guarantee that any of the factors in his rise will go with him. I don't even think there's any majority will to deal with those factors, like neo-liberal economics creating desperate lower classes, like a media landscape that prioritises dopamine hits and sensation over real reporting, like culture wars and like worship of celebrity, just to name a few. And if those factors are not properly dealt with, the powder stays dry for a Trump 2.0.

There seems to be this idea within the general political discourse that all the Trump stink can be cleaned up and things will just go back to the pre-2016 'normal' of a centre-centre-left Democrats vs centre-centre-right Republicans. It's literally never happening. The cat's out of the bag on that.

It should be remembered that Trump could be seen as the product of a patiently-constructed 40 year effort to radicalise Americans via conservative talk radio and a gradually increasing polarisation of American news media overall, with social media turning the whole thing into a firestorm. I hope it wouldn't take America as long to get rid of the mess, but I doubt it's a quick fix. The one mistake that should be made into the idea that it all starts with getting rid of Trump. There should be grassroots efforts to roll back the various conditions of which I mentioned a few that allow for a Trump in the first place, and that work can start today.

Any attention is all trump wants he never accepts responsibility he dosent care as long as he can build his fortress in the WS maskaraing as a ballroom because he has no intention of leaving

Never ending grift , the airport stores even have to buy Trump licensed merchandise.

No surprises if you guessed that the only other men who have had an airport named after them while they held power were authoritarians/dictators and monarchs. Never been done with a US president.

So, that's a major airport named after him.

Is trying to get his face on official passports.

Is getting his signature on the Dollar.

Has his face on the 'Trump Gold Card'

Rules by edict.

Has silenced every major critic in his party.

Has installed personally-loyal people into various key positions of government.

And is definitely not a dictator?

It's kind'a amusing when you look at it. How to get to the Presidential secure bunker.

Reminds me of something

And …. we're back to bombing the sh1te out of them unless….

Trump is a lesson in 'watch what they do, not what they say'

What a liar

"Isn't that what you tend to do during an election?"

Did you read the post you quoted?