The overtly fascistic facets of Donald Trump's warped character, and that of his malicious MAGA movement, have been apparent from its inception. Like any aspiring authoritarian, Trump has insisted that his cult disciples obey his every command, believe...
On Tuesday morning Trump provided another example of his tyrannical tendencies. In a comment posted to his floundering social media scam, Truth Social, Trump issued a decree to the world that he imagines is attentive to his crackpot ravings. He demanded that...
"Business Executives and Shareholder Representatives should be 100% behind Donald Trump! Anybody that’s not should be FIRED for incompetence!"
I'm morbidly curious if they'll be able to find another golden calf once Trump's gone. A decent chunk of their base is a cult of personality surrounding him specifically, not the GOP. If we're lucky, it will fracture them.
Yes, but he's acting as a rallying flag to drive the alt-right together, normalizing their behavior and bringing it out into the open instead of dog whistling.
Without him, they have no lightning rod to travel towards as a coordinated group.
Also, many of the dimwits that fell for him (and now cannot quit him) think he's a very rich, smart, and successful businessman, and all because of a bullshit game show he was given. He's spent literally decades on self-promotion, slapping his stupid name on buildings he had nothing to do with building, failing at casinos, etc...so even before that stupid game show, he was fairly well known.
There are not too many people that fit the bill if he gets the hamberder from heaven.
I agree; his movement doesn’t have the ability to sustain itself without him. At the rate he’s clearly publicly deteriorating, we just need him to lose 2024 and I think we’ll be safe from the red hat cultists for a good while.