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Donald Trump’s Presidency Is in Free Fall (newrepublic.com)

submitted 1 week ago by spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works to c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world

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Consider three of the biggest developments in our politics right now: We just learned that the economy lost 92,000 jobs in February, a capstone to a terrible year in terms of job creation. President Trump has fired widely despised Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, a key architect of his mass deportations. And reports are indicating that the killing of scores of Iranian schoolchildren might have been the handiwork of the United States.

What links all these things? In addition to the massive human toll they’re inflicting, they suggest that Trump is about to pull off a unique trifecta. He is squandering the advantage he and Republicans have enjoyed in recent years on three major GOP-friendly issues: The economy, immigration, and national security.

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[–] Loce@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (3 children)

As a non-american, I don't see it. I would like to see it, but I just don't. I've lost all hope for the USA, while some folk in USA have lost all sense of reality and basic human decency. Basically he could admit on live TV he has raped little girls and there would still be a Fox debate going on: "well, maybe that's not a bad thing, maybe Trump is entitled to that".

No hope. At this point we can only hope he drops dead soon.

[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Please no.

Trump, for all his sins, is kind of predictable. He's a great salesman but a terrible liar. He's not that clever, but within his information sphere, in his head, and beyond his self enrichment, I think he's really trying to help. He believes he's trying to help. And I think the establishment around him is kinda taking advantage of him.

J.D. Vance is scary.

He's unemotional in that "sociopath" kind of way. He's Harvard educated, and smart like the Devil. And the ideations of the people he's in bed with are way more scary than Trump. Vance will will be way more "effective" than Trump.

No, thank you.

I'll take 3 more years of Trump any day, and am begging for his heart to hold out so Vance doesn't get an easy slide into the presidency. As a plus, Trump's antics are going to fracture his base, wheras if he died today, they would consolidate power around him like he's freaking Jesus Christ on the cross.

[–] CatalpaRed@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 week ago

I agree. He is actually The Emperor. He is GEOTUS, and it doesn’t matter what he is accused of or what he does. He will do whatever he wants (be it coerced or not), the establishment will go along with it, and the people will acquiesce.

[–] Asfalttikyntaja@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 week ago

Maybe Fox would say that Trump is blessed and he has god given grace to make all of those rapes?