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[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 17 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Trouble is, there's a long line of equally toxic shitheads ready to succeed him. You think Vance or Johnson will be any better?

[–] spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works 25 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I don't think either of them will get the automatic allegiance of a cult. One can hope, anyway.

[–] Ryanmiller70@lemmy.zip 11 points 1 month ago

Vance definitely doesn't have anything to pull people to him. Like as much as I hate Trump, I at least see the dumb things he does his cult likes. Vance has none of that. It's like if Jeffries tried to replace Mamdani.

[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 6 points 1 month ago

Let's hope not. They're both charisma vacuums. Not that I think Trump is especially charismatic either, but his personality is certainly large and hard to ignore, unlike those two gormless non-entities.

[–] Hikermick@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

The cult has been around long before Trump, long before he was groomed by Fox News. It was a cult in need of a leader. No reason it'll dissappear after he's gone

[–] OwOarchist@pawb.social 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

The long line is what will help. That whole line of them will be at each other's throats trying to take his place. It will divide their party and divide their supporters. Eventually, one will claim victory and rise to prominence, but until then, they'll be in crippling chaos.

[–] ccunix@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Unless I am mistaken, there is no line. If POTUS does in office, vice-POTUS takes over.

[–] OwOarchist@pawb.social 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Takes over the office, but that doesn't mean he takes over the party or the voters.

[–] Goodlucksil@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The rich guys are ready to support Vance.

[–] OwOarchist@pawb.social 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

But are the trailer park bumpkins ready to support him? What about the ghouls in Congress or the Supreme Court?

[–] Goodlucksil@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 month ago

They'll be bought, as expected in that country

[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 3 points 1 month ago

Let them fight!

[–] Jaysyn@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

They, nor Rubio or Hegseth, don't have a single ounce of Charisma between them.

[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Both of them are charisma vacuums, so they will tank even faster.

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago

That's not how this kind of shit works. A dictatorship does not simply appoint a successor and carry on. Even if it is firmly entrenched, there will well be a power struggle among potential successors, that often brings down the entire regime. And in the US the fascists aren't firmly entrenched just yet.