Trump Enslavement Syndrome - Orange man good. /r/The_Donald and any public demonstration of rabid pro-Trump enthusiasm in spite of all reason.

[Tsusaba109]

If Trump is not in prison by the time the next election season comes or some ruling is passed specifically barring him from running again, he will try and run again. He's tasted the ultimate narcissistic high and flew on it for nearly four years, and he'll be chasing it for the rest of his life.

At this point I think he won't be able to win a primary. The MAGA cult / movement could have continued four more years easily. Trump would be in his element comfortable doing what he does best , he would just tweet at Biden fuckups, and watch cable and no one would expect anything of him. But he killed it by

-inviting his supporters to DC,
-getting some of them killed,
-getting many of them hardened prison sentences
-then disowning them

Went too far.

 

[proteus4994]

The Democrats stole so many votes that they lost seats in the House, had to go to a runoff to tie the Senate, and Biden’s proportional popular vote was pretty much exactly on par with Hillary’s in 2016 (overall turnout being higher on both sides).

Really makes you think about how fucking stupid these people are

edit: I checked and Biden did end up about 2.5-3% higher than Hillary, but that couldn’t possibly be for any reason other than vote fraud, right?

 

[Rich Evans Apologist]

Sorry for getting carried away by my politisperging but damn they really think they are badasses now

Stop saying 2022 and 2024. Stop it.



But this comment chain is just...no comment

Did you see the guy at the protests who was talking to a black cop about how he was "raised in the sixties... and back then, we had no racism"? Everyone gives the guy looks, he goes, "W-well, I mean, after the sixties, right, there was a period where we got rid of it" and the guy does not have the faintest clue of how he's coming off. Well, that and the one yelling the n-bomb in a fit of schizo rage.

The tone of the first idiot's post annoys me, though. Trump barely squeaked a perfect storm in 2016. He needed to really up his game this year, and he spent so much of his time... not doing that. He went to rallies with people who were already voting for him, barely advertised any of his platforms, and had this attitude of "yeah, we're totally going to win, we don't even need to doubt it." His main campaign pitch was that Joe was a walking corpse -- sure, Don, but that walking corpse is promising he'll restore the country to the "way things were," which was kindof your whole 2016 message. Donald Trump 2020: Don't You Just Love Me?

The Democrats stole so many votes that they lost seats in the House, had to go to a runoff to tie the Senate, and Biden’s proportional popular vote was pretty much exactly on par with Hillary’s in 2016 (overall turnout being higher on both sides).

Really makes you think about how fucking stupid these people are

edit: I checked and Biden did end up about 2.5-3% higher than Hillary, but that couldn’t possibly be for any reason other than vote fraud, right?

If you look at the vote totals per state, too, it's pretty crazy. He smoked Hillary in California, and did much better in NY overall. If you throw in the increased turnout rate, Trump also actually underperforms slightly, netting a little under half of the ~10% or so increased turnout.

 

[proteus4994]

If you look at the vote totals per state, too, it's pretty crazy. He smoked Hillary in California, and did much better in NY overall. If you throw in the increased turnout rate, Trump also actually underperforms slightly, netting a little under half of the ~10% or so increased turnout.

Anecdotally, I live in California, and I did not vote for Hillary in 2016, whereas I did hold my nose and vote for Biden in 2020. So here’s at least one person who accounts for that difference.

 

[iafiv]

Trump lost but he will pave the way for better populists.To assume that people have had enough because of the chaos is to misunderstand human nature. Once people get a taste for something its very difficult to turn it off.
He also now showed something else. Attempting a last minute violent overthrow of the government is a feasible strategy that can be considered.It was never attempted before because it seemed just too absurd of a notion. Even confederates did not try to take over DC but attempted secession. The younger generation liberal or conservative like it or not but they grew up in a country were populism slowly became the norm. For them Trump is the model perhaps a bit more chiseled but he is.He is the blueprint for politics. Its an ominous development but its true.

 

[Ponchik]

Sorry for getting carried away by my politisperging but damn they really think they are badasses now

Stop saying 2022 and 2024. Stop it.



But this comment chain is just...no comment

tbf this person actually arrived at the conclusion that maybe working within the confines of the exact same broken system that just fucked every hole in their body is a bad idea, so...

 

[Doctor of Autism]

Boy oh boy @Memology 101 is becoming one of the many autists who can't seem to understand Pence literally can not throw out electors.

EDIT: Not to mention the comment section is fucking cringey with people posting "wise" quotes about betrayal including one from fucking Naruto, talking about how Pence will go the ninth circle of hell, and how he should be treated like Judas

This comment is cringeworthy

"It's giant club, and you ain't invited" - George Carlin. It never ceases to amaze me how humanity as a whole prefers to be in bondage, rather than having to think hard thoughts or make hard choices. You never get the government you want, but you damn sure will get the government you deserve. And when the book burnings begin, and you are encouraged to turn in your neighbors if you suspect they secretly supported Donald Trump, I want you to look back on this moment. Any person in America who voted Democrat in this election or claimed there was no fraud, don't you dare ever question how Nazi Germany came into existence. Don't claim "I would have resisted, no matter what they did to me". You are a liar and a fraud. You will now begin the process of reaping what you have sown. Communism/Socialism is responsible for the deaths of more than 100 million people in the last century alone. It is an abstract idea, that does not function in the real world. I have been angry for the last year at all of this. The fraudulent lockdowns, the constant lies about Trump, the petty tyranny of Karen's, the riots that were encouraged and supported by the mainstream, lies, lies, lies, lies and more lies. Even when you are shown video evidence, if it contradicts the narrative you have been spoon fed all your life, you disregard it, call it "misinformation", deride the source as the reason for your dismissal, whatever it takes to protect that precious little bubble of your ego. You have been taught "the personal is political", it isn't. Not one of you is truly alive, choosing instead to be good little conformists. You think because you have a split tongue and ear gauges you are a "non-conformist". Or that all those tattoos somehow make you "unique". Or my favorite, that "diversity" just means different levels of melanin or pigment. Now, I just feel a strong feeling of immense sadness for you. You truly have no idea what you have created and allowed to come to life through your actions and your inactions. I thank God every day I was smart enough not to bring any children into this world. I would wish you good luck, but I know it would be a waste as there is nothing in your future except heartache, misery, poverty and the state telling you what you can do, where you can go and who you can associate with. Good luck will not help you. You are truly and rightfully fucked, and you dance in the streets celebrating it. How utterly sad.

 

[AnOminous]

Last name checks out.

Imagine comparing this worthless scumbag fat piece of shit to George Washington in any way.

And then they go out and actually try to protest, and don’t realize that at any moment while they’re out there rummaging through the public offices of senators and posing for selfies they are an inch away from being gunned down by actual agents and officers that do the work they fantasize about doing every day.

Assuming they don't just Scalfani out and keel over from multiple strokes.

I’ll tell you what’s almost as obnoxious as the Trump worship are the people who are crying about how the Dems have the White House and both branches of the legislature and the Republicans will never have a majority again and the Dems will be locking up Republicans and shit.

There are two kinds of these retards, the triumphalists who the instant they take a majority, insist that it's now a permanent majority and they'll never lose again. And usually they instantly go do some arrogant shit that guarantees they lose next time.

And then there's the doomtards who the instant they lose a majority, start wailing like banshees about how they'll never win again and everyone's guns/wombs/whatever will be taken away forever. And that shit never happens either.

 

[Doctor of Autism]

Imagine comparing this worthless scumbag fat piece of shit to George Washington in any way.

Assuming they don't just Scalfani out and keel over from multiple strokes.

There are two kinds of these retards, the triumphalists who the instant they take a majority, insist that it's now a permanent majority and they'll never lose again. And usually they instantly go do some arrogant shit that guarantees they lose next time.

And then there's the doomtards who the instant they lose a majority, start wailing like banshees about how they'll never win again and everyone's guns/wombs/whatever will be taken away forever. And that shit never happens either.

Listen they quote Orwell, media with vaguely wise quotes, Dante Alighieri (the medieval fanfic writer), and random respected authority figures. You should know they know everything about how the world and government works.

 

[Surfin Terf]

...[snip]
I think @ConfederateIrishman had expressed some jubilation that this turned into a wet fart and Donald's image as GEOTUS has been permanently tarnished, as this might lead the right not to fall for star or idol or savior candidates once again, and instead focus in on... well, whatever priorities it determines most important, and getting someone who will actually DO them (rather than just have aides identify them and then speak them off). Maybe this can also teach people that it's a full-package thing: a lot of trump court picks pleased conservatives, but his political machine really wasn't great for populists specifically.

So, first of all I'd like to say that your first point about performative, cultural Evangelism is an interesting take that I'd never heard before. It makes so much sense in retrospect that I'm sure that someone has said it before, but I'd never heard it.

Secondly, though, I think that the next Trump will have to be from outside the world of politics. I don't think that Trump's personality is necessarily what allowed him to develop a cult. His brazen lying and his thirst for power is not unique except maybe for its degree. I don't think that Ted Cruz or Matt Goetz would hesitate for a second if they could command that sort of following. And as sleazy and obnoxious as those two are, the exact same criticism could be leveled at Trump. So what makes them different? I really think that it's just Trump's outsider status. Much has been made about the absurdity of a man born to a billionaire family in NYC becoming the leader of the anti-elitist faction, but the reason is that the elites that they were railing against were always primarily political. They don't care about the Hollywood elite until they say something political. They don't care about the athlete millionaires until they say something political. They don't care about the business elite until they do something political* (for certain definitions of political). They're willing to accept politics from these elites when they agree with them, but they would prefer someone who hates politics as much as they do. Trump, even after he engaged in politics, was never politic. He never publicly cooperated with the politicians, always giving edicts to the party (and being manipulated behind the scenes).

So I don't think that any of the current crop of Republicans will be the next Trump. Who outside of the political sphere could be the next Trump? I honestly can't tell you. In 2011 I never would have imagined Trump winning an election. In 2015 I never could have imagined Trump winning an election. 5 years later and I still don't understand how he managed to win an election. I have no idea what his fanboys really see in him, to me he's so bad at lying and whiny that, even if I liked his politics, I'd find him embarrassing.

 

[Rich Evans Apologist]

Boy oh boy @Memology 101 is becoming one of the many autists who can't seem to understand Pence literally can not throw out electors.

He at least isn't from here, so it's better than the idiots who should know this shit.

It still boggles the brain that none of these guys figured out to crack open the old google search and look for the line of the constitution they claim gives him this ability.

This comment is cringeworthy

I know that I've been posting large fucking swathes of extra chromosomes with alarming frequency lately, but if I ever post something like this unironically, please tell me to kill myself

Imagine comparing this worthless scumbag fat piece of shit to George Washington in any way.

Well, if you know literally nothing about Washtingon except that he was president once, it's a 1:1 match!

I really think that it's just Trump's outsider status.

Him being a dark horse absolutely got him in the door, yeah. US history has a few dark horse candidates that get in, but they honestly seem to be spaced out a bit here and there. Well, the republicans probably have eight years to find the next one, so there's probably plenty of time to get that lightning in a bottle again.

 

[Arm Pit Cream]

Know what's the saddest thing about Trump fans?
They still support him even though he'd pardon himself before he'd pardon the protesters who went to DC on his express request, hyped into a frenzy over voter fraud because Trump's been drumming up this line since August.

 

[AnOminous]

They still support him even though he'd pardon himself before he'd pardon the protesters who went to DC on his express request, hyped into a frenzy over voter fraud because Trump's been drumming up this line since August.

His definition of "rigged" is that he lost. No matter what happened he would have claimed it was rigged when he lost, even though he did everything possible to throw the election.

 

[Garbage.Theory]

Policy-wise I obviously vehemently disagree with Pence and do not think he'd be a good president, but he at least knows what his duties are and how to carry them out. Would much rather have him in the Oval Office than Donny.

It seems that the consensus I’ve seen is that nobody likes Pence, nobody would like a Pence presidency, but Pence would be a president and not try to trash the place.

 

[Steamboat_Bill]

The cop who was injured is now dead.

"Back the blue," huh?

 

[AnOminous]

The cop who was injured is now dead.

"Back the blue," huh?

Supposedly he had a stroke though. They're being pretty tight-lipped about the full circumstances.

 

[GHTD]

It seems that the consensus I’ve seen is that nobody likes Pence, nobody would like a Pence presidency, but Pence would be a president and not try to trash the place.

I'd take Pence for two weeks rather than risk shit like this happening again.

 

[Elaine Benes]

As you might expect, Trump bootlickers are claiming that his speeches are being deepfaked.

 

[FencePost]

The cop who was injured is now dead.

"Back the blue," huh?

The article I linked earlier mentioned him being on a ventilator and having a blood clot in his brain, easily leading to a stroke like @AnOminous mentioned, from being injured during the riot. The news is probably being scarce with the details right now because several sources were reporting him dead when he was still on life support. Places like Politico and Reuters still only mention "injuries sustained during the riot."
The article again, I don't know how we feel about The Daily Beast.

 

[AnOminous]

As you might expect, Trump bootlickers are claiming that his speeches are being deepfaked.

Lmao so what he's in a cage somewhere and he can't say "hey that's not me?" Fucking retards. If they have captured him, though, he's a loser. I prefer people who don't get captured.