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These might be the good old days. Go outside, feel the grass, say wassup to your neighbors,... whatever you do that means community, because sh*t might get bad for a while.

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[–] Ioughttamow@fedia.io 57 points 3 days ago (2 children)

As long as he loses I think it’s mostly good. He currently does not hold the levers of power, and I think as much as his supporters like to play the victim, I think a second loss will lead to evaporating support. Hard to pretend to be a strongman when you look weak

[–] jerakor@startrek.website 49 points 3 days ago (3 children)

A second loss should be a death knell of the current Republican party. He won't transition any of his power to Vance or any other Republicans. He could die and we still would see 10% of the Americans to vote for him in 2028 because his death was just media propaganda as far as they are concerned.

[–] CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.world 28 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Stop teasing me with best case scenarios.

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 13 points 3 days ago

His breakfast Big Mac could still go down wrong this morning.

[–] jecxjo@midwest.social 4 points 3 days ago

I can easily see the party fracture, Republicans and MAGA. If they do split it may be a while before they come back into power.

[–] JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

10%? Try 25%-30%

[–] DogPeePoo@lemm.ee 9 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

His rallies have fizzled and I suspect this year (unlike 2016) a lot of these attendees were paid for their attendance, hence the common early exodus we have seen from his “supporters”.