Micheal wrote:
In my opinion, Trump will not live to see a second term. He will be taken out by a former member of his core who sees how far they have been betrayed by their hero.
I suspect a sniper rifle will be used at an outdoor public appearance and the shooter will never come to trial due to either suicide or another Jack Ruby style incident. Low odds but possible on him getting away with it
I'm undoubtedly wrong, but it fits into the script, so I'm predicting it.
I've also felt like he's going to declare martial law and "postpone" the election indefinitely. That grows more likely when the primaries start turning against him.
The other possibility is a heart attack or other physical failure. He is an obese man
and will be well into his 70's when the stress of campaigning ramps up a lot of pressure. Judging by his tweets he has less and less control over his temper. A stroke or heart attack becomes more likely with every angry outburst.
Know that I'm not rooting for any of these
things to happen. I just won't be surprised if they do.
Trump's not angry, he's reveling in how his plan is coming together. In addition, I'm not seeing Trump's base eroding, and if anything it seems the progressives are the ones losing faith in their leadership.
This has been building for a while...How long did folks think they could steer the country hard left without the right fighting back?
The progressives thought they could weaponize "racist", "fascist", "bigot", et al, in an effort to paint all conservatives with the same brush, shut them up, and marginalize their influence, but how long did they think they could do so without it making those accusations transparently meaningless?
How long did folks really think socialism could fester in the US before adults started putting village idiots in insignificant positions of influence? I mean, really! What did they think would happen when they called Pelosi racist? Political "influencers" have had their 15 minutes, their own party now seeks to marginalize them and the media can't prop them up anymore. You guys are eating your own!
How long can progressives espouse lawlessness as a policy position and celebrate the "hero's" who encourage it before everyone realizes that lawlessness is its own reward?
From where I'm sitting, this is a fight for the future. There's room in the conservative ideology for some progressive positions, but I'm not seeing any room for conservative positions in todays progressive plank, and even worse, I don't see any room for moderate democrats*. What could possibly go wrong?
* wrote:
Even as we are a nation of immigrants, we’re also a nation of laws. Undocumented workers broke our immigration laws, and I believe that they must be held accountable -– especially those who may be dangerous. That’s why, over the past six years, deportations of criminals are up 80 percent. And that’s why we’re going to keep focusing enforcement resources on actual threats to our security.
Democrat hopefuls would best be served by taking a centrist position then making a hard left after winning the election. Unless yet another Democrat enters the race, I don't think any of the current batch can pull that off. Get your collective act together if you want to lead, but you should pretty much figure you're going to have the outrageous orangutang dominating the news cycle for another term. He's already told you what you can do if you don't like it
Hopwin wrote:
I am also curious to see what move the Never-Trumpers make on the right
I'm thinking that the current crop of socialists make Trump more palatable to them than not.