Quote (Goomshill @ 17 Sep 2024 09:06)
I want to hear what you guys think would happen
Say the 3rd (or 4th at this rate) gunman's bullet actually catches Trump. What would be the effects on the election, and the country, short/long term?
Vance would presumably clean up the election with ease, what happens from there is anyone's guess. He's clearly not a great politician, a majority of the people's first reaction to him is not liking him. But once in office, they would be forced to listen to him and get to know him more, so I assume he would benefit quite a bit from incumbency. I have no idea how he would govern, though; whether he would try to burn down the swamp or just settle for a staunch right-wing administration within the parameters of the system.
But yes, there'd be a rather high likelihood for the MAGA movement (in the stricter sense) to just fizzle out. Trump is unique, no other person can replicate what he's doing. I really don't see the GOP going back to its pre-Trump policies and ideology though. The only hope for the neocons and NeverTrumpers is that Trump ekes out an unconvincing win with a huge popular vote - electoral college split, followed by an utterly disastrous second term which makes GWB in 2008 look popular in comparison. Taking out Trump now would imho weaken MAGA in terms of general elections, but consolidate/strengthen its grip on the GOP.
Besides the political consequcens, I would expect an eruption of violence and chaos. And I would expect the MSM to essentially go full mask-off and condone or even outright cheer the murder of Trump. Which, in turn, would imho cause the Trump-supporting or Trump-curious ~50-55% of the country to lose their trust in the MSM even more.
This post was edited by Black XistenZ on Sep 17 2024 05:16pm