Quote (thundercock @ 7 Mar 2021 00:22)
The problem is that Trump has shown that he is not a reformer so I don't think that argument will work. If he runs in 2024, the argument will be: thing were better when I was in charge than they are now.
Quote (Thor123422 @ 7 Mar 2021 00:32)
The electorate is really dumb so I disagree
By now, Trump is damaged goods. He has proven himself to be a shitty leader when a crisis calls for technocratic competence or for deferring to experts (covid), he has not governed as as much of a populist as many of his voters from 2016 had hoped for, he has proven toxic to educated suburbs, he has proven to be someone who constantly undermines his own goals due to an utter lack of self-restraint and strategic thinking, his selfish antics have handed Dems a (tenuous) trifecta when he almost single-handedly blew the GA runoffs, he tried to blatantly subvert the results of a democratic election, and to top it off, he staged a violent insurrection against the American government.
Trump's coalition was never a majority coalition, it was always reliant on crossover support from at least some moderates, centrists, non-voters or Trump-sceptic Republicans. His base was not even enough in 2020, and with the horrible things which have happened afterwards, I dont see him ever attracting any support beyond his base ever again. And let's not forget that he was deplatformed and is getting old, losing his energy and sharpness. If Trump is the GOP nominee in 2024, he will lose in a landslide.
His 2016 platform can most likely win in 2024. Perhaps even his very murky 2020 "platform" could, depending on how much Joe/Kamala screw up. But its definitely not gonna happen with DJT as the standard bearer.
This post was edited by Black XistenZ on Mar 7 2021 12:11pm
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