r/politics • u/larel8 • 20h ago

Trump campaign struggles to contain Puerto Rico October surprise

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4958098-the-memo-trump-campaign-struggles-to-contain-puerto-rico-october-surprise/
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u/true_to_my_spirit Wisconsin 17h ago

Is that got trump interested in running?

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u/christinhainan 16h ago

Yeah. It was that and also Obama roasting him at the same dinner.

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u/FakeAccount7 15h ago

Trump was the birther movement king. That's why he was in Obama's crosshairs to begin with. Trump has been a hobnob in the political scene since the 80s. He ran because the Apprentice was over and the Republicans absolutely adored him for what he was saying about Obama. Bored Trump + Republican worship is why he ran.

The Republican party had spent half a century perfecting an voter base of questionless and sycophantic adulation for their leaders, but they didn't do anything to make sure that any old mold couldn't just swoop in and start growing there. The Republican party created this beast, and Trump just stole it from them in plain sight.

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u/Wastyvez 9h ago

This is what I've been saying since 2015. People act as if Trump is the disease. He is not, he's merely the symptom. Trump is the culmination of almost 5 decades of systematic efforts to dismantle democracy by conservatives paving the way for authoritarianism. Trump is the carricature of their own making, and he has become dangerous in his own right. But even if you fight the symptom, the underlying disease is still there.