• millifoo@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Cynical me thinks they did this exactly because there’s a pretty good chance Trump will be re-elected in the near future, and they’re a-ok with Trump squeezing social media companies. Don’t want to prematurely take away King Trump’s power!

    • El Barto@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      Trump will never get re-elected. In their minds, sure. But don’t word it as if it’s a matter of fact.

      Trump already lost while being a sitting president. And he has lost the popular vote twice.

      The majority of the American people don’t want him.

      Go out and vote.

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        5 months ago

        Yeah, this is what convinced me. He already was president and lost as the incumbent. It’s the biggest advantage you can have. He’s not winning.

        The average moderate voter is lazy and doesn’t think about politics until a month before the election. Trump will be a way worse candidate in Oct 2024 than Oct 2020 or Oct 2016: older, fatter, smellier, more boring.

        He has lost his novelty factor and now only has shock value to get attention. It will fade once people remember that he does crazy shit all the time.

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                5 months ago

                Conservative super pacs have been running ads against him for months. He still doesn’t have a running mate. No one showed up to support him outside his trial. Rich shareholders have cooled on him, because an erratic president will hurt stocks far more than any tax breaks or slashed regulations will help

                His supporters are leaving his events because he just looks weak and incoherent - he’s not even “incoherent sprinkled with buzzwords”, he now just rants about himself like an old man

                Mainstream media is owned by a few billionaires - regardless if they want Trump or Biden, selling Trump as a threat kept people focused where they wanted them. They’ve been showing as little unedited footage as possible, but even his softest softball interviews have so little that makes him look good.

                I think it’s ok to be optimistic, I don’t think I can sit through the debate tonight, but I think the clips will be interesting

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                  5 months ago

                  He was definitely more focused than usual, and that’s problematic. It was full of bullshit, of course, but he was laser focused on the fucking border, even regarding irrelevant questions, and I feel his base will like it. Which is worrisome.

        • El Barto@lemmy.world
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          5 months ago

          He already was president and lost as the incumbent. It’s the biggest advantage you can have.

          While trying to cheat. He couldn’t even do that right.