• zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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    2 years ago

    Do you really think Trump is going to take the nomination in '24?

    I just don't think the GOP is going to let him. Not this time. They'll all have the long knives out, and all he'll be able to do is shout about how unfair everyone is being.

    • SerLava [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      They're not going to let him, but he's not going to let them not let him.

      He will run third party. his own party! His own perfect, beautiful party without the LOSERS!

      • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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        2 years ago

        I don't doubt that Trump could throw a wrench in the GOP field during a general election run. But I get the sense that - at best - he'd function as a Perot-style challenger. Someone to soak up protest votes in states where the winner is pre-ordained, like California or Florida or Texas or New York.

        But without a permanent national presence via round-the-clock news coverage and endless high profile Twitter comments, I just don't think he's going to have the juice going into the next election cycle.

        • SerLava [he/him]
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          2 years ago

          He won't actually have to do it, because he is the only one on the Republican side who would dare do it.