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[–]SerpensInferna 8 insightful - 2 fun8 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

"I never vote for anybody, I only vote against."

With Trump gone, it seems that more normies are shaking off the TDS and questioning the insanity of the Dem's platform. Trump is too polarizing and too easy for the corporate media to demonize. I would honestly prefer it if he didn't run or get back into office.

That being said, I would vote for Trump against the Democrats if it comes to it. But I will never ever vote Democrat again.

[–]BravoVictor 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Yeah, it's tough. Because I agree with that point. However, on policy, Trump was better than any Democrat or Republican in my lifetime. He's literally the only President in the last 30 years to not start a new war. Even Democrats seemed to largely like his policies when polled about them with Trump removed from the context.

But I'm not sure simply not having Trump will removed TDS. Some of Trump's polarization was media created, and will exist with any Republican President who shows even a little backbone. I'm old enough to remember Bush Derangement Syndrome, and Bush, as bad as his policies were, was an excessively polite politician.

You could pick a "politically correct" Republican who plays by the media's rules and doesn't make waves. But they'll also end up being a weak and feckless President who doesn't get anything done, and ultimately loses the political culture war.

I do think Trump fought some battles he didn't need to fight, and gave the media more ammunition than they needed. But also ditching Trump to appease the media feels like a fool's errand, since no Republican will appease them.

[–]RedEyedWarrior 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

All good points. If Trump played his cards right and listened to Steve Bannon instead of Jared Kushner, he would have been a very successful president and even might have been re-elected. Sounds like America needs to fix the media problem first.