(Disclaimer: I voted against Trump and anyone who supported him in my state.)

  • AA5B@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    It all depends on whether they’re competent and can act together for their goals. Many of those goals are truly horrible, but

    • Trumps first term was incompetent, fractured. Despite all the chaos and destruction, they did nowhere near as much damage to peoples lives and democracy as they wanted to
    • My conservative brother is all too typical, dismissing the worst statements as “he’s not serious. He’d never do that”. We have to hope people like my brother are right
    • their goal is narcissism and their methods are stoking outrage: is it possible they’re not actually evil, don’t actually pay attention to what comes out of their own mouths? Are they even capable of working together? Making Trump rich and stoking his ego would be a travesty, but far less damaging than what he says he’ll do