• Optional@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      He was a demented sociopathic narcissist in 2016, anyone could have, and did see it, and say it then.

      Unfortunately, republiQans are a cult in every literal sense that matters. trump only needs to stay alive and they’ll vote for him.

      The fact that he’s worse than ever will be borne by them as a secret shame; no one will talk about it, it makes everyone in the cult uncomfortable, and it will not deter them in the slightest.

      It’s 2024 and I think as Americans we still don’t have consensus on how unfathomably broken the republiQans have made politics. It’s virtually unrecognizable from the viewpoint of someone even in the 60’s.

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        9 months ago

        He was a demented sociopathic narcissist in 2016

        Can’t say much for his supporters either.

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      9 months ago

      Even as late as the 2016 RNC debates he was still speaking clearly, responding to his opponents, and occasionally making a coherent point.