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The bigger difference from my perspective is that they have competent people doing the strategy this time. The last Trump administration failed to use the obvio

by tdeck 10mo ago

The bigger difference from my perspective is that they have competent people doing the strategy this time. The last Trump administration failed to use the obvious levers available to accomplish fascism, while this one has been wildly successful on that end. In a few years they will have realigned the whole power dynamic in the country, and unfortunately more and more competent people will choose to work for them in order to receive the benefits of doing so.

JumpCrisscross 10mo ago
> they have competent people doing the strategy this time They had a great playbook in Project 2025. I'm not convinced Trump ever had the smartest people executing it.
- tdeck 10mo ago
  You don't need to be the smartest person when you're pointing a big gun at someone.
Tostino 10mo ago
His last administration was filled with traditional Republicans. I may have disagreed with them on virtually every policy point, but they seemed to disagree with the most harmful Trump policies as well. We would have never agreed on the right policy, but we definitely agreed that his policy was not the right one.
- vanviegen 10mo ago
  > but they seemed to disagree with the most harmful Trump policies as well. I imagine Republicans such as this still populate a majority of the house and Senate. If they disagree, they are sure making an effort to do so silently.
  - SirHumphrey 10mo ago
    The amount of things Trump did circumventing Congressional approval might suggest that he does not a clean pass even though Republicans have majority in both the house and the senate.
    - vanviegen 10mo ago
      They have (had?) the power to impeach the president for a lot less than he's already done. Yet they don't.
    - goatlover 10mo ago
      That's on Congress for allowing Trump to repeatedly circumvent their approval.
ProjectArcturis 10mo ago
>In a few years they will have realigned the whole power dynamic in the country I disagree. It felt that way for the first few months, but the wheels are coming off. Trump is too old and unpopular to steal a 3rd term. Therefore everyone around him has to worry about what will happen in 3 years, and plan for post-Trump rather than forever-Trump.

by tdeck 10mo ago

JumpCrisscross 10mo ago

> they have competent people doing the strategy this time They had a great playbook in Project 2025. I'm not convinced Trump ever had the smartest people executing it.

tdeck 10mo ago
You don't need to be the smartest person when you're pointing a big gun at someone.

Tostino 10mo ago

His last administration was filled with traditional Republicans. I may have disagreed with them on virtually every policy point, but they seemed to disagree with the most harmful Trump policies as well. We would have never agreed on the right policy, but we definitely agreed that his policy was not the right one.

vanviegen 10mo ago
> but they seemed to disagree with the most harmful Trump policies as well. I imagine Republicans such as this still populate a majority of the house and Senate. If they disagree, they are sure making an effort to do so silently.
- SirHumphrey 10mo ago
  The amount of things Trump did circumventing Congressional approval might suggest that he does not a clean pass even though Republicans have majority in both the house and the senate.
  - vanviegen 10mo ago
    They have (had?) the power to impeach the president for a lot less than he's already done. Yet they don't.
  - goatlover 10mo ago
    That's on Congress for allowing Trump to repeatedly circumvent their approval.

ProjectArcturis 10mo ago

>In a few years they will have realigned the whole power dynamic in the country I disagree. It felt that way for the first few months, but the wheels are coming off. Trump is too old and unpopular to steal a 3rd term. Therefore everyone around him has to worry about what will happen in 3 years, and plan for post-Trump rather than forever-Trump.