I can - somewhat - understand why Trump was elected in 2016. The novelty, the celebrity. I cannot grok how so many people could look at what his presidency was and want more.
I can't help but wonder at the compassion and intelligence of the American voter. You had very solid majorities of people in places like Missouri and Florida vote to protect abortion rights but then turn around and vote for Trump and Hawley and Scott.
I think she ran a pretty impressive campaign. I think he ran a poor one. He's a mumbling, incoherent mess. Yet how many stories were about the actual impact of what he says he wants to do? There is that assumption that Trump doesn't mean what he says. Since he lies so much, why worry about 25% tariffs or gutting the federal bureaucracy or deportation camps. To a certain degree, there was some truth to that, but he is going to hit the ground running with an absolutely dedicated group of broligarchs, incels and Nazis who are going to impose real costs on the world.
Ask people what they want and they tend to list Democratic policies. The exception to this would be immigration and possibly trans rights. They are generally hostile to "woke", whatever that means. I do think that it's highly unlikely that Democrats will nominate a woman any time soon.
At this point, part of me hopes - masochistically - that Trump does do some of the shit that he wants to do and crashes the economy. Maybe that's the only way to get the message across.
Misplaced nostalgia and anti-immigration sentiment worked — they got an decrepit and open fascist elected. The American people have got what they wanted, and they’re going to get it good and hard. The only silver lining is that Dems are a slight favorite to hold the House, which would actually be a pretty big deal.
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