Ugh. Here we go yet again. It’s OK to turn elsewhere; I don’t care. But this stuff needs to be said by someone, especially in the wake of the Trumpcare disaster, so here it is.
The real problem that Trump has is the one he shares with the rest of the oligarchs: he operates as though there isn’t this thing called “The Internet” that allows the public to debate and criticize the actions of the regime.
Oy.
Look, Trump already looks like a lame duck president, with Trumpcare being DOA. So I’m not saying this to help him, since he looks beyond that, at this point.
I’m just saying this as a way to diagnose what went wrong, in way that a coroner would investigate a corpse. Because you need to know, even if after the fact.
Trump campaigned and then took office, as I’ve said God knows how many times before, like this was the early 80’s. I’m not going to rehash the details yet again (for my readers’ sanities, if not my own), but he seemed to think that it would be an easy thing to pull the typical GOP Ronald Reagan type bait-and-switch routine.
But… that just won’t work, today. It can’t work. This is a nation in decline, and nobody likes Trump. He is in fact an inherently unlikeable and nasty person.
Reagan’s betrayals of this country were made possible by several things: 1) People grew up liking him, owing to his past as a popular film actor, and his skill at pretending to be “one of us”; 2) This country was on the upswing, which meant jobs and optimism; 3) it was a more ignorant time in some ways and people actually trusted the government, somewhat.
Trump can’t use Reagan’s strategies and make them work. He is inherently unlikable, everyone is pissed off at the oligarchy anyways because there are no jobs for Americans here in America, and nobody, and I mean nobody in their right minds would ever believe what a politician says without double and triple and quadruple checking everything that comes out of their mouths, regardless of party.
Hence, the failure of “Trumpcare”. That kind of legislation- which is just a rebranding of Obamacare- can’t pass from a GOP politician in this kind of environment. The base will not stand for any of that, anymore. Did the GOP not learn anything from Dubya’s repeated failures to pass amnesty? GOP, what the hell is wrong with you? You are only pissing the public off more and more. Stop it!
Trump, do you want to leave office as universally hated as George W. Bush was? If so, then by all means continue with his habits.
Which brings us to Trump’s other problem- his personality. Trump is an unlikeable, unsympathetic person. Which is of course why he was elected- people thought that Trump, being a crude asshole, would be an asshole to the people that deserved it- the Clintons, say, or Goldman Sachs. And then, of course, he filled his cabinet with GS alums and failed to bring even a modicum of punishment to any of the people he said he would.
So- NOW what? Why would anyone on either side of the aisle support Trump in this kind of environment, with this kind of behavior coming from him? An asshole who doesn’t target your enemies is YOUR enemy, instead. Think about it, Trump!
“Trumpcare” isn’t going to fly in this environment. In fact almost nothing coming from Trump will. With the border still open, Trump has no legs to stand on, and no credibility amongst his base or anywhere else.
You know, I blame part of this nonsense on the losers, suckers and fools who popularized that “God Emperor” meme last year. And who championed that stupid frog- I forget his name, but it was that one that looked like he was drawn by a retarded 9 year old. I never got into that nonsense. That stuff always looked so embarrassing and childish to me that it made me recoil whenever I saw it.
But, those things seemed to set the tone for Trump’s admin. Memes, and no substance. Twitter posts, and no actions. And I think that all of that “God Emperor” stupidity went to Trump’s head. As in, maybe he actually started to believe it, since so many fools and children on the net seemed to think it. I mean, why not? To a narcissist, anything can be real!
TLDR; this stuff really, really sucks. Trump- you suck; congress- you suck; GOP- you suck; US regime- you suck; public, for blindly and ignorantly putting up with this crap and not demanding more from your “leaders”- you suck; professional “conservatives”- you suck more than anyone; blah blah blah blah