• Gorilladrums@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Trump has been in politics for a decade now, and he already served a term as president. Not only that, but he has done just about every reprehensible thing you could possibly think of. I think we’ve officially reached a point where Trump’s base is truly a cult in the most literal sense.

    Anybody who is capable of independent thought, whether they are leftist, progressive, liberal, centrist, conservative, far right, or even MAGA has already jumped off the bandwagon at some point or another in the past decade. The only people left in his base are the most purified loyalists and the slimiest opportunists. These two groups will never, ever turn on Trump no matter what happens. Even if Jesus himself came down from heaven and told them Trump was a bad guy, they will turn against Jesus and stand by Trump.

    The point is that the idea that this scandal is doing anything at all to push his hardcore supporters away from him in November, 2025 is pure fiction. Trump could give his under aged trans lover a satanic themed abortion on live television, and his loyalist cult will not care whatsoever.

    • vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works
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      2 days ago

      People are kinda odd so in what their limit is, it’s entirely possible there are folks who will if not fully turn on Trump will at the very least stop engaging with Trump aligned shit. Folks have weird limits that are entirely biased and arbitrary, while I may not know yours I for example have no problem with torture if it’s vigilantic and I agree but if a state did it I’d be calling for the blood of the torturers. With them changing their opinions I’ll take inaction.