• TootSweet@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    208
    ·
    4 months ago

    Donald Trump might have just delivered a fatal blow to his reelection campaign

    Seems like wishful thinking. Trump says a hundred reprehensible things that should “deliver a fatal blow to his relection campaign” every day before breakfast. It’s not like massive numbers of his base quit supporting him over “fine people on both sides” or “stand back and stand by” or “you won’t have to vote any more.”

    • Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      84
      ·
      4 months ago

      I’m pretty sure the only thing that would get his base to quit him is if he pulled off a facemask to show he was Hilary Clinton AND Barack Obama in a fat suit.

      • CitizenKong@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        44
        ·
        4 months ago

        Unironically, if he would actually show human emotions and ask for forgiveness in front of the world for his horrible behaviour all his life, tears streaming down his face, they would immediately turn against him.

    • billwashere@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      22
      ·
      4 months ago

      If “grab ‘em by the removed” and the constant word salad doesn’t tank him, I’m pretty sure nothing he’d say would.

      • Coelacanth@feddit.nu
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        15
        ·
        4 months ago

        Yeah I think the whole “grab 'em by the removed” farce was the first proof that Trump can literally get away with anything. Remember when he claimed he could shoot someone on Manhattan square and not lose any voters? I don’t think he was lying, for once.

    • Semi-Hemi-Lemmygod@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      20
      ·
      4 months ago

      They’ll explain it away (poorly) and then ignore it. If anyone brings it up they’ll just say “Fake news” and repeat the terrible explanation for it

    • Chainweasel@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      16
      ·
      4 months ago

      I agree, If the fact that he was on Epstein’s Island dozens of times and multiple court cases that proved he’s a rapist didn’t doom him, this won’t either.

    • Ech@lemm.ee
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      12
      ·
      edit-2
      4 months ago

      I remember hearing this headline ad nauseam during the last 2 elections and every single one of his many “fatal blows” barely moved the needle. His base does not give a single shit what he does. They’ll either embrace it, deny it, or ignore it, but it will never affect their opinion of him.

    • Ultraviolet@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      6
      ·
      4 months ago

      At this point he could spend an entire debate screaming racial slurs and defecating on the podium and not lose any voters.