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In reply to the discussion: Presidential historian foresees "disastrous end" for Donald Trump [View all]SpankMe
(3,360 posts)Trump has four things that Cleveland didn't have -
1. Control of the most widespread communications network in history, in the form of the fealty of Elon Musk (X), Mark Zuckerberg (Meta-Facebook-Instagram) and Jeff Bezos (Amazon Web Services that can host the prior two).
2. Unconditional support of just over a third of the voting American electorate with another third or so committed to non-voting due to apathy, ignorance and complete indifference.
3. Total control of a law enforcement entity (DOJ/FBI) and military (DOD) that didn't exist in any full-formed way in Cleveland's era.
4. An installed base of corrupt judges who will do his bidding at every turn.
Getting Trump to "not end well" with an American public as stupid and indifferent as they are is a tall order.
I'm losing hope. This week has been a disaster. I didn't think this much damage to our federal institutions and infrastructure was possible. The parallel to the rise of the Nazi's is stunning, and we can't even talk about it on social media without being censored.
I see a strong possibility of violence entering the conversation before this term is up. I'm shaken to my core.
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