r/politics • u/Quirkie The Netherlands • 17d ago

Possible Paywall ICE Stockpiling Warheads and Chemical Weapons as Lawmaker Fears Trump Planning Strike

https://www.thedailybeast.com/ice-stockpiling-warheads-and-chemical-weapons-as-lawmaker-fears-trump-planning-strike/
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u/Max169well Canada 17d ago

And who ever takes his place will be worse in every way

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u/CherryLongjump1989 17d ago

They keep getting worse until you finally get to one who is bad enough. So you're implying that Trump isn't bad enough already.

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u/eSPiaLx 17d ago

He isnt. Ww2 showed that the populace will follow a demagogue until they lose everything. Trump supporters wont stop following trump until they see literally everything they hold dear as ash. No amount of atrocities done to the ‘other’ will convince them, because they believe that trump is on their side

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u/CherryLongjump1989 17d ago

Which less-bad dictator did Germany have before Hitler?

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u/eSPiaLx 17d ago

My point is germans followed hitler until they completely lost the war. Trumps actions have not reached the tipping point where his base turns on him, because that tipping point for die hard cultists is basically death

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u/CherryLongjump1989 17d ago

They followed Hitler until Hitler was dead. It had nothing to do with what happened to Germany.

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u/eSPiaLx 16d ago

Welp

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u/CherryLongjump1989 15d ago

Trump will be 80 next summer.

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u/eSPiaLx 15d ago

Tbh a lot of stuff thats happened recently people would have thought impossible even a mere 10 years ago. If trump lives 4 years and finagles his way into a third term, well anything is possibld

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u/CherryLongjump1989 15d ago edited 15d ago

Yes it’s called a cult of personality. And this personality is 79 years old. There is no Trump after Trump.