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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump thinks he'll be better off as things get worse (Timothy Snyder)
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The Republican National Convention painted a strikingly negative picture of the United States. Speaker after speaker conjured up lurid images of turmoil all of which would seem to indict the man who has been responsible for executing the laws these past 3½ years.
President Trump seems to believe that stirring up American carnage benefits him. He imagines hell be better off as things get worse for the rest of us. Is that a winning strategy?
It would be a mistake to overestimate Trumps ethics (non-existent) and to underestimate his political talent (considerable). He beat down the Republican establishment and defeated a favored opponent in 2016. Four years ago, he knowingly took advantage of foreign interference in the campaign. Back then, Americans wondered whether the Russian intervention was about Trump or about chaos. It was about both.
Chaos was the plan. The worse for America, the better for Russia.
Today, Trump faces a totally different situation in this campaign than he did in 2016, and he knows it. Four years ago, he did not have to win. Had he lost, he could have claimed victory, mocked Hillary Clinton on Twitter, and schlocked his way to retirement. The carefree attitude he evinced back then is notably absent today. The advisers of 2016 are now convicted felons or charged with felonies. By now, Trump himself has been thoroughly investigated, and the prosecutors are lining up. Only the office of the presidency saves him, as he understands.
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Trump thinks he'll be better off as things get worse (Timothy Snyder) (Original Post)
Nevilledog
Sep 2020
OP
alleged protestors could help by standing down til after the election although one
msongs
Sep 2020
#1
Really, then no need for all the voter suppression and intimidation right?
SammyWinstonJack
Sep 2020
#6
msongs
(67,395 posts)1. alleged protestors could help by standing down til after the election although one
suspects people who like roaming the streets and tossing molotovs at 2 in the morning may
not think strategically
Rhiannon12866
(205,238 posts)2. How much worse??
Thousands of Americans are sick and dying, our mail system is in trouble and vets aren't getting their meds, our election system is in trouble, he's rolled back environmental protections and wild fires are raging, our long time allies have abandoned us and we're prevented from entering most other countries, the list goes on... What's next on Trump's agenda??
demosincebirth
(12,536 posts)4. Rioting and burning won't help, just detracts
Doodley
(9,088 posts)3. The worse things are, the more we look to a leader like Donald Trump
to fuck it up even more!
jmowreader
(50,557 posts)5. I believe I see the flaw in this stragedy
Campaigning on the basis that you alone can fix the mess America is in only works if no one asks him, "weren't you the asshole who let it get this way?"
SammyWinstonJack
(44,130 posts)6. Really, then no need for all the voter suppression and intimidation right?
Nope, The Maggot knows the majority are sick of him, won't vote for him. Cheat bigly is his winning strategy. Cheat to "win"