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John Bolton just now on CNN: "...after Jan 20th the kGOP doesn't have to pay attention to Trump.." (mine)
EDIT: 95% kGOP pols who distance themselves from Trump will NEVER EVER win a kGOP primary ... never.
The kGOP is a text book cult with a Trump personality at its head, what does it take to get that through peoples heads ?!!?
Can anyone imagine the DNC distancing itself from Obama for being the reasonably reasoned thinking Obama?
NO!!
The kGOP CAN NOT distance itself from Trump for being the complete asshole Trump either !!
A friend of mine went to a completely non political event where there were multiple Trump flags there, they worship him.
Bottom line
1. The kGOP base worships Trump and will continue to do so when he's out of office.
2. Trump is going to be the person who decides kGOP primaries until he goes to jail or passes away.
American's don't have to put up with that jerk but the kGOP will be attached to him until he disappears, they made a deal with the devil and are going to pay for it dearly.
Greybnk48
(10,167 posts)He's got an handful of cultists, but the majority that are just mildly crazy with run of the mill religious insanity, they can't stand him.
He's done.
uponit7771
(90,335 posts)... share.
We can wish upon a star but the reality is Trump will continue to control the kGOP at minimum with his blessings on who's running.
Statistical
(19,264 posts)They don't give a damn about the GOP they want Trump. What GOP politicians want doesn't really matter when the voters are demanding more Trump or at least more Trumpism.
Trump will either be the nominee in 2024 or he will be a kingmaker deciding which GOP politicians are "pure" (loyal to Trump) or "impure".
You know why the two Georgia Republican Senate Candidates attacked the Republican governor and secretary of state? Trump threatened them. They do it or he will ruin their runoff chances.
There is no Republican party anymore there is the Party of Trump so while many GOP leaders may despite Trump they need Trump voters.
uponit7771
(90,335 posts)... away from Trump short of Trump being convicted of eating infants on camera ?!
There's no way they're distancing themselves, hell there are a select few doing it now and Trumps trying to stupidly overturn an election !!!
Greybnk48
(10,167 posts)And without his fat mouth out there constantly promoting it with the bully pulpit, the movement will at least begin go limp, like Trump.
His is a cult of personality, and he has lost a monstrously powerful megaphone. He will no longer have the massive power he's had to promote his hate. I'm not sure that Fox will be amenable to one hour morning phone calls that smack of sedition once he's out of office. They CAN lose their license, especially with him having no power to stop it.
The militias will still be here, as always. The Klan will be here. The mega churches and religiously insane will be here, the ammosexuals will be here, but this Trump cult will fizzle.
At least that's my hope, based on past cults of personality.
uponit7771
(90,335 posts)... vote for anyone who Trump doesn't bless.
Trump doesn't need the White House to spread the stupid, just don't break twitter or radio rules.
Trump didn't need any of that BEFORE he became the kGOP leading candidate, he had an audience before he even ran in 2015.
Cults do NOT fizzle unless the idea of the head does, the idea of Trump was never connected to the presidency.
Obama, a non cult leader, is loved in the DNC and stays out of the primary fights ... Trump will do the opposite for the kGOP.
People, we're not recognizing how much MAGA Minions worship Trump ... people think "worship" is hyperbole
machoneman
(4,006 posts)first, those in office. Then those running for office.
See, if he excoriates any current Scum in office, he'll tell his pack of evil followers to kicks him or her out at the next election cycle OR try to get them recalled. And it makes zero difference to those Trumphumpers if the only reason he says negative things is that they are not sufficiently supportive of one addle-brained ex indicted president.
For those running for office, he'd kill their vote chances by once again throwing shade at those not loyal to Der OrangeFuhrer.
Bank on all this to be true!
uponit7771
(90,335 posts)Thekaspervote
(32,757 posts)When hes out of the office his power will diminish
Hell bluster and carry on but his pull will winnow away, just like any cult leader thats put out to pasture. History is riddled with them
Chicago1980
(1,968 posts)Russian inspired, Russia approved!!!
Certainly has a nice klan ring to it.
uponit7771
(90,335 posts)... Minions are sticking by their guy even after their lost causes !!
They worship Trump, period.
I don't understand why people think Trump would just slink away quietly and have no effect on kGOP politics until he croaks or goes to jail.
Demsrule86
(68,556 posts)Statistical
(19,264 posts)Also Trumpism will last a lot longer than Trump. Even if Trump dies of a KFC induced heart attack the person who seizes power in the GOP will be the one who can out Trump all the other candidates trying to out Trump each other.
The GOP created this monster over 30 years and it isn't going away overnight.
Turin_C3PO
(13,973 posts)collapse quickly. And when Trumpism does collapse, 75% of his former supporters will deny ever supporting him. Thats how most cults work. Of course there are some, like Scientology, which do last into the long term. Well see how this plays out.
uponit7771
(90,335 posts)... dissolve until the head figure does or the ideas of the head figure prove to be horrid for its followers.
Turin_C3PO
(13,973 posts)Hopefully Trump kicks the bucket soon, preferably while hes in prison.
uponit7771
(90,335 posts)uponit7771
(90,335 posts)... or that he'll slink away quietly like Nixon?
If the kGOP dumps Trump MAGA Minions will dump the kGOP, the split will be evident
beachbumbob
(9,263 posts)that 300-400,000 of the loyalist do not show up to vote on the runoff election as they are threatening to do to "punish the GOP"
uponit7771
(90,335 posts)... close, Trump is going to be a king maker in the kGOP unless he's in jail or dead.