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In reply to the discussion: Trump must not be allowed anywhere near the White House. [View all]Tommy_Carcetti
(44,409 posts)Cruz has alienated so many people--including his own party--that while he has his radical ideology, I don't see a good amount of it being implemented. And what I would foresee is a very ineffective president who does a lot of whining but achieves very little, and we'd have a good shot after 4 years of getting back in there.
However, as crazy and radical as Cruz seems, he does seem more or less constrained by the political process and the checks and balances of the office. So while Cruz himself might seem scary, the prospect of him being President isn't quite as scary because I think he'd have a lot of factors working against him.
On the other hand, Trump has never been elected to any political office, but even worse, he is almost certainly clinically Cluster B, who is rash to make decisions, refuses to take criticism, and acts out in fits of rage against even the most mild of criticism. He doesn't like being told what to do, and that would include Congress, the Supreme Court, the Constitution, or anyone or anything else. We're talking about someone is literally mentally unstable in a malicious way, and that scares the everliving bejesus out of me.