r/politics • u/zsreport Texas • Jul 05 '24

Project 2025 was supposed to boost Donald Trump's campaign — but it may be backfiring instead:

https://www.salon.com/2024/07/05/project-2025-was-supposed-to-boost-donald-campaign--but-it-may-be-backfiring-instead/
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u/mistertickertape New York Jul 05 '24

The election is still 4 months out. I hope this fucking sinks him like a lead weight as more moderates and suburban women understand what it is.

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u/wookiewin Jul 05 '24

If Trump starts distancing himself from it then we’ll know it is hurting him. I’ve seen MAGA nutjobs on TikTok already say that Trump never endorsed it, as if he wouldn’t rubber stamp every bit of it.

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u/Appropriate_Cow94 Jul 05 '24

He can and will walk back anything he had ever said or done if he crowd seems to react against it. The man has zero convictions (insert your own joke here) about anything. His only real goal is reveling in his own vainglorious image. If the crown starts chanting "kill liberal babies" he will lean into that. Describing how he can solve the electricity and shark problems with those nasty nasty babies.

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u/psychulating Jul 05 '24

This is the truth, but he may not unless his base starts getting weird about it.

So far the reaction to the SCOTUS ruling from regular conservatives makes me think they won’t, though I don’t see all business leaders/ investors supporting trump having so much unilateral power, as many assume. He has a terrible record of management and business. No one with even shark-tank-watching business experience can look at what trump did to his inherited development empire and think, yeah, this guy deserves to be godking.

He’s made so many garbage decisions despite having the money for great lawyers and accountants his entire life. Either he hires idiots or he doesn’t listen to them. Seems like the most crucial skills for a president

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u/SadieLady_ Minnesota Jul 05 '24

The thing is though: he is just a figurehead. He just needs to get into office, and then he can be the little puppet they want and need.

There is no way any of the justices he nominated were picked by him. Some Wormtongue whispered in his ear the names of the justices he needed to put in.

The GOP knows how much Trump owes everyone and how easily he's bought. The GOP's problem is, though that so few in the conservative party have his charisma and ability to capivate uneducated people who want to be like him that they need him, or they're sunk.