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  That's because Trump has the best words. /s
context: For Trump, loyalty goes only one way, towards him. 
  He expects 100% loyalty from everyone, and in return he offers absolutely no loyalty at all. 
  I just can't understand how anyone can possibly trust a word he says. >
  
  I don’t think they do. So many of his people have turned on him.
  I think there is a lot happening behind closed doors. He’s lost his power.
  He has some of the lunatic fringe base clinging to him as their god emperor, but I think his days are numbered in the arena of politics. >
  
  Has he?  I’ll believe it when I see it but I think he still has a staggering amount of influence and power that people are sleeping on. >
  
  I mean, throughout his presidency, he had an unprecedented amount of leaks coming from his administration, which is a stark sign of mistrust of his leadership.
  Almost his entire cabinet turned on him, you can see in the 1/6 testimony video their non verbal and facial expressions telegraphed they were over his bullshit.
  Fox News has even started turning on him, running critical segments. New York Post published that famous cover of Trumps face on Humpty Dumpty that was embarrassing, signaling he is losing support of Murdoch’s media empire.
  That’s telling, as it was his media empire that shielded his supporters from his malfeasance and misdeeds (I’m convinced through interactions many trump supporters have no clue of the extent of his misdeeds and failures, it just wasn’t covered/reported on, they maintained a narrative of “fake news”).
  Then you see some people speaking out in the GOP, I just think behind closed doors they are all sick of his bullshit but in a tough spot because they are scared of his base. 
  But I think his base has waned a lot too, the tide has seemed to shift towards DeSantis.
  I could be wrong, but I just don’t see him having a grip on the party like he used to. His presidential announcement for running went over like a wet fart, was low energy, the crowd looked bored as fuck.
  There were a couple of media invites to Mar-A-Lago for press conferences, and no one showed up. Not right wing media, not any media, no one. 
  It’s soft power at this point. His truth social tweets get like 3,000 likes or retweets (retruths?) 
  There’s enough for Republican opponents to eviscerate him on the debate stage. He’s at his best when he’s on the attack, not the defense, and there will be a LOT of ammunition that his GOP opponents will hammer him on the primary debate stage.
  He has 23 separate criminal and civil investigations and lawsuits happening, he is going to be tied up in court. Law firms have dropped him as a client in spades, he doesn’t have access to top attorneys anymore, and his legal battles are going to be exorbitantly expensive.
  He’s only getting older, and his ramblings are getting worse. He has rallies where people left early, and he just rambled forever, boring the crowd to death.
  I just don’t see it. >
  
  I mean, all of those things and he BARELY lost. Repubs fell in line and all of his “enemies” that actually got elected completely forgot he tried to kill them in a coup.  The two most vocal GOP members kinzinger and cheney immediately were removed. 
  This is trotted out over and over again.  Yes he fucks everyone over. Yes they all hate him. The moment push becomes shove, they fall in line and support him. He calls their wives ugly and tells everyone they begged him with tears in their eyes and they don’t even try and respond.  
  If there was even a remote chance in hell the GOP thought his time was up, they would be eviscerating him in the press and Desantis, who is evil but decidedly NOT stupid, would be releasing an easy slam dunk statement fighting back. But he isn’t and they aren’t. Why?  Because his supporters are willing to murder you for him the second he asks and they know this. He has so much power.
  Trump is bad for the GOP. He is their Pyrrhic victory when he wins because he doesn’t actually help them over himself and they know he’s going to clean house of all but his most loyal supporters. And still, they tweet and obstruct and protect him from those lawsuits. A normal government would have brought him to trial already. There’s a reason why he hasn’t actually been charged yet and it’s because the GOP is protecting him. >
  
  Fantastic points.
  I think of Peru’s recent election and the President tried to do something similar, and dissolve congress, they arrested him the same day.
  It’s sad that Peru (nothing against their country) was a model for addressing corruption so much better than America. >
  
  
  While DeSantis avoids tangling with Trump, Trump cheerfully insults “Ron DeSanctimonious.”
  
  lmao, you just know he stole that from someone. Sanctimonious is a five-syllable word. >
  
  Forsooth…
  Interesting also how no conservatives who crow on about “big words”, seem to have a problem with it?