I don't think Trump was one of them, he was just extremely self absorbed and cared more about image than results. The panic on the left when he won seemed genuine to me, they took a lot of risks and accelerated much harder than they should have in order to counter his non-existant purge.
They had a track record up until that point of fielding milquetoast cuckservatives who no one would bother voting for (and who were controlled even if they did manage to bumble into office). That strategy was working and it kept conservatives cowed. I don't see why they would fix what wasn't broken by fielding a controversial populist who (despite his failures), did manage to restore the backbone of the anti-left.
Because Obama was such a piece of shit that conservatives were getting ready to take action outside the system. They had to get someone like Trump to play the vote your way to freedom card.
There is no political solution. There is no peaceful solution. Gave peace a chance.
Because Obama was such a piece of shit that conservatives were getting ready to take action outside the system.
I wasn't seeing any evidence of that at all. They certainly are now, because Trump reminded them that they don't have to play by lefty rules, but back in 2016 most conservatives had be successfully gaslit into believing that the only way to get ahead in politics was some kind of meek neocon "compassionate conservatism" where they constantly apologise to the left for everything.
The Bundy ranch stand off, as well as a few other militia resistance movements were growing steadily towards the end of the Obama presidential occupation.
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