What happens to Trump's movement after he passes away?

[pecksniff]

Will it still survive in some distinct form, or dissolve into the general mass of non-activist Republican voters?

My guess is it will survive in some form. The Trump movement is just the latest iteration of the Tea Party, or of Ross Perot's movement before that. Nationalist right-populism. The same current that scuttled Bush's attempt at immigration reform.

 

[KeithD]

I think this started at least as far back as George Wallace--the dawning on white nationalists that they were becoming a minority in the States and they needed to fight that. So, I think it will continue to go on--past Donald Trump, who more has been using in than actually believing in it--at least until the effects of becoming in the minority can't be pretended away.

 

[Wrong Element]

Will it still survive in some distinct form, or dissolve into the general mass of non-activist Republican voters?

My guess is it will survive in some form. The Trump movement is just the latest iteration of the Tea Party, or of Ross Perot's movement before that. Nationalist right-populism. The same current that scuttled Bush's attempt at immigration reform.

First of all, you're going to have trouble convincing some of them that he's ever going to die, considering that gods by definition don't die.

But I think the significant thing Trump has done is to demonstrate to conservative elites that the things they care about ("free markets," low taxes, trimming entitlements, "family values") are not the primary things the base cares about (beating up on minorities and the better educated, brainless nationalism). This is a model that others can emulate. Those others aren't necessarily going to have Trump's celebrity, but they also might have the focus and ability to actually work that Trump utterly lacked.

 

[pecksniff]

First of all, you're going to have trouble convincing some of them that he's ever going to die, considering that gods by definition don't die.

He will live on in the same realm as Elvis and Tupac and Jim Morrison. But they ain't released any albums lately, and Trump won't be providing any leadership.

 

[pecksniff]

But I think the significant thing Trump has done is to demonstrate to conservative elites that the things they care about ("free markets," low taxes, trimming entitlements, "family values") are not the primary things the base cares about (beating up on minorities and the better educated, brainless nationalism). This is a model that others can emulate. Those others aren't necessarily going to have Trump's celebrity, but they also might have the focus and ability to actually work that Trump utterly lacked.

Then what happens to the old-guard pro-biz conservatives, I wonder? Will anything come of all this talk of breaking off and forming a third party? Or will they hold their noses and stick with the Tea Party's GOP?

 

[Bud_Spencer]

It will live on. Trump taught the GOP how to fight and win, rather than lose more slowly.

 

[pecksniff]

It will live on. Trump taught the GOP how to fight and win, rather than lose more slowly.

So far as fighting and winning goes, the GOP at present is distinguished by nothing it didn't have in the Obama years. McConnell was just as obstructive then, and the GOP did no worse at the polls.

 

[CornusKousa]

It will live on. Trump taught the GOP how to fight and win, rather than lose more slowly.

If only....I think most are going to just cuck out to the (D)'s anyhow.

 

[Bud_Spencer]

If only....I think most are going to just cuck out to the (D)'s anyhow.

I don't think the electorate will let them anymore. We want more winning.

 

[KeithD]

He will live on in the same realm as Elvis and Tupac and Jim Morrison. But they ain't released any albums lately, and Trump won't be providing any leadership.

More like the same realm as Joseph McCarthy, Adolf Hitler, and Benito Mussolini.

 

[pecksniff]

I don't think the electorate will let them anymore. We want more winning.

Outside the red states, you ain't gonna get it. There aren't enough of you. All this voter-suppression legislation indicates you're not even confident of your popular hold on the red states.

 

[oggbashan]

Maybe Trump's legacy will be like Peron of Argentina - succeeded by a wife?

 

[pecksniff]

Maybe Trump's legacy will be like Peron of Argentina - succeeded by a wife?

Melania has never taken an interest in politics that I've heard of. I doubt she ever even wanted to be First Lady.

Of course, she won't necessarily be his last wife . . .

 

[zipman]

Melania has never taken an interest in politics that I've heard of. I doubt she ever even wanted to be First Lady.

Of course, she won't necessarily be his last wife . . .

Melania could be a formidable candidate after she plagiarizes a platform from someone else.

 

[DanDraper]

It could survive if they get another Trump-like person to lead them. But let's hope that never happens, in fact let's hope that Trump eventually disappears on his own and the GOP could go back to electing rational and intelligent people.


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[Dribble]

Jesus...are people stupid. Hate to inform you...Trump was nothing but an opportunist. Need proof?

What bipartisan bill became law yesterday? Democrats voted for it because they wanted money for the tech industry. Republicans voted for it because they think it is a burr up China's ass. It isn't. Stupid legislation that does nothing to solve the issues. So one party voted for it because of their racism...nothing more. And you think Trump caused this racism?

 

[MissMandy86]

Probably conspiracy theories that hunter biden and Hillary had him killed

 

[phrodeau]

I don’t recall any of Donald Trump’s tweets being reposted by Melania. She didn’t even link to his blog.

 

[LLCox]

Same thing that will happen when trump goes to prison.

 

[pecksniff]

Same thing that will happen when trump goes to prison.

Oh, he could still lead a movement from there. Eugene Debs did.

 

[LincolnDuncan]

It will live on. Trump taught the GOP how to fight and win, rather than lose more slowly.

He lost, he's a loser.

 

[LincolnDuncan]

Will it still survive in some distinct form, or dissolve into the general mass of non-activist Republican voters?

My guess is it will survive in some form. The Trump movement is just the latest iteration of the Tea Party, or of Ross Perot's movement before that. Nationalist right-populism. The same current that scuttled Bush's attempt at immigration reform.

It will be funny as fuck to watch all the soulless trump family members and politicians cut each other's throat in a fight for the throne of derrangment.

 

[pecksniff]

Then what happens to the old-guard pro-biz conservatives, I wonder? Will anything come of all this talk of breaking off and forming a third party? Or will they hold their noses and stick with the Tea Party's GOP?

This is an important question, because they're the ones with the big money behind them.

 

[Rightguide]

I think this started at least as far back as George Wallace--

More BS. It started with the American Revolution that DNA courses though the hearts and veins of the American political majority.

 

[pecksniff]

More BS. It started with the American Revolution that DNA courses though the hearts and veins of the American political majority.

What, nationalist right-populism? Definitely not. When you shout "Build the Wall!" you are not maintaining any colonial-era legacy in any form. The only "other" they cared about then was the Brits and sometimes the Indians.