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Miles Archer

(21,176 posts)
Mon Dec 1, 2025, 05:53 PM Yesterday

Even if the MAGAts scream their undying love for him, I don't see Trump doing any more MAGAt "rallies."

He will do some kind of event requiring the least possible amount of effort from him for the highest level of monetization in return, but they won't be regularly scheduled events. They'll be sporadic and rare.

I wish you knew how much it pains me to say "Stephen Miller and Russell Vought are running the country while Trump naps, golfs, plans his "ballroom," and trolls on social media," but...that's not tinfoil hat stuff, that's really where we're at. He's officially a "President In Name Only."

He doesn't need votes from the MAGAts, I think the extent to which he'll "campaign for Republicans" in the midterms will be limited to tweets from his golf carts, and here's the big shocker for you...

...I think the "rush," the "ego boost" that he got at the MAGAt rallies has been replaced by the ass-kissing he gets by just appearing among his wealthy pals at Mar-a-Lago. The whole ballroom thing...his "happy place" is in the center of people with money who will GIVE HIM money. He's on record as having contempt for the MAGAts. He'd RATHER be with people with money.

So he has a coin toss in front of him...go through the logistics and headaches of a MAGAt rally (even though he "personally" handles none of the administrative responsibilities) or GO PLAY GOLF. And by "play golf," that means sitting in a golf cart, drooling and gasping for air in between naps.

I used to feel bad for the local cops who got stiffed on "security detail" for his "rallies. Then, the Police Union endorsed Trump in 2024 and I stopped feeling bad about their getting screwed.

I don't think he's interested in getting out in front of the MAGAts and doing his moron dance, because he doesn't seem to know where he is half the time.

If you want a glimpse of what's coming for Trump, read about the final days of L Ron Hubbard. His Scientology handlers kept him drugged and incapacitated. When he died, they didn't say he died. They said he'd "moved on to the next phase of his journey." There's much more to it than that, but a couple of Google searches will tell all, and I think there's a reasonably good chance that the same fate awaits Trump as the MAGAt vultures circle overhead.

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Even if the MAGAts scream their undying love for him, I don't see Trump doing any more MAGAt "rallies." (Original Post) Miles Archer Yesterday OP
You're probably right... Wounded Bear Yesterday #1
When Satan finally calls him home, there will be a feeding frenzy among the GOP Ocelot II Yesterday #2
Nobody likes j.d., but they will follow him, because he has many of the same rich donors as trumpsyer. mwmisses4289 23 hrs ago #3
The rich will transfer their allegiance to whomever they think can win, Ocelot II 23 hrs ago #4
Let's hope they don't find a way to market Don Jr. Miles Archer 22 hrs ago #6
What a terrifying thought! Ocelot II 22 hrs ago #8
President Charlie Sheen in "Machete Kills." A glimpse of what a Don Jr "presidency" would look like. Miles Archer 21 hrs ago #9
undying love ? Tetrachloride 23 hrs ago #5
They're probably afraid that he'll have a stroke and drop dead in front of his worshipers synni 22 hrs ago #7

Wounded Bear

(63,620 posts)
1. You're probably right...
Mon Dec 1, 2025, 05:59 PM
Yesterday

He's looking really ragged when he gets shown in pics that aren't staged for the public.

Ocelot II

(128,531 posts)
2. When Satan finally calls him home, there will be a feeding frenzy among the GOP
Mon Dec 1, 2025, 06:00 PM
Yesterday

because nobody likes Shady Vance. MAGA will be looking for their new Dear Leader because as authoritarian followers they're incapable of functioning without one, and it won't be Vance. So stock up on popcorn.

mwmisses4289

(2,908 posts)
3. Nobody likes j.d., but they will follow him, because he has many of the same rich donors as trumpsyer.
Mon Dec 1, 2025, 07:01 PM
23 hrs ago

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Ocelot II

(128,531 posts)
4. The rich will transfer their allegiance to whomever they think can win,
Mon Dec 1, 2025, 07:04 PM
23 hrs ago

meaning whomever is most easily bought. If Vance looks like a dud they'll back someone else.

Miles Archer

(21,176 posts)
6. Let's hope they don't find a way to market Don Jr.
Mon Dec 1, 2025, 07:20 PM
22 hrs ago

I think that the "money people" would see Don Jr having a better shot than Vance.

And yeah, of course, Vance was grown in a Petri Dish in Peter Thiel's sinister underground lab, and he paid his way onto the ticket by getting Don Jr to insist to daddy that Vance as the only choice.

But Don Jr wants it. He's been vocal recently about it. And the easiest way to market a vacancy left by one Trump is with another Trump.

Miles Archer

(21,176 posts)
9. President Charlie Sheen in "Machete Kills." A glimpse of what a Don Jr "presidency" would look like.
Mon Dec 1, 2025, 09:08 PM
21 hrs ago
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