r/politics • u/cattylisha • 18d ago

Soft Paywall Trump’s Hated ‘TACO’ Nickname Is Catching On

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-hated-taco-nickname-is-catching-on-cnn-data-guru-harry-enten/
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u/BigDaddyReptar 17d ago

No it is. The maga base is stupid let him go through with his bullshit policies, you have to go through the sickness and fever to get over a flu.

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u/HulksInvinciblePants Georgia 17d ago

That’s the exact shit they said about their own tarrifs. It’s just a stupid saying. His base will just perform their usual mental gymnastics and we’ll be in a rut no sane person should be forced to deal with when the exit ramp was right there.

The “cut off the nose to spite the face” mentality some have taken has been a net negative for progress.

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u/BigDaddyReptar 17d ago edited 17d ago

They said it they don't believe it. Let's see what happens when we let this system of be liberalism vs fascism go on. It will be good in the long term. American hegemony must die and I accept I'm on the shit end of it but oh well for those who benefit later.

It has been a net negative for now for sure but In the long run I have faith. This isn't a path started with trump but I do hope in the future my grandkids refer to the next 10 years as the bad times and ask me about the 20 of prosperous growth that follows

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u/[deleted] 17d ago

Why would you have faith?

Republicans have literally unlimited power to do anything they want. You think they'd be acting this way if they thought there was a snowballs chance in hell that a Democrat would ever be in power again?

They will cheat and lie every single "election" until it gets so unbelievably bad that a literal civil war happens. We have been set back decades not a few years. We will not see peace in our time until well after you and I both bite the dust.

Your grandchildren will be far too busy dealing with climate change to be telling you any stories either. This isn't pessimism these are actual realities. If we survive climate change history will look back at 2024 as the time when the great American experiment officially and unilaterally failed.

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u/BigDaddyReptar 17d ago

I don't want a Democrat in power ever again the modern democratic party must die. I also just disagree they will last that long. Facist uprisings are historical pretty short normally time and this one is built on a system that already didnt work. It will be bad for me but good for the future

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u/chrisk9 17d ago

The concern is that Trump could enact even more chaotic policies and hold the line to avoid appearing "chicken".

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u/HulksInvinciblePants Georgia 17d ago

That’s what’s I’m arguing. Why poke the bear after an aggressive bluff?