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Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop
I'm sorry, I thought you were making a broader prediction about Trump supporters.
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I was, but how would we measure whether Trumpism fades away? I couldn't come up with useful metrics.
I think he will fade away because one of his close advisers will convey this message from the Biden camp: "Go away and shut up and we won't get behind any push to have your ass thrown in jail. Keep fucking around while we're in office and we'll let the dogs lose on you."
But I'm assuming he's still somewhat transactional. The counter to that kid of behind-the-scenes deal being made would be that Trump is completely out of reality, fully insane. I think that could be true.
Or he could also be escalating his crazy behavior to try to make himself too big and powerful to prosecute. That's technically rational, but a very risky course of action.
He's going to have a hard time finding oxygen to keep his flame alive with FB and Twitter banning him indefinitely. Maybe he'll go to Parler and OANN and be followed by a few million screwballs.
