Trump’s policies are endangering the economy; it might cost Republicans in the 2026 midterms.
Trump’s policies are endangering the economy; it might cost Republicans in the 2026 midterms.
Fear, uncertainty, and recession may guide U.S. voters next year. Here's how Trump's economy could play out in the midterms.
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There'll be a war before the midterms, martial law will be declared and elections will be suspended. That's what I suspect he'll do.
Yea, I’m no doomer. But, I read a lot of history. Trump getting inaugurated and Elon throwing a seig heil twice solidified my belief that there will be no 2028 presidential election.
Trump will manufacture a “Reichstag Fire” moment which will be used to blame “antifa”, “leftists”, “trans”, “immigrants”, etc. and then martial law will be implemented. However, this will only come after Trump feels satisfied that the military has been purged of any high ranking officials that may dissent.
Once martial law is enforced, they will continue to purge anti-Trump dissenters and any marginalized groups.
Trump could very well pull all of this off by 2026 midterms let alone 3 years from now before the next presidential election.
He is old and getting older. Hopefully he doesn't make it to 2026, naturally or not.
There’s still JD Vance. Trump will be the scapegoat for all of the dirty work that was done to usher in a fascist regime. Vance will be presented as the calmer and more focused dictator.
I don't know that Vance has that stupid charisma Trump has that his base fucking gargles on. I also don't think others would be as scared to act against him as they are the current dictator. This is probably just wishful thinking on top of wishful thinking though.
Yeah, Vance comes across like a hamster on steroids. But then, Trump is also a shitty example of a human being, so who can say what the authoritarian enablers will suck up to?
orangeboi is categorically heinous, but this has gone far, far beyond being about one person. This is The Business Plot, round two. This is an axial shift of the United States away from democracy going forward. This is fascism.
The shitty ones always live long unfortunately
Did you see that article about the “Trump derangement syndrome” bill written by the Minnesota state politician who has a side gig as a child predator?
They’re gonna ignore that last bit and make it a doubleplus ungood thoughtcrime to openly object in any way, shape, or form to the fascists taking over. The bill makes provisions for non-consensually institutionalizing political opponents. That is not an exaggeration. That bill is a test that they’re running in Minnesota to see if they can pass and implement this sort of thing.
This bill will be used as a pattern. Expect this to show up in Texas and Florida at some point soon. After that, expect it then to make its debut on the national stage.
I did see that. I will say, as a history buff, what I find both fascinating and terrifying is that we are at a point in history where we, the people, are able to see so much current events in actual real time.
No more waiting for the newspaper or the pre-recorded news. The immediacy of media today has kind of forced a level of transparency we haven’t see before when considering events like the rise of a Hitler-type, the resurgence of white supremacist groups, police brutality, protests, riots, genocides, wars, etc.
These kinds of political acts we’re witnessing today were always happening, right? Just completely hidden from public view and delayed by days or weeks even if it is revealed to them. This hasn’t entirely changed either. I remember hearing about an Iraq War vet who came back to the States and saw a “breaking news” report about an operation happening “now”; except he was part of that operation that happened a year prior.
Doesn't even have to be an actual war - this government showed that they can redefine words to mean whatever they want (see them invoking a wartime law recently), so they might as well define drag queens as an invasive species, declare war on them and implement martial law/suspend elections because who's gonna stop them?
Exactly, war isn’t necessary, all he needs us a large protest. He'll send in goons to instigate violence, then send in authorities to break it up. After some nasty violence, probably some deaths, he will have the justification to impose martial law. Then he can suspend elections until peace is restored, and since he controls the peace, that will never happen.
He needs to keep his congressional majorities, to give him credibility and to keep investigative commitees under Republican control. He will never allow free elections unless he is confident that MuskRat's/ Russia's/ China's hackers have the election system fully rigged.
During all the wars the US has ever been in, elections have never been suspended.
Have you been watching what this clown is doing? There's always a first time with him.