Resistance thoughts

[gfish]

I think the resistance (whatever that means) is overlooking a potentially devastating weapon: Trump's insecurities. His pathological need for approval obviously overrides any moral, political or intellectual core he might have. Why aren't we trying to take advantage of this?

(Because he's loathsome, that's why. But that just means only equally loathsome people are left to stoke his ego, resulting in loathsome policies.)

I 100% believe that if Trump thought the majority of the country wanted him to do something (say, push for single payer), he would do it. He wouldn't consider the cost to his party, or the practical considerations. Particularly if he saw it as one-upping Obama. He just needs to hear "people will love you if you can do this thing Obama couldn't manage".

So: How do we get a message like that to him?

Comments

[sistawendy]

You forget that he seems to have genuinely internalized what's been the Republican party line since the '70s: that anyone poorer than or darker than you deserves misery and death. His MAGA slogan reeks of nostalgia for a past that never existed. Not even the most skilled tongue bath - and I certainly don't have the stomach to deliver it - could convince him to do something forward-looking.

[gfish]

Sure, he's obviously a racist fuck. His obsession with outdoing/undoing Obama certainly comes from that. But I honestly don't believe he has ANY real political leanings, beyond pro-kleptocracy. His advisors do, certainly. Most of the people he listens to any more do. But we overestimate him to think he has any real plan or goal.