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View submission: Massive firings and “retirements”
The Heritage Foundation is. Trump doesn't realize it (he's too stupid) but their plans extend far past him. The have 4 years to use him as a vessel to enact change that'll last decades.
Comment by old_man_mcgillicuddy at 01/02/2025 at 01:50 UTC
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Decades? Try generations. By the time Trump leaves office a decent percentage of the voting population won't have ever seen sane politics. There will be a handful of civil servants, "the old guys" who will tell tales of when they were able to do their job without political purges/loyalty pledges. The courts will have zero legitimacy. And there's no easy way to walk that back.
Comment by kaydontworry at 01/02/2025 at 02:47 UTC
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God thank you. I’ve been trying to explain this to everyone. He’s the face with the cult following. He needed someone to bail him out of trouble, which they did, and now they own him. They can put anything in front of him and he’ll sign it. But it’s not *him* making these decisions.
Comment by Aware_Future_3186 at 01/02/2025 at 00:37 UTC
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Exactly this. I don’t think Trump cares about the policy he just wants to be that guy. He likes what comes with being the face of something powerful
Comment by LEJ5512 at 01/02/2025 at 06:11 UTC
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To paraphrase Arthur C. Clarke’s quote about the possibility of extraterrestrial life in the universe:
“Two possibilities exist: either Trump is a buffoon or he knows exactly what he’s doing. Both are equally terrifying.”
Comment by BigMateyClaws at 01/02/2025 at 14:32 UTC
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He absolutely knows what he’s doing. Discrediting him is dangerous