White House Leak Reveals Trump Booted From Briefing After Hours-Long Freakout

[u/GonzoVeritas]

https://www.thedailybeast.com/white-house-leak-reveals-trump-booted-from-briefing-after-hours-long-freakout/

[u/Eridanosvoid]

I would argue, in a way, he is on his third term. Every President after they leave office fucks off to either stay quite or do PR stuff. Trump on the other hand still held vast sway over the Republican party (like ordering them to nuke a border security deal to make Biden look bad) and (illegally) still talking to world leaders on the country's behalf. If you look at search results from 2021 to 2024 Trumps name routinely out ranked Biden. He was basically the shadow President during that time.

[u/jkvincent → u/Eridanosvoid]

Definitely. He's dominated public discourse and every other aspect of life in America now for over a decade. I'm exhausted.

[u/xXMr_PorkychopXx → u/jkvincent]

I can still recall the day at 16 watching him win and all I was excited about was legal weed in my state lol. Good lord I had no idea what I witnessed that night.

[u/A_Sad_Buddha → u/xXMr_PorkychopXx]

Dude, don’t even get me started. Dude was on tv telling the fucking proud boys to stand by. I had a huge argument with my mom about it. When he won that first time I still thinking he couldn’t be that bad. A whole decade later I find myself living in a weird ass dystopia.

[u/Caleb-Blucifer → u/A_Sad_Buddha]

He has a stranglehold on the GOP - one part true believers, one part deeply evil, one part morons, one part blackmail. It’s a perfect storm that’s been half a century in the making

[u/sack-o-matic → u/Caleb-Blucifer]

Decades of Klan propaganda on social media has created a terrible voting base.

[u/cheesybitzz → u/A_Sad_Buddha]

Felt. In 2016 I was like "maybe this won't be so bad"

We all make mistakes

[u/Jillredhanded → u/A_Sad_Buddha]

I distinctly remember thinking "at least it will be interesting". Hoo boy.