I realize there’s no singular answer for this, but many of the MAGA crowd attribute many of our current woes to the prior administration, like cost of living, inflation, unemployment rates, etc.

I’d imagine that every day that passes and we get more and more distant from Biden’s presidency, it gets a bit harder to blame him for every problem.

e.g. It’d be hard to blame many of the increased prices on electronics on him, since much of this has been driven by Trump’s tariffs (but I bet someone will attempt to refute this!)

This is a long-winded way of me asking the community, have you seen any Trump fans start to come around at all? When do we start living in the conditions (good or bad) of Trump’s America and stop laying blame on the last administration?

I’m interested to see what people of all persuasions feel about this.

For myself, I have seen some minor loss of enthusiasm among Trump followers, but I haven’t seen anyone register as a Democrat yet :)

  • yarr@feddit.nlOPEnglish
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    21 hours ago

    I don’t see this happening, but let’s say he reverses course and renounces all his past decisions, steps down and the USA enters a new golden age. Should we be totally against that too? For any given position, I try to keep in mind what would have to happen to make me reverse that decision. If the answer is “nothing”, then I may be missing something, or maybe I am letting my personal prejudices get in the way of what could be a good outcome.

    It’s often confusing when someone we really dislike does something we agree with, but it is a thing that can and will happen from time to time.

    I look at this similarly to how I view my atheism. If a God were to appear and demonstrate all kinds of supernatural activity and capability, I think I’d have to renounce my atheism. I don’t think that’s likely to happen, but if it did, I do have a condition where I would reverse my belief.

    Same thing with being anti-Trump. I am for now, but there are certain unlikely conditions that would make me reconsider that, should they occur.

    • towerful@programming.dev
      1·
      7 hours ago

      If a God were to appear and demonstrate all kinds of supernatural activity and capability, I think I’d have to renounce my atheism.

      I would also renounce my atheism and become fully anti-theism.
      The god is clearly not benevolent, not kind, not caring. The god can go fuck themselves.

      Trumps track record over the past decades cannot be forgiven

    • Goodmorningsunshine@lemmy.world
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      18 hours ago

      It’s often confusing when someone we really dislike does something we agree with, but it is a thing that can and will happen from time to time.

      Condescending and insufferable: check.