re: Everyone saying R’s are gonna lose the midterms

People are reacting to the current conditions where Trump seems to have taken some weird stances in the media lately, and the economy has not shown obvious signs of marked improvement as prices continue to rise faster than wages as layoffs accelerate.

The entire media narrative will be utterly unrecognizable in a month, and the economic reality could be entirely different a year from now.

In my opinion, these sorts of doomcasting posts tend to fall into a few categories:

1. “I’ve been a Trump supporter, but…” these are usually fake posts by anti-Trump activists masquerading as Trump supporters. These astroturfing psyops are incredibly obvious and predictable. They always advocate for the neo-con/neo-lib position even when attacking Trump for “abandoning MAGA”.

2. Media overreaction. These people haven’t figured out over the last 10 years that the media literally overreacts to and doomcasts everything Trump does only to be proven wrong over and over again. My rule is be patient and don’t emotionally react to any “breaking news” for 48 hours. That gives time for obviously false narratives to get debunked.

3. Israel/Palestine grifters: they just complain about Trump either being a Jewish puppet or not doing enough to help God’s chosen people. All they post is thinly veiled racism about Jewish plots to kill white babies and sad stories of Israeli hostages and terror attack victims.

4. Nothing ever happens crowd. They want blood. Anything short of martial law and democrat heads being skewered on spikes above the Rose Garden is unacceptable. They cannot see incrementalism or progress. They want blood. They crave a civil war because all they really want is moral justification to murder people they disagree with or see as unworthy.

5. Genuine concerns for the direction of the second Trump administration. These posts are ideologically consistent. They want Trump to stick to the principles of America first. These people tend to be a mix of small l libertarians, former blue dog democrats, populists, and tech bros. While they all align on some issues, they hold opposing views on others. Issues like interventionist foreign policy, immigration, tariffs, regulations on ai and crypto, free speech, christian cultural issues, social media censorship, etc all cause friction. They all want Trump to conform with their own mental image of what “MAGA” means to them.

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The viper denies the danger to lull its prey into a false sense of security. Then, the strike. That’s exactly what the dims are doing. What the dims stand for and promote are a clear and present danger to this country and its populace. And they do it not because they think it is right, but bc they know it can be a tool to keep them in power permanently. The problem is, if you play with a rabid dog, it WILL eventually bite its handler. That’s why we now have a commie jihadist as mayor of New York. You think the dims REALLY wanted that??? Heck NO! But the dog they fed has grown bigger and taken control of their party. They brought it on themselves. They have been used by Satan like puppets, and now they are in a situation they HAVE to go along with or be destroyed by it (which WILL eventually happen anyway).

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You should seek counseling. Seriously. And probably some psych meds.

95% wishcasting.

Trump has been crushing it with the hostages, ending wars, opening up the gov w/out giving in to the Dems, getting the BBC of all corp news orgs to bend the knee and apologize while threatening BILLIONS in a lawsuit, winning in the courts, ICE wins, crime and traffic down for all the illegals on the run, hiding, billions raised via tariffs.

And the Dems? Been getting BTFO over Epstein files, pro sedition fan vid, Jasmine Crockett, USVI delegate texting scandal, Florida rep scamming FEMA funds, Brooklyn Barack, Chuck U Schumer, the Dims are a colossal dumpster fire.

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You should seek counseling. Seriously. And probably some psych meds.

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That's rich.

The economy sucks and this administration has been chaotic at best. A lot of normal people are sick of it already.

I think Dems can take the house, but the senate still favors Republicans

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The economy sucks and this administration has been chaotic at best. A lot of normal people are sick of it already.

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Maybe. I'm still not understanding how that equates to 'I now want my Congress-person to be a Democrat!'

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A lot of normal people are sick of it already.

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Normal people are simple minded, irrational, and impatient. Go figure...

Chaotic? Lol ok. This is the problem with average American voter, they are clueless. Republicans haven’t passed a single piece of legislation outside of the BBB and even that wasn’t impressive so what exactly do you suggest the President do? He is pretty much doing everything by himself. They were brave and released the Epstein filed and boy did that ever accomplish a lot. They have enough votes in the Senate for a majority but not the filibuster so I am not sure what magic you think Trump should perform?

I think you’ll see a lot of the 2024 voting base stay home. There’s zero enthusiasm among young voters.