I kinda wonder if he’ll end up like Nixon. The people who still like him will “forget” about him.
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HCSOThrowaway@lemmy.world 1 day ago
In a contemporary sense or in a historical sense?
Obviously the latter is virtually impossible to determine but I suspect he’ll be somewhere in the top 5.
Just as obviously he’s #1 in a contemporary sense. There is a lot of hate for Obama from people who swear they aren’t racist, but moderates and Democrats like/love him. I feel like Biden is universally slightly disliked.
Trump, on the other hand, is between vilified and slightly disliked recently (thanks to the Iran War and the Epstein Files). Sure, lots of people pretend to like or love him in public, but I think that’s usually performative to align with political allies as you’re virtually obligated to do under authoritarian rule. Just look at how few MAGAs turned out for America’s 250th. They just aren’t enthusiastic about him any more.
echindod@programming.dev 1 day ago
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
They’ll pretend they never supported him
SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 1 day ago
At least Nixon did some good things (EPA, opened up to China).
echindod@programming.dev 1 day ago
And the work he did for the Native Americans
SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I think it goes from disgust and hatred to embarassment, forced acceptance and ego defense (don’t admit you were wrong).
HCSOThrowaway@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I suspect that’s true for quite a few of them.
Jaysyn@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I live in a county with more registered GOP voters than Dems & Independents put together. I haven’t seen a Trump sign in over a year now. I rarely even see the stickers on trucks these days.