• millifoo@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Cynical me thinks they did this exactly because there’s a pretty good chance Trump will be re-elected in the near future, and they’re a-ok with Trump squeezing social media companies. Don’t want to prematurely take away King Trump’s power!

    • El Barto@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      Trump will never get re-elected. In their minds, sure. But don’t word it as if it’s a matter of fact.

      Trump already lost while being a sitting president. And he has lost the popular vote twice.

      The majority of the American people don’t want him.

      Go out and vote.

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        5 months ago

        Yeah, this is what convinced me. He already was president and lost as the incumbent. It’s the biggest advantage you can have. He’s not winning.

        The average moderate voter is lazy and doesn’t think about politics until a month before the election. Trump will be a way worse candidate in Oct 2024 than Oct 2020 or Oct 2016: older, fatter, smellier, more boring.

        He has lost his novelty factor and now only has shock value to get attention. It will fade once people remember that he does crazy shit all the time.