They yearn to be subjects
I know there is a lot to keep us up at night already but I feel I have to share this particular nightmare because misery loves company:
In a SurveyMonkey poll for Axios, Republican voters chose children of President Trump — Don Jr. and Ivanka — as two of the top four picks for president in four years.
Don Jr. has emerged as one of the most prominent defenders of his dad, frequently going after the left on Twitter, where he has 4.2 million followers, and serving as a popular warm-up act for presidential rallies.
Ivanka Trump’s work within the administration would be a selling point if she wanted to carry on the Trump legacy.
Don Jr. was the top choice among young voters, while Pence was the clear preference for older voters.
I love the kicker:
For what it’s worth, the survey was conducted right before Trump was impeached.
Lol.
I actually don’t take this too seriously. If Trump wins this year then all bets are off. I’m not even sure we’ll have a country in 2024 so it’s not worth thinking about. But sure, if the right wins again, we could be looking at a Trump monarchy not a dynasty. And Trump really could make his son Baron a baron.
But if he doesn’t win I think the Trump brand will fade quickly among the wingnuts. They hate “losers.” And the political establishment will take itself in hand and carefully explain to everyone that Trump lost because he wasn’t a true conservative. They will be able to finesse the fact that they enabled him all the way, cheerfully exploding the deficit so they have a weapon to use against any Democrat who tries to govern in the future. His voters won’t care because they enabled him too. If he loses in 2020 I predict that by 2024, he will be old news and so will his spawn.
But what do I know?
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