[mycatisblack]

I must have completely missed those speeches. Looked it up,

   At a "Believers' Summit" event hosted by the conservative group Turning Point Action in West Palm Beach, Florida, on July 26, 2024, Donald Trump told an audience of Christian voters:
   "You gotta get out and vote. In four years, you don't have to vote again, we'll have it fixed so good you're not going to have to vote."
   He also said: "Christians get out and vote. Just this time. You won't have to do it anymore. Four more years. You know what? It'll be fixed. It'll be fine. You won't have to vote anymore my beautiful Christians."

Looks like we’re out of the short term loops and well into the decadal effects with this man.

As a European, I’d like to add that the impulse response on the collective memory will be multi-generational.

[tim333]

I think a fair reading of Trump would be that he was saying he'd have things fixed in four years, rather than staying on as a dictator.

[foobarchu]

I disagree. A fair reading is that he intends to have abolished the rules preventing him from just being a dictator.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/what-trump-has-said-about-pursu...

[AlecSchueler]

That's how we're already interpreting it, that he will "fix" things, i.e. cause irreparable damage. There was no suggestion that he would stay on after his term, only that the damage would be so deep that the switch couldn't simply be flicked in the opposite direction.

[Izkata]

He was talking to groups who don't normally bother to vote, who started paying attention because the economy was so bad. He was talking about fixing the economy so they can go back to not paying attention.

[mattnewton]

Why is the Trump store selling 2028 merch then?