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Originally Posted by devo22
I find it fascinating though just how much the dude ####s on America. He can't go two minutes at a time without claiming that the US is a third-world country, is overrun by millions of immigrants, is suffering from a terrible economy and just in general is a very ####ty country these days. All of that is BS obviously, but it's fascinating that a party that used to define itself by excessive patriotism and flag-waving has fully committed to the "America sucks" narrative. Telling people that everything sucks is obviously populism 101, but still.
Is it a good strategy? I don't know. I guess for his base it is, but I don't know if constant fearmongering, airing grievances and painting such a bleak picture of America will convince a lot of people. Contrast that to Harris/Walz and their positive messages and vision and it's kind of hard to envision Trump/Vance being overly successful with their message.
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It's also very funny how America sucks in every possible way, but it's also better than anyone else in every way.
It's especially funny how he keeps saying that things are somehow really bad in Europe. I mean sure, it sucks if you're in Ukraine, Russia or Belarus for example, or in the areas in Southern Europe which now burn every summer, and we do have our own problems, like the rise of fascism etc.
But come on. It's still generally quite nice here.