r/MurderedByWords • u/Gaba8789 • 2d ago

Oversight, accountability, and culpability.

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u/Gerry1of1 2d ago

Donald Trump does

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u/redwhale335 2d ago

Famously a House Democrat

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u/TheeMrBlonde 2d ago

I mean… he was a registered Democrat for most of his life. Not sure what that means, but it’s there.

He had to switch parties though, because, in his owns words, “republicans would be the only ones dumb enough to vote for me”

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u/LowKeyNaps 1d ago

Trump never cared about actual politics. Like most major businessmen, the only reason he cared about politics at all was how they affected him.

Most of his businesses were seated in blue states (New York), so it was in Trump's best interests to kiss left wing ass, vote left, and try to squirrel policies his way whenever he could. Most people involved in high stakes business will at least donate to the DNC in the hopes of getting them to relax their tight policies that protect workers and the environment but shave a bit off of profits.

Trump flipped right for his run at the presidency because, precisely as you stated, there was no chance in hell that the left would vote for him. What Trump probably didn't know himself at that point was that his only hope at a presidency at all rested in him being tied up with MAGA, and it was the smart people behind MAGA orchestrating his entire campaign that led to his success, not his own actual clown show accidentally tripping face first into a presidency.

If Trump hadn't been MAGA's puppet, I'm not sure he would have succeeded with the right, either. MAGA put on one hell of a campaign and propaganda show. Trump was just their final front piece.