In 2016 it seems like there was really this idea that there was a Reckoning that there was this big group of white working class ignored by the Democratic Party and Trump had successfully catered his politics to try and help that constituency.
And in 2024, maybe Trump was seen as weak enough that. A bunch of billionaires could come in and coopt that movement to their own ends, completely leaving behind the coalition that made Trump popular in the first place.
There’s a part of me, maybe in retrospect watching this happen that empathizes with the original goals of MAGA and is sad to watch them completely abandoned.
In 2016 it seems like there was really this idea that there was a Reckoning that there was this big group of white working class ignored by the Democratic Party and Trump had successfully catered his politics to try and help that constituency.
And in 2024, maybe Trump was seen as weak enough that. A bunch of billionaires could come in and coopt that movement to their own ends, completely leaving behind the coalition that made Trump popular in the first place.
There’s a part of me, maybe in retrospect watching this happen that empathizes with the original goals of MAGA and is sad to watch them completely abandoned.