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Soph0571

(9,685 posts)
Wed Nov 6, 2019, 12:00 PM Nov 2019

The Trump Infallibility Doctrine: The president cannot fail--he can only be failed.


In keeping with American historical tradition, the boundaries of this true nation within a false nation lie along predictable racial, religious, and cultural lines. Under Trumpism, only white, conservative Christians can confer legitimacy on a government or a president. Those who are not members of that nation, or who have not purchased honorary membership through slavish hyperbole, have no right to question its legitimacy. And paradoxically, any Trumpist who substantively questions the president is branded a Never Trumper, and exiled from the true nation. Trumpists have moral obligations only to one another, the rest of the country—the rest of the world—be damned.

Those searching for the red line Trump can cross that will magically turn the Republican Party against him will be disappointed. As long as Trump maintains the support of the people the GOP has concluded are the only Americans who matter, they will sustain him, no matter how many crimes he commits, no matter how much of his corruption is exposed, and no matter how many catastrophes he arbitrarily creates overseas. This is the logic of Trumpist nationalism: permanent minority rule by those who have decided that they are the only real Americans.


[link:https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/11/republicans-believe-trump-infallible/601426/|]

Heh. If they burn with him who gives a shit. When the political realignment happens they will be out of power for a decade and hopefully justice will come knocking on their racist wanker doors.
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The Trump Infallibility Doctrine: The president cannot fail--he can only be failed. (Original Post) Soph0571 Nov 2019 OP
totalitarian cult of personality bee ess. Thomas Hurt Nov 2019 #1
It isn't unique to Trump. That is standard Conservative ideology. Caliman73 Nov 2019 #2

Caliman73

(11,694 posts)
2. It isn't unique to Trump. That is standard Conservative ideology.
Wed Nov 6, 2019, 01:20 PM
Nov 2019

Which is why conservatives fell in line so easily with Trump. Conservatism cannot fail, one can only fail conservatism. Trump could not have campaigned as a Democrat because our ideology is distinct from that of conservatives. We do "fall in love" with candidates, as the saying goes, and we can be defensive, but we can also tell when a candidate strays from what the party stands for and we will say so.

Conservatives fall in line behind whoever is the flag bearer for the ideology. Trump will fail and then he will have "failed conservatism" that will be what people in the party will say when Trump goes down and they look for their next standard bearer.

Now, Trump does have a cult of personality behind him at this point which seems to transcend the party, but when he goes down, they will diminish.

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