The party doesn’t want to lose his KKKultists’ votes, so they happily prostrate themselves before him.

The only bright side being that like all autocratic authoritarian societies. An heir is never part of the plan.

He directs his loyalist how to vote on issues, he tells his opinions on how diplomacy should proceed and his followers don’t believe Biden is the president as it’s all been rigged.

They drank the Kool-Aid

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Ok, after typing the title I was able to answer my own question:

They're either brainwashed or, with regard to politicians like tiny d, they're putting personal ambitions above the well-being of the country.

It's still mind boggling though. It's possible to be a selfish gop fuck while still making sure that the country you live in and claim to love isn't wrecked by a madman. Why set the bar so low?

Back to square one.

lets face it. this is what it boils down to.

They realize they are a minority in this country and they cant handle that. They will do everything they can to seize power, similar to what the whites n south afrika did. they dont care theleader is corrupt as long as they are in power.

If Republicans had wanted to get rid of Trump, they had the perfect opportunity with his second impeachment trial, but they refused to find him guilty and bar him from any future public office. Why? I don’t believe that it was solely fear of what Trump would do to them, as Romney claimed. I think they see Trump as their ticket to gaining control again and passing to make it impossible for Democrats to win enough elections to control Congress or win the WH. Changes in voting laws and access, for example, can eliminate Democratic voters.

Trump can be manipulated through his greed and his need for constant praise. Several foreign leaders easily figured out how to do that during his term in office. Those behind Project 2025 and the tech billionaires who want no regulation of their industry back Trump because he will give them whatever they want. Republicans want Trump as their candidate because they think they can control him, which may get even easier as he slips into dementia and no longer understands what he has or has not promised. In other words, if Trump is elected, the country will be run by an extremist right-wing cabal of people determined to end democratic rule forever.

For the rubes though, that in itself is the driving force. They want to feel like they are in charge and the others aren't.

As for the billionares, they really need to take a hard look at russia. Putin sees their wealth as his, and is reclaiming it rapidly.

Russia also just passed legislation wherein if you criticize the govt, they can seize all your assets - home, money, everything. They don't just jail you, they take everything from you and your family.

That is the rule of despots.

immoral and insane

It just comes down to that.

An old hymn sang growing up in our church. They're dug in, and won't budge. In Jesus' name of course. So, it's all good to them.

the "useful puppet" to the designs/plans/schemes of the likes of Stephen Miller, Steve Bannon, and the worst of his ilk.

Had Hitler not already lost the war, those who ended up with him in the bunkers and later on trial at Nuremberg would surely have continued despite his mental meltdown at the end. That was the plan. Hitler got them where they wanted to be--after that Hermann Göring was fully prepared to helm going forward.