IMO a new top reason Trump is notpalatable has entered top 6

Posted on: October 7, 2024 at 12:17:12 CT

The obvious being:

1. His comical level of stupidity, absence of emotional maturity, and just general inability to learn or understand things

2. That no competent/credible people will associate with him

3. His desperation over his criminal trials

4. Not being constitutionally eligible to hold public office in the United States

5. He is significantly too old

I dont think it rises above any of the aforementioned but in my opinion has entered the top 10 and possibly 6th for reasons Trump is a comically unpalatable and invalid option of President is his being extremely online. Whereas previously all he did was watch TV all day and that shaped his entire world view during his first presidency, he is now totally embedded in right wing internet culture and is the prototypical grandpa who is confused/enraged/tricked by everything. While obviously having one’s worldview shaped by sketchy programming of FoxNews or Newsmax is not ideal there is still some presumption they have some legitimacy to the misinformation they push on people. The internet has no such criteria, he now is extremely online and pretty much only consuming junk and has no capacity to discern what is real. It makes him come off considerably stupidier and older than he even actually is. I think that definitely warrants rising to #6

Edited by FIJItiger at 12:29:17 on 10/07/24