Practically yes, though with present company considered I'd like to point out that they are less the "Trump-Cultist bloc" as they are the "America First / anti-establishment bloc".
I bet if Mike Lindell randomly decided to run for president, he could convince many Trump voters to give him their votes, assuming he talked American manufacturing, the federal reserve, and smashing the deep state. Hell even Alex Jones could get a lot of those votes. (theirs and nobody else's...) Ron Paul obviously.
Trump started a movement that many of his voters do not believe DeSantis would continue. You could say they are not strategically wise, but it doesn't necessarily make them a cult of personality. This is not related to anything else you said, I just wanted to get it out of the way before the DeSantis fans in the audience jump on that as proof of something.
Practically yes, though with present company considered I'd like to point out that they are less the "Trump-Cultist bloc" as they are the "America First / anti-establishment bloc".
I'd say the majority are America First block, but the there's still probably around some large minority of Trump supporters that are staunchly: Trump only. And, frankly, (waves hands) we're gonna need them to over-come 5-10 points of voter fraud.
They're not strategically wise at all, but it's not exactly a cult.
I think the better term is "Trump Loyalist". There are some people to whom, Trump was such a boon, they wouldn't go for anyone else, and see them as their representative/leader. I don't even think most Trump supporters are that, but there's a fair few who are. These are people who stopped voting maybe 20 years ago, or even never voted because they were so disenfranchized, they just didn't think it was worth it. And Trump, personally, changed that mentality in them. It's going to be a struggle to keep them without a Trump endorsement, and even then, I don't think a Trump endorsement is as powerful as Trump himself.
For the majority of of the America First populists (of which I see myself as one kind), I don't trust DeSantis because he's surrounding himself and making himself fiscally dependent on worse people than Trump did. There really is a big Mitt Romney feel to his campaign, and I don't think they are doing well.
I think he's actually genuine at resisting wokeness, but I feel like he's actually making himself friends in all the wrong places. To me, the Kanye-Trump blip is stupid as hell, but not dangerous. DeSantis's donors and book deals make me fucking nervous. There is no limit to what the establishment will do to purge the MAGA movement, and destroying both Trump and DeSantis is a major win.
Practically yes, though with present company considered I'd like to point out that they are less the "Trump-Cultist bloc" as they are the "America First / anti-establishment bloc".
I bet if Mike Lindell randomly decided to run for president, he could convince many Trump voters to give him their votes, assuming he talked American manufacturing, the federal reserve, and smashing the deep state. Hell even Alex Jones could get a lot of those votes. (theirs and nobody else's...) Ron Paul obviously.
Trump started a movement that many of his voters do not believe DeSantis would continue. You could say they are not strategically wise, but it doesn't necessarily make them a cult of personality. This is not related to anything else you said, I just wanted to get it out of the way before the DeSantis fans in the audience jump on that as proof of something.
I'd say the majority are America First block, but the there's still probably around some large minority of Trump supporters that are staunchly: Trump only. And, frankly, (waves hands) we're gonna need them to over-come 5-10 points of voter fraud.
They're not strategically wise at all, but it's not exactly a cult.
I think the better term is "Trump Loyalist". There are some people to whom, Trump was such a boon, they wouldn't go for anyone else, and see them as their representative/leader. I don't even think most Trump supporters are that, but there's a fair few who are. These are people who stopped voting maybe 20 years ago, or even never voted because they were so disenfranchized, they just didn't think it was worth it. And Trump, personally, changed that mentality in them. It's going to be a struggle to keep them without a Trump endorsement, and even then, I don't think a Trump endorsement is as powerful as Trump himself.
For the majority of of the America First populists (of which I see myself as one kind), I don't trust DeSantis because he's surrounding himself and making himself fiscally dependent on worse people than Trump did. There really is a big Mitt Romney feel to his campaign, and I don't think they are doing well.
I think he's actually genuine at resisting wokeness, but I feel like he's actually making himself friends in all the wrong places. To me, the Kanye-Trump blip is stupid as hell, but not dangerous. DeSantis's donors and book deals make me fucking nervous. There is no limit to what the establishment will do to purge the MAGA movement, and destroying both Trump and DeSantis is a major win.