He's so unlikable. Being a douche is one thing, but he tries so hard to be edgy, which is worse.
this post was submitted on 06 Sep 2026
26 points (88.2% liked)
politics
31040 readers
1493 users here now
Welcome to the discussion of US Politics!
Rules:
- Post only links to articles. Title must fairly describe link contents. If your title differs from the site’s, it should only be to add context or be more descriptive. Do not post entire articles in the body or in the comments.
Links must be to the original source, not an aggregator like Google Amp, MSN, or Yahoo.
Example:
- Articles must be relevant to US politics and contain quality and original content. Social Media adjacent hosts like Substack are allowed, but ONLY if they tie back to a company/subsidiary. No personal or friend group blogs and no self-promotion. Articles should be worth reading. Clickbait, stub articles, and re-hosted or stolen content are not allowed. Check your source for Reliability and Bias here.
- Be civil, No violations of TOS. It’s OK to say the subject of an article is behaving like a (pejorative, pejorative). It’s NOT OK to say another USER is (pejorative). Strong language is fine, just not directed at other members. Engage in good-faith and with respect! This includes accusing other users of being bots or paid actors.
- No memes, trolling, misinformation, or low-effort posts/comments (including reposts). If you see posts like this that anger you, do not engage. Report, block, and live a happier life than they do. Any slap-fight is subject to comment removals. Fights full of rule violations will result in temporary bans to cool off.
- No manipulating votes via bots or alt accounts; this will result in permanent bans. Vote based on comment quality, not agreement. This community aims to foster discussion; please reward people for putting effort into articulating their viewpoint, even if you disagree with it.
- No hate speech, slurs, celebrating death, advocating violence, or abusive language. This will result in an account ban. Usernames containing racist, or inappropriate slurs will be permanently banned.
We ask that the users report any comment or post that violate the rules and use critical thinking when reading, posting, and commenting. Users that repeatedly have comments or posts removed, weaponize reports, or violate the code of conduct, will be banned.
All posts and comments will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. This means that some content that violates the rules may be allowed, while other content that does not violate the rules may be removed. The moderators retain the right to remove any content and ban users. The reason(s) behind moderator action(s) are publicly available through the Modlog.
That's all the rules!
Civic Links
• Congressional Awards Program
• Library of Congress Legislative Resources
• U.S. House of Representatives
Partnered Communities:
• News
founded 3 years ago
MODERATORS
“Scorpion comforts frog.”
Least charismatic politician. Trump dying would derail MAGAs grab for total power, or at least set it back.
MAGA is a classic cult of personality, and the moment that Trump assumes room temperature, MAGA dies with him. The rest of these losers are totally being held up by Trump, and without him, the knives will come out, and the most vicious back-stabbing we've ever seen will begin.
They all have out-of-control narcissistic personalities, so they all think they deserve to be his successor, including political acolytes, but also family. Don Jr, Eric, and Kushner all see themselves as successors, possibly even Ivanka.
But the truth is, without Trump, the street level MAGA will lose interest, and go back to supporting televangelists, and all those MAGA politicians will find themselves on the wrong side of EVERYTHING, with nobody supporting them. The rest are the White Supremacists, and they'll just go back to being ignored.
I'm imagining the scene in Succession where Kendall's on the phone, trying to play hardball with an investor like his dad did. Turned out he wasn't good at it, and the investor never appreciated being hardballed in the first place.
Does anyone actually take this giant douche seriously?
I guess the people signing his cheques think he's cool.
That would be Peter Theil.