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Apocalypse delayed: Trump keeps promising a doom that never comes (www.nbcnews.com)

submitted 13 hours ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world

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Trump predicted that if Biden won, the economy would crash, crime would soar and Christmas would be canceled. None of that happened, but he's reusing those claims anyway.

If the election does not go his way, the economy will tank, Christmas will be canceled, and America as we know it will be “finished,” Donald Trump promised in the run-up to the 2020 election.

That race did not go his way, of course, and none of Trump’s prophesied cataclysms materialized under Joe Biden’s presidency. But that has not stopped Trump from recycling some of the same dark portents about a Kamala Harris presidency.

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[-] Rapidcreek@lemmy.world 52 points 13 hours ago

Fear and hate are the cornerstones of his campaign since he started it 9 years ago.

[-] orclev@lemmy.world 17 points 13 hours ago

Which makes sense as they're the cornerstones of Fox News and Trump is just a walking talking distillation of all the worst parts of Fox News. At least he was at the start. Now Fox News isn't cutting it so he needed something harder and started doing OAN, and most recently has been dabbling in uncut Facebook and Twitter.

[-] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 11 points 12 hours ago

They're the cornerstone of fascism, and Trump, his voters, and Fox News are fascists.

[-] ThePantser@lemmy.world 6 points 13 hours ago

Good thing Kamala and Tim came along to do an intervention

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