Donald Trump was anti-TikTok until he was all-in.The former president who many moons ago sought to ban the trendy Chinese government-owned social media app while holding office — has not only made a 180-degree switch by launching his very own account — but he's also come forward publicly by promis...
  • disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world
    122·
    6 months ago

    Conservatives have party loyalty, not MAGA loyalty. They ignore the majority of Trump’s ramblings as long as he favors free market, tax loopholes, and covert bigotry and racism. Being “soft on China” adversely impacts the US market, so they spoke out.

    I’m surprised the left isn’t more behind distancing the US economy from China. They’ve been committing genocide for longer than Russia and Israel.

    https://worldwithoutgenocide.org/genocides-and-conflicts/genocide-of-the-uyghurs-in-western-china/china-tibet-and-the-uyghurs

    • Dagwood222@lemm.ee
      8·
      6 months ago

      Conservatives have party loyalty, not MAGA loyalty.

      GOP has had two wings since Nixon came up with the Southern Strategy; the money people and the church people. The church people love Trump unconditionally. They will dump the GOP in a second if the GOP moves away from Trump.

      I like to use this analogy. The GOP is like a high school with the teachers being the money folks. Trump was the new football coach who won a lot of games by feeding the team steroids and meth. Now the teachers are trying to figure out what to do now that the students are burning down the school.

      • disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world
        3·
        6 months ago

        Absolutely. Trump’s stimulation of the party really simplified the difference now. It’s as simple as the difference between covert vs. overt bigotry.

            • Dagwood222@lemm.ee
              2·
              6 months ago

              For fun, look up Nixon era mystery writer Ross Thomas. He started out as a Washington reporter, then became a novelist.

              “The Fools In Town are On Our Side” may be the dirtiest politics book ever written.

              “The Porkchoppers” is a close second.