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Trump's Post-Presidency and Losing the Rally High

from #231 - Giuliani And The River of Gold | The Tim Dillon Show · #231

3 min

Speculating on Trump's future after leaving office, arguing his 'magic' was making the implausible plausible and that without rallies he'll just seem like a crank playing golf.

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  • Trump's post-presidency will likely see him as a Republican Party figurehead, possibly still running despite being 'crazy enough.'
  • Tim doubts conspiracy theories about Trump's arrest but acknowledges he might be smart to flee to a country with no extradition.
  • Trump will decompress and move permanently to Mar-a-Lago, but losing access to rallies will kill him.
  • The rallies were everything—Trump was a grifter who became a god through the in-person crowd experience he'd never had before.
  • Trump's real magic was making the implausible plausible—the idea that a guy like him could win and be president.
  • Without the presidency, he becomes just a crank yelling, and people lose investment because the crank is no longer in power.
  • Tim suspects Trump believes he's running in 2024 but doubts he'll make it alive given his diet and alleged drug use.
  • Narcissism might be the ultimate survival mechanism—a soulless narcissist grips life better than anyone else.
  • Trump will play golf, get fat, tweet constantly, and be ignored—no longer remarkable.
  • Eventually people will remark how much damage Trump could still do despite being out of power.
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