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In reply to the discussion: My Spidey senses are acting up [View all]Metaphorical
(2,560 posts)Trump was a known quantity, and his reputation among Hispanics in particular was never great. Yet somehow in the four years from the 2020 election to the 2024 election, you saw a massive swing toward Trump, only for the numbers to nearly reverse with the 2025 election. Demographics can change, but very very seldom do they do so that dramatically.
I would look very closely at both Musk and Thiel, along with Eric Prince. DOGE was Trump's payoff to Musk, but Musk proved himself too obnoxious to be that close to the center of power for long. I also think that this was the kind of thing they only could have pulled off once, because there are now too many people watching more closely to trip them up. This is part of why Trump's reaction this time around was so ham-handed - the wheels on the conspiracy bus are beginning to come off.