• moistclump@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    My god when Trump did his presidential announcement way back when, I was thinking this is going to be a weird few months while he does this publicity thing and then doesn’t get elected and we’ll never talk about him again until his next weird announcement. Here we are 8 years later. What a ride it’s been. I literally don’t think we could have come up with this in 2012. We wouldn’t have been creative enough.

    • Spaceinv8er@sh.itjust.works
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      2 months ago

      Dude I remember seeing the first debate before going on a backpacking trip with my parents.

      My parents at the time I considered Republican, but not conservative. When they saw the debate they laughed and made jokes that the dude will never win.

      Then when I came closer to the election, they turned around. Thinking he was awesome and the answer to the “government” problem.

      Now, they aren’t hard-line Trump supporters, but their views have definitely changed towards being a lot more conservative. I’ve seen their stances change quite a bit since then.