Matt (zeldatra)'s status on Wednesday, 16-Mar-16 01:26:27 UTC
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@rarity The way I see it, and I HATE that this is the case, in the long term, a Trump presidency might be a much-needed wake-up call, and here's why. I don't think either Hillary or Trump will be re-elected in 2020. If Hillary Clinton wins in 2016, the anti-establishment mentality is going to get SO big that we'll probably elect somebody even MORE extreme in 2020. On the other hand, if Trump wins, the Republican party is going to hell in a handbasket and from there we have two paths. If Trump DOES in fact get re-elected in 2020, it'll either be because a) a major terrorist attack happened in 2017 and he used that fear to carry him through another election, a-la George Bush, or b) he's somehow managed to not be terrible. But I don't think he'd get re-elected. The second he gets sworn in he will become the butt of EVERY problem in America. Anyway, after that first term, somebody more moderate will definitely take office.
