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Some folks on the right arent gonna like what Im about to say but its time to cut Trump loose end of story. He needs to stay the fuck out of 2024 absolutely. The Dems didnt even make him an issue and he managed to poison the well on the GOP clearly. His candidates did not fare well at all outside of JD Vance in Ohio and maybe a couple others.
i think the big problem with this would be how you would instantly alienate 15% of the republican voters who identify as Q-caliber MAGA.

they wanted to literally hang Pence because he refused to ratify election results. they arent going to vote for desantis because desantis isnt one of them. there arent going to be any compelling ben garrison cartoons about desantis. flynn isnt going to keep doing his christian nationalist g gordon liddy schtick for desantis.

and where this all makes me nervous is russia literally cant afford to let trump get sidelined, knowing as they do that trump loyalists like MTG are going to cut ukraine aid off cold once trump is in power again. so they will probably resort to literally anything to make biden look weak. and the cycle of fucking around and finding out gets very scary when that math is in the mix.
I still think desantis beats trump in primary if he chooses to run. He will be 77/78 and likely experiencing some health and cognitive decline issues. I don’t expect him to be the same trump from before. On top of it republicans need to realize that running a candidate that is incapable of winning popular vote is a horrible strategy.

There seems to be a thought that only way Biden runs again is if trump does too. That’s how little the dems think of trump. But they won’t let Biden run against any legitimate Republican contender.

That being said I can’t imagine Biden being in any shape to take on trump. Would literally be a death pool between those guys.