It’s become yet another subsidiary of Trump Inc.

It’s become yet another subsidiary of Trump Inc.

When historians chronicle the end of the Grand Old Party, they may mark 2024 as the turning point. Something called the Republican Party will surely exist for years to come, like a legacy brand subsumed by a competitor, but it appears to be coming to its end as a functional party. Instead, the Republican Party has become just another subsidiary of Donald Trump Inc.

Yesterday, Trump announced his effective takeover of the Republican National Committee, endorsing Michael Whatley, the chair of the North Carolina GOP, as chair; his daughter-in-law, Lara Trump, as co-chair; and one of his top campaign advisers, Chris LaCivita, as chief operating officer. LaCivita will reportedly also remain with the Trump presidential campaign, splitting time. The current chair of the party, Ronna McDaniel, is stepping down because of pressure from Trump.

Officially, these are only recommendations, but they seem nearly certain to become reality.

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  • mozz@mbin.grits.dev
    11·
    9 months ago

    Didn’t Trump’s botched covid response kill like a million Americans within our borders and lead to the biggest economic catastrophe in living memory? Seems like not doing that again would be a good way to start fixing what’s within our borders. The fact that Trump is an epic disaster abroad, in no way means he’s not an epic disaster domestically.

    • JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world
      72·
      9 months ago

      Trump is an epic disaster. Period. Not sure what you inferred from my post that states otherwise. We have roughly half of the population who steadfast want trump back, and a growing number of discontents who cant see people hard at work trying to fix the problems because Biden can’t wave a wand and fix the middle east problem, so will vote against the Dems. Trump is gonna happen if that second bunch of clowns follows through.

      • mozz@mbin.grits.dev
        5·
        9 months ago

        Oh, got it. My apologies; I thought you were a Trump supporter saying young Democrats were the whiners. And yes I 100% agree with you about anyone on the left who wants to not support Biden, because he’s not golden enough to vote for him to prevent the end of the world.

      • NoneOfUrBusiness@kbin.social
        13·
        9 months ago

        because Biden can’t wave a wand and fix the middle east problem, so will vote against the Dems.

        Uh… People were literally found guilty in the Numenberg trials for less than what Biden does for Israel.