Everything Is Going Wrong For Trump In 2024
Everything had to go right for Trump to win in 2016. Trump needs a replay of eight years ago in 2024, but this time everything is going wrong.
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Donald Trump Is Having A Very Bad Year
It took a confluence of several factors to align perfectly for Donald Trump to win the 2016 election. Trump needed a Republican primary field that was weak and lacked a frontrunner. He also needed Democrats to be divided and not universally behind their nominee.
Since Trump had no money to spend on his own campaign. He needed a ton of free media. Donald Trump also needed an electorate beyond the far-right racism and anti-Obama hate that was ready for something different and frankly lulled into complacency after eight years of steady presidential leadership from Barack Obama.
Trump also needed a gullible media that was willing to push Russian election interference for the sake of ratings.
Donald Trump got all of those things and still barely got into the White House in 2016.
The ex-president still needs all of those things, along with beating dozens of felony charges, to have a chance at returning to the White House.
So far, 2024 has been the opposite of 2016. As we will talk about below, in 2024, everything is going wrong for Donald Trump.
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