Peter Zeihan
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I do not.
The Republican Party is gone.
The national security conservatives, the fiscal conservatives, the business conservatives, the law and order conservatives have all been ejected from the party.
It is simply Trump now.
So assuming that Trump is still alive when we get to that point, he will handpick whoever it is, and whoever it is will then have to toe the line with him on everything until such time as the election happens.
Because if they don't, he will then change his choice.
And he retains a cult-like devotion from MAGA, and he will be able to do that without a problem, no matter what his mental state happens to be.
The Democrats are simply chaotic.
They've lost the Hispanics.
They've lost organized labor.
They've lost the youth vote.
So the idea that either of these sides can win ever again is kind of funny.
But someone has to lose more.
And so I have no prediction whatsoever because they're just in a race to the bottom in terms of their capacity to attract anyone.
The strength on both sides is their ability to repel voters.
And I can't tell you which one is worse right now.
Yeah, well, I mean, first, let's start by saying that the U.S.
president, whoever it happens to be, is the most powerful person in history and typically the most powerful person in the world.
Trump, no exception to that.
To say that he's not having an impact is not what I'm going for.