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Summary

Donald Trump's influence on global right-wing politics is waning as his association increasingly becomes a political liability.

In the UK, Nigel Farage's popularity has dropped, with 53% of Reform Party supporters now viewing Trump unfavorably. This shift undermines Farage’s chances of political success.

Internationally, leaders like Canada’s Pierre Poilievre and Italy’s Giorgia Meloni are distancing themselves from Trump.

Meanwhile, Trump's economic promises have faltered, with US growth forecasts down and stock markets struggling.

The fading appeal of Trumpism marks the end of his ideological hold on Westminster politics.

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Trump's playbook is Attack, Deny and Never Admit Defeat. This is no joke, he's not going to let reality spoil the party.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago

Yeah, he's a malignant narcissist. You just described their playbook. DARVO: Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim/Offender. They have no accountability, they constantly blame and accuse their victims, and they absolutely NEVER apologize for their disgraceful behaviour, because it's always your fault, not theirs.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 days ago

PP is distancing himself from Trump?? OK. He really just changes with the political wind. He has no convictions, ideologies, or principles that he’s willing to stand behind. He just spouts whatever he thinks will garner him votes. Canadians! Get out and vote on April 28th! We need an experienced and steady Captain at the helm for the rough waters ahead. VOTE CARNEY, VOTE CARNEY, VOTE CARNEY

[–] [email protected] 34 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Trump killing off farage would be a pleasant surprise. These assholes are like Teflon men, you would think they couldn't continue after their reputations are tarnished, but they always seem to rise again.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago

'Masters of the Return' like dangerous politicians, toxic influencers, child-molesters, con artists, neighbours-from-hell, serial adulterers (to give a few examples) keep recycling the same old behaviours because behind what they do is a pathology, a closed loop with no exit ramp, a compulsion they rarely have enough insight to acknowledge or control. How do these parasites/predators keep finding victims to exploit? Because society constantly creates a supply of new victims to use. Behind every victim there is a matching pathology, usually going back to childhood abuse or neglect, that sets them up to be abused.

Thus in a society like Britain, we have a minority of sociopaths and psychopaths (1% or less), a large group of people with sub-optimal childhood experiences (some measures might say as many as 80% have poor childhoods and thus grew up to some degree vulnerable to be exploited in adult life), that leaves very few citizens who had a good enough start in life to not become either an abuser or a victim (maybe as few as 19% or one in five of us).

What is a shock to me is that the ideal of how we should be, is actually a minority experience. Few people are what we call 'normal'. Actually, 'normal' is the exception not the rule. Our politics has not kept pace with reality. We need politics to see itself as a branch of therapeutics - see it as necessary in order to heal society. Sadly, politics is one area of life which has very few 'normal' people in it - not even one in five MPs is psychologically healthy, more than 1% are sociopaths. People like that cannot fix politics any more than they can fix their own pathologies. Starmer and his Cabinet are same as Farage and Reform, in that they are not mentally healthy and not offering the kind of politics we actually need.

If I had to guess, I'd say this level of pathology is required by capitalism and will only end if we curtail capitalism to protect ourselves i.e. capitalism harms us in childhood, we grow up exploitable, and capitalism duly exploits us - ultimately it is profitable to hurt kids. To be able to exploit people capitalism requires a supply of sociopaths, so such people are not just tolerated under capitalism but promoted into powerful positions and weaponised to exploit the rest. The good news is that just by being normal, giving your kids and others close to you a healthy, well-nurtured, psychologically normal life - being just normal humans, good mams and dads, happy kids - is actually radical politics and helps the push back against tyranny. I reckon this is one deep reason why capitalists hate stuff that promotes good human relations e.g. woke stuff, gender politics, trans rights, stuff that heals and empowers 'ordinary people' who would otherwise have just been victims. A happy child will not grow up to be anyone's doormat. That's the hidden revolution going on right now.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago

Worst. Vampire. Ever.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 3 days ago (4 children)

In Canada, both parties are accusing each other of being aligned with Trump

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

In Britain our most powerful parties are competing to kiss Trump's massive arse - our Prime Minister 'likes and respects Trump'. Honestly, Starmer, get a room! Ugh! I am sick of being shamed by my politicians.

I hope Canada elects leaders who will tell Trump to get lost. You need Zelenskyy energy. You deserve it. Give 'Uncle Spam' hell, Canada!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

Man starmer is such a disappointment... I was so happy for my British cousins when you finally voted out the Tories, but it seems like there's barely any change in the policies or even just vibe..

[–] [email protected] 30 points 3 days ago

One clearly is though

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 days ago

Benny Hill music intensifies.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Yes. Let this house collapse. Today if at all possible.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

The faster, and harder, the better it will be for EVERYONE. Well, except the rich Americans

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 days ago

He's a cult leader. Cult leader's spells are only broken when they die.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

God I hope so

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago

I do worry though for a sort of dig in in their policies. Similar to Putin before the invasion. A lot of the far right said that "yes, a strong autocrat, masculin, anti-woke, homophobic person like Putin would be the saviour of Europe". Now some of them, like almost split in the middle, stopped saying "those things are good, look at Putin", but lost no support after the invasion. With Trump its going to be a similar thing, is my worry. "Yeah, but Trump is a bafoon, but massdeportation, autocracy, and capital's control over the government are still important, we will just to ot the proper way" is what it will move to. And of course a lot of europeans, even on the far right, will breath a deep sigh of relief that they can call Trump a bafoon. I think, or worry more like it, it will marginally affect the support for the fra-right, if at all, the liberals that has not already joined the far-right or the socdems will try to shoehorn in a comparison to Trump at every argument, and they will get nowhere.

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