2. Trump isn't acting like an ordinary ex-president. The closest parallel might be Theodore Roosevelt after 1909, who remained a political powerhouse & thorn in side of actual president culminating in 3rd party run in 2012. But Trump is even beyond that.
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3. Even if Trump doesn't run again in 2024, he's clearly intent on being a powerhouse in GOP & shaping party. Media blackout here isn't working since GOP pols take cues from him & want his blessing (Ohio & Pennsylvania state GOP are good bellwethers here).
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4. One way to think about what Trump is doing is he's styling himself as a government-in-exile, the legitimate president usurped by fraud. Deprived (thankfully) of the outlets that gave him voice in past, he's relying on more motley & fringe figures.
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5. We don't know whether Trump will run again in 2024, but I have to say if he were planning on running he'd be doing what he does now, stirring up base against putatively fraudulent election & compromising RINOs, making Ashli Babbitt into a Horst Wessel-style martyr etc.
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This. This is key.
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I guess they're not Antifa any more...
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