There's nobody "on the bench" behind Trump. There should be a clear frontrunner for future Presidential elections. Either Trump wins in 2024 and he's ineligible in 2028, or Trump loses in 2024 and then he's too old to try again in 2028 (and nobody should support him after 2 failed runs).

This is by design by the left. Why do you think they're so aggressive nowadays about deplatforming people? Whenever a celebrity shows the ability to think for themselves, they're fired, cancelled, and their career is over nobody will hire them again.

By following a policy of aggressive deplatforming, that prevents the right from having any future leaders. Trump was popular before aggressive deplatforming was a thing. It's literally impossible today for someone else "not approved" to get an audience as large as Trump. They would be deplatformed/fired/cancelled before they get enough of an audience to matter.

For example, suppose you're a prolific and popular right-wing poster on YouTube. You might have 1000+ hours of video uploaded. If in those 1000 hours, there's 5 minutes where you say something offensive, that's the justification for deplatforming you and kicking you off the Internet. You can make your own website or go to big tech alternatives, but you'll lose most of your normies. And "what's offensive" is always retroactively applied. If you say something that was fine at the time, but is offensive according to the standards 10 years from now, that's justification for deplatforming you.

One example of this was Stefan Molyneux. He was really popular on YouTube, but he said some "non approved" things in a few of his many videos. He was kicked off YouTube/Twitter/FaceBook/etc. He went to his own website, but he claims he lost 95%+ of his audience. When he was still on YouTube, he was popular enough to earn a decent living. Now he earns 5%-10% of what he earned before. He can't even get a regular job anymore because his reputation is too toxic.

What you're going to see is people who look and sound like Trump, but then when the chips are down and they get elected, they cuck out and accomplish nothing.

Even if Trump does somehow win in 2024, he'll still have the Deep State fighting him at every turn and then we're in 2028 back to the same problem. If a Democrat President gets elected in 2028, it'll be open borders again and any progress Trump made on illegal immigration is erased.

One theory I'm hopeful of is that there are some influential people, not just Trump, who realize the country is in trouble and are trying to correct course. Some people in this category might be Elon Musk and Bill Ackman. But there are just too many bigger forces on the side of destruction - Soros, Rothschild, Schwab, Larry Fink, and others. Musk's personal wealth is just a drop in the bucket compared to the resources those guys control.

Right now, it just seems like all the forces are organized favoring destruction. I don't see a way out. If the course somehow is corrected, that's going to take at least a few decades, and by then I'll be too old for it to matter to me. In the meantime, all those college students cheering Hamas are going to be future leaders - politicians, CEOs, bureaucrats, journalists. If only current Harvard students got to vote, the US policy probably would be to declare war on Israel in support of Hamas, fully open borders let Muslim invaders conquer the country by demographic replacement.

Trump's conviction of all 34 counts in the NYC kangaroo court

Funny how this is an after thought, just a small part of a large post, rather than the main topic itself. I've seen a similar phenomenon on other forums. When Trump is charged with something or loses a case, it's seen as insignificant or no big deal.

There was a time when something like this happening to a former US President would be a huge deal. Now it seems like just another routine event as if there is nothing to see here.

Of course the mainstream media is trying to turn this circus into a reverse OJ situation. ABC was actually following his limo like the media was following OJ when he was in that white Ford Bronco.

That doesn't take anything away from your post though as you bring up some excellent points. DeSantis seemed to be on his way there before he sabotaged himself.

I see Trump's increasing support across all demographics as being driven by the dreadful state of our economy, rampant illegal immigration and crime. The people feeling it the most are the black communities in the sanctuary cities. They're lower income people and the Democrats have abandoned them in favor of the illegal migrants. Black communities rely on the support of the government and they're mad as hell that a big part of their support is now being given to the illegals instead.

There are those blacks that are cultish "Trump's my nigga, he's a gangster" types, but also its a result of the Democrat's lawfare against him. Especially since he has a mugshot and is now a convicted felon. Blacks consider him a brother now. They understand lawfare. He's accepted as one of "them" now so his popularity has increased substantially among that population.

I see MAGA as a solid base of people that are tired of endless support for foreign wars, illegal immigration, economic unfairness, government censorship and corruption. Maybe at this time there isn't a clear leader in the Republican party that can carry the torch from Trump, but there will be one over the next four years. I think Trump will groom someone. MAGA will only grow stronger IMO.

We're pretty much done for if Trump doesn't win this election. I know he won't cave and we shouldn't either in support of him. They can't make him irrelevant, only we can. Regardless, the movement he created will live on because most people agree that we need to concentrate on making America better for the citizens of the country.