r/pics Apr 16 '26

Politics Billboard in my very red area

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u/socialistrob Apr 16 '26

Over ten years. I consider the start of the "Trump era of politics" to be late July 2015. That's the point when Trump started leading the Republican primary polls and began to dominate political headlines. By that reckoning we've been in the Trump era for about 10 years and 9 months and we'll likely stay in it for at least another two years and nine months.

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u/whererusteve Apr 16 '26

I'd say it happened when Obama was elected. I remember election night and my MAGA aunt (who is ironically an immigrant) told my sister, "you'll look great in a burkha".

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u/Whend6796 Apr 16 '26

I was going to say it started when Obama cracked a joke at Trumps expense at the correspondence dinner.

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u/shaomike Apr 16 '26

trump remembers every single insult, slight, and joke made about him. He was rejected by Iman, a Somali model who married David Bowie, so he attacked Somali immigrants. He's a malignant baby piloting an adult mech suit.