[ExI] Trump suggests letting Iran ‘take out’ Los Angeles and San Diego

[Adrian Tymes]

On Thu, Oct 8, 2026, 10:50 AM spike jones via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> *But John, while you are on that topic, focus on this question: why did
> the opposition party, with the advantage of being the incumbent, lose to a
> former president whose approval ratings were average?  To this day I have
> not heard a convincing answer to that.  Perhaps you can offer one.*
>

There were multiple reasons, but it bears noting that, in 2024 as of
Election Day, the Democrats were no longer running the incumbent.  This has
been cited as a factor in a significant number of voters' decisions to not
vote for Harris, whether or not they voted for Trump.

This can be seen as an act of self sabotage, similar to certain
antidemocratic tactics they used to secure Clinton's 2016 primary victory
that turned a number of voters against Clinton in the general.

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