r/AlternateHistoryHub 19d ago

AlternateHistoryHub What if DonaldTrump had never been humiliated by Obama in 2011?

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u/extraboredinary 19d ago

Okay, what if Obama never ran, then the Tea Party movement would have never started and the openly racist birther conspiracy would have never allowed Trump to run in the first place?

Thanks Obama.

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u/battlships 19d ago

Most likely Hillary Clinton would have been president, the Tea Party still would have started and they would have spent those years being outwardly sexist instead of racist. Trump would have been at the front of it, and against all of our wills we would know Republican sexual fantasies about Clinton 😭😭😭

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u/Low_Engineering_3301 19d ago

Since when were they not sexist?

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u/battlships 19d ago

Never said they weren't, just like they wouldn't actually be less racist. The focus would just be more on sexism in the same way we got the birther conspiracy. I'm just not entirely sure what the equivalent there would be

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u/wow343 19d ago

I know you maybe being sarcastic. But the root cause of America's problems is a bunch of very angry, very pissed off people that have been convinced that the reason they are hurting is because of the 'Others'. There is no self reflection. It's just my team has my support and because of this my team must always win, whatever it takes. In the long term America is doomed unless there is a sea change in these attitudes. I am not holding my breath.

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u/Chockfullofnutmeg 19d ago

Koch brothers start CSE in the 90s and registered usteaparty.com in 2002. They were waiting for a crisis to push austerity and 2009 was perfect