# How is trump still a viable candidate for president? Really, how?

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**Created:** [May 12, 2023, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-trump-still-a-viable-candidate-for-president-really-how/983949 "2023-05-12T14:28:40Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 17, 2023, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-trump-still-a-viable-candidate-for-president-really-how/983949/709 "2023-10-17T14:16:03Z")

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> [@JKellyMap](#):
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> Highlighting Trump’s rifts with fellow Republicans was one of the few things that worked. Highlighting any issue — ANY issue — didn’t put a dent in his support.

The old time-tested ‘divide and conquer’ strategy-- I like it.

In the ‘trumpist headlines that sound like Onion-style joke headlines’ thread, this was posted:

> [@Real headlines related to trump and his enablers that sound like made-up 'The Onion'-style joke headlines](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-headlines-related-to-trump-and-his-enablers-that-sound-like-made-up-the-onion-style-joke-headlines/991652/55):
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> Does this one count? [Biden Joins Trump’s Truth Social Site ‘Because We Thought It Would Be Very Funny’](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/biden-joins-truth-social-trump_n_652d8f03e4b00565b6211516)

In addition to, yes, it is amusing that the Biden administration is trolling trump’s social platform, it is nice to read that the Biden Admin is doing some of that. From **Horatius** ’ article post:

> Biden’s campaign has already made several posts, some which feature Republican politicians such as [Sen. Tim Scott](https://truthsocial.com/@BidenHQ/posts/111246223475921252) (S.C.), former UN ambassador [Nikki Haley](https://truthsocial.com/@BidenHQ/posts/111246098022578742) and Florida Rep. [Matt Gaetz](https://truthsocial.com/@BidenHQ/posts/111246059873143094)criticizing or disagreeing with Trump.
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> “We will be leveraging the fact that Republicans can sometimes be our best messengers,” a campaign official told Fox News.

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