We couldn't do anything about it back then, because we had to look forward instead of backwards. Besides, he was so unpopular when he left office in January of 2021. What are the odds that he could regain support of the base in the four years he spent shitposting from a Silicon Valley subsidized loudspeaker?

Honestly, I think you miss the real culprit of Trump's return to power. Transgender people demanding civil rights, college students protesting US-backed genocide, and all those stupid idiots complaining about return-to-work policies during a pandemic are the real perpetrators of Trumpism. If democrats had just been allowed to pivot a teensy bit to the right to capture the Swing Trump Voter, we wouldn't be in this situation.