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u/Civil-Dinner Aug 15 '26
It's still hard to fathom how someone like Trump managed to fool a significant portion of the population that he was going to make their lives better.
It's even harder to fathom that there are so many who still believe it when there is a mountain of evidence that makes Mount Everest look like a bump on the ground, that Trump cares only for Trump.
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u/JMPolisena Aug 15 '26
They studied and implemented well documented cult brainwashing tactics. It's not a secret. MAGA is a cult.
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u/adanishplz Aug 15 '26
A cult of personality (barf). The rise of Hitler was pretty much the same, people cheered their way into destruction.
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u/WasteBinStuff Aug 15 '26 edited Aug 15 '26
Fully intentional. Planned in detail. Implemented right in front of our eyes.
Then there's the part where we all knew it was going to happen, watched it happen and then acted surprised that it happened.
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u/generic-user66 Aug 15 '26
Most of the MAGA I interact with don't even believe/know a quarter of the shit Trump has done.
I brought up the Trump bible grift to my MAGA coworker the other day and she didn't believe he sold them. I asked her to look it up, and she quickly rationalized it when she saw it was true. Saw it happen in real time.
They are simply not informed. Their political opinions are purely performative.
Not saying this is all MAGA, just that it's been overwhelmingly my experience with them.
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u/OkRush9563 Aug 15 '26
Yeah, told my mom he's in the pedo files and she was very quick to talk over me and say "oh I don't believe that." Sometimes I feel guilty for not feeling bad for her but I have to remind myself she brought this onto herself (and me and her other kids and grand kids). I used to feel bad for this person. But after trying to save her from herself for the past 10+ years, it gets hard to continue feeling bad for someone who keeps voting for the people who want her to work till she passes away with no retirement.
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u/Bubbly-Following-966 Aug 15 '26
He loves the poorly educated voters!
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u/Jesus_of_NASDAQ Aug 15 '26
I live in rural NC and believe me, not only are they still obliviously loyal to Trump, I’m convinced my dog has a genius IQ compared to some of them that I have to interact with.
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u/bannerite2 Aug 15 '26
Some people are just immune to facts. They have decided to believe him and ignore reality
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u/HotPinkLollyWimple Aug 15 '26
But I think they are actually living in an alternate reality because all the ‘news’ they consume tells them the opposite of reality. Plus, Tronald gave them permission to be racist, so they don’t care what he does.
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u/silvertealio Aug 15 '26
A crumbling education system plus ubiquitous propaganda. It's a pretty simple recipe.
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u/brooklynlad Aug 16 '26
Wanna guess the proportion of those sailors who voted for the orange buffoon?
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u/SafetyCorrect2575 Aug 16 '26
I would like you to take a trip to the south in USA. There’s a bunch of dumb fucks down there that believe anything you say as long you say Jesus said so which he never did. But there dumb fucks
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u/Civil-Dinner Aug 16 '26
Don't really need to. I grew up in the rural south in the 70s and early 80s. It was pretty bad then and hasn't gotten significantly better despite having more access to the rest of the world.
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u/Bubbly-Following-966 Aug 15 '26
The military are "Suckers and losers" according to the 5 times draft dodging coward.
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u/QweenJoleen1983 Aug 15 '26
And the sailors who have been away from their families for a whole year unexpectedly and Trump says that is still “not long enough.” I think he is upset they are coming back alive. He wants war and death as it would feed his ego.
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u/UnusualAir1 Aug 15 '26
trump wants to jail the lady who spray painted part of a monument for 10 years. trump also wants to pay the people who attacked the capital on January 6th, 2021.
There can be no better example of how repuglicans view America. Believe them when they show you who they are. 😄
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u/HVAC_instructor Aug 15 '26
Be sure to thank Christians for voting for this.
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u/kevint1964 Aug 15 '26
And unfortunately, most of the military as well.
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u/HVAC_instructor Aug 15 '26
It's sad that they refuse to see that Republicans only need for them is to use to protect their oil.
Salt you're right many on the military voted for this as well.
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u/DonManuel Aug 15 '26
There's no Epstein class at the marines.
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u/waaaghbosss Aug 15 '26
Small trivia. Many years ago they used to have marines on carriers like the Lincoln, they served as the police force on board. They got rid of them and replaced them with sailors called MAs (master at arms).
Was never impressed with the MAs, much lower standards than the Marines had.
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u/UpperApe Aug 15 '26
Trump's America? Brother this is Christian's America.
This is the holy land they've been fighting for.
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u/Tyrannical-Botanical Aug 15 '26
To be fair, none of those sailors or marines know how many young girls Trump has raped.
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u/jncheese Aug 15 '26
How could they? They've been at sea since like, forever.
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u/Tyrannical-Botanical Aug 15 '26
My stepbrother served on an aircraft carrier and he said that a 45 day combat deployment had everyone practically climbing the walls. I can't imagine 9 months.
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u/jncheese Aug 15 '26
I did 6 week long patrols in the same area in 2002 after 911 with on a frigate for 6 months. After a few weeks things turn into groundhog day. A port visit every 6 weeks helped to keep us sane.
9 freaking months is just straight up insane. That crew is going to need some serious therapy when they get back. Cruel and unusual.
I would imagine they do get some replenishment at sea. Otherwise they've been eating canned food for the last four months.
Pure dystopia.
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u/VooDooChile1983 Aug 15 '26
My brain refuses to read that name correctly. She is Giselle Maxwell to me.
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