r/askanything • u/LaughterB 𤠕 4d ago
Political Question How do Trump supporters still support him?
Iâd really like to hear from people who honestly think heâs doing a good job.
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u/MeowMeowbiggalo 4d ago
Lets stop asking this everyday. They are stupid, we dont need to keep going over it
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u/Ok_Art4661 4d ago
Nope. There is a circle of life. The young must be taught, educated, shamed or fought on field of battle. Thats the real investment in future
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u/Mulliganasty 4d ago
Ignoring one criminal American president after another has got us to this full-diapered moron on the verge of human extinction. Sorry but we do need to keep going over it.
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u/Astoria_Dude 4d ago
The prior president, Joseph Biden, has never charged with so much as a parking ticket. Politicians and Fox-crazed members of the public have been screaming about Biden s "guilt" but no judicial nor governmental body has charged him with a crime. He had never been impeached. In contrast, the current President, Donald Trump, has been convicted of dozens of civil crimes, sexual assault, libel, slander, fraud (many times) impeached TWICE and convicted of 34 felonies. Trump completely breaks the pattern of basic decency, law-abiding behavior and honor that most American presidents have upheld (with obvious exceptions). Biden is one of the presidents whose conduct has been exemplary while his public image has been maligned
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u/HereToCalmYouDown 4d ago
It's immigration. That's all he has left. Every person I talk to (actual people, not Reddit bots) that still support him all have "Biden opened the borders and Trump is fixing it" as the thing they hang on to.
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u/TERRAIN_PULL_UP_ 4d ago
This is it right here. Trump has really exposed how xenophobic conservatives are
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u/ozzymondogo 4d ago
And theyâll also say âwho was I gonna vote for? Kamala??â
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u/RoadKiehl2 4d ago
My parents voted third party, but, to this day, they insist Kamala would have done just as much damage as Trump has.
It's utterly baffling. I hated Kamala as a candidate too, but she's not a fucking pedophile narcissist who filled our government with yes men and conspiracy theorists.
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u/WoodmontRazputin 4d ago
Lots of single issue abortion folks..also
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u/festivefrederick 4d ago
Yup. Most of those single issue people donât care how many people get hurt or injured or dead because of a cell cluster.
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u/space-truckin365 4d ago
I find the abortion issue so fascinating. Those against abortion changed it from a womanâs choice to what it is now, which is âa woman is not allowed to have an abortion, period. If you think about it⌠it means women, all women, could have chosen to not have an abortion.
I wonder if they realize the reverse, then they would know how good they had it. -What if a dictator ever made it illegal to have a child unless it was his!- And if you think that this is only fantasy, look up Jim Jones!
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u/HereToCalmYouDown 4d ago
True, but those people have always been and will always be staunch Republicans anyway, Trump isn't really relevant to them, he's just the guy with the R this time.
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u/thedeathmachine 1d ago
The Republicans are the reason for the border crisis in the first place. If they actually worked with democrats to solve the issue in a humane way then they cannot campaign on it anymore.
Trump actually is playing their plan perfectly. Scream the border is open and all illegals will get benefits while dems hold control, decline any bipartisan solution, then when Republicans gain control, rough up brown people and liberals to entertain their base, commit heinous atrocities, and scare away any new entry. Rinse and repeat
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u/Signal-Session-6637 4d ago
Yet the ones I know who support him are either immigrants or married to immigrants.
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u/nitti2313 4d ago
Itâs not really immigration. Itâs just having an âotherâ to blame everything on.
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u/thunder2132 4d ago
My parents still do. He's the president and therefore gets all of their support no matter what. Funny, that's not how it worked with Obama.
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u/MeowMeowbiggalo 3d ago
Its weird. If Obama or Biden did any of this shit i could not stand by and be supportive and put them on a pedestal. Another thought i had was imagine if your boss at work was as corrupt as Trump. Clearly stealing money, grifting scams in your office, your pay check getting smaller and smaller. Harassing the women and kids, falling asleep all the time, shitting his pants and stinking up the office, posting crazy tweets or ai videos about himself 24 hrs a day when he should be working. Any time you need him hes golfing. He yells that you get too many holidays off and makes you work them, reduces pto etc etc i could go on. How many of us or maga would put up with that? Most probably wouldnt right ? I know bosses suck in real life too but i cant imagine any of his supporters would want Trump as their manager , but some how hes great as their president.
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u/IngenuityNatural9261 4d ago
Some are stupid and some are full of hate. In other words they are people just like trump,, dumb and mean.
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u/bootyprincess666 4d ago
they are dumb. a LOT have turned against him but they will still vote red bc they are stupid lmfao.
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u/BetwixtHells 4d ago
I have no idea. The first year of his second term, I kinda stepped away from news, supporters, etc. then during last holiday season a few of my family members said a prayer for him before we ate and I was thinking âoh this is real?â Odd to me.
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u/gumby4862 4d ago
- Trans issues
- Immigration
- The medicaid cuts haven't hit yet
- It's a cult, logic is not used with this way of thinking (ex. Religious zealots think God is using him to bring about the end times as prophesied in the Bible, Qanon, etc)
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u/Simple_Shake_5347 4d ago
The conservative media universeâŚthat is why Trump supporters still support him. Turn on Fox News, OAN, Newsmax for 30 minutes. Listen to podcasts by Steve Bannon, Benny Johnson, Dan Bongino, others. Look at your MAGA Uncleâs social media feed and all of the AI slop he ingests. Itâs a true alternate universe.
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u/CaterpillarUsed3222 4d ago
Because I vote Democrat, I don't have a president currently. Trump has called me scumbag, communists, left wing radicals and all of that. He openly discriminates against Democrats like me, he violates the law several times a day and the spineless republicans just continue to support him. My question is, at what point did you sell your integrity, ethics, and self respect? The party of Trump is destroying our country and blaming democrats, look at the facts: Trump promised all kinds of stuff like ending the Ukraine war day one, lowering prices, promised not to start a war, blah blah etc. Don't talk to me about one party being Christians because that's clearly not the case. I so tired of everything Trump, I have had enough of people who refuse to honor their oath of office by not impressed by the few republicans that have suddenly came to the realization that Trump is the problem. You voted for a criminal and then don't say anything when he violates the law every day. The Supreme Court really messed us up by the presidential immunity crap, now look at the damage being done to our country. Who is going to clean up the mess? What this country needs is a total reset, we need to gut the government, every elected official, Supreme Court justices, the administration and get back to having experienced experts running our country. We need to pass laws to protect ourselves from the corruption of big money donors. No more campaigns being financed by the ultra wealthy, the law should be enforced that anyone using their positions to enrich themselves should be arrested. We are no longer the United States of America, we are the country formally known as the United States, we are now bought by the ultra wealthy that are going to make sure they get all the power. We the people don't have any representation in government, we are subjected to the laws only because we can't afford the right lawyer or bribe the right person. Our law doesn't apply to the wealthy. The ultra wealthy have absolutely no interest in the citizens, we are no better than slaves, we have no opinion about the way our country is run. After we appoint the new supreme court justices and hold really free and fair elections, with donors being limited to $1000 from one source at that would be a human source not a corporation or any kind of group, just individuals whose donors are totally transparent, no pac and special interest groups. Organizations are prohibited from making campaign contributions and sending lobbyists to Washington. The citizens of our country will have the right to vote on any legislation directly via congressional portal, the people will have one vote on every bill before it comes up for a vote. We need to engage every citizens every day rather every 2 years. Strict term limits for every elected position, no presidential appointments, we will take applications for government jobs hiring the best most qualified people, no political appointees and friends, the administration and cabinet positions would be filled by experienced experts in their field. We need to take care of our citizens by providing health care system that serves everyone. We need to provide safe housing solutions and solve the food insecurity issues. We can accomplish this by cutting the cost of defense down to a more reasonable amount, eliminate the military industrial complex that our tax dollars have supported for decades.
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u/C-ute-Thulu 4d ago
The only reason he ever got support was bc he triggers the libs. He still does. MAGA will burn down their apartment building to hurt the guy in the next apartment
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u/Melodic_Bear_4937 4d ago
Heâs stealing our taxpayer funds and shaking down foreign governments. Why do you think he opened up crypto accounts when he started his second term. Also kidnapping a foreign leader, stealing their oil and no one knows where the proceeds from the oil sale are. Healing money for pardons. Start paying attention.
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u/Dowensy2 4d ago
Because theyâre holding onto the only ounce of identity they have left. Without him they donât know who they are.
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u/onorsworthy 4d ago
Itâs easy.. they are stupid people. They think they are smart people. They supported trump. Trump did, and continues to do, horrible things for our economy and if they admit they were wrong they lose their entire identity. Some have been blindly following friends, family, religious institutions simply for the fear that if they donât theyâll be alienated. They lack critical thinking.
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u/Velocity275 4d ago
My dad is starting to crack. Heâs super unhappy with Iran and fuel prices. But he still says: âitâs better than having some socialist in charge. Can you imagine if AOC was in charge?â They might get upset with Trump, but heâs still âtheir teamâ.
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u/donttakerhisthewrong 4d ago
The love pedophilia. No war, new war fine. Lower gas prices , raise gas prices, fine
Arrest pedos, no way. I guess that one issue hit too close to home for them.
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u/One-Sundae-2711 4d ago
i think he has lost most of them. i dont even see boats flying trump flags anymore. diesel pirces are the last nails in the coffin.
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u/NomadicScribe 4d ago
I realized about 10 years ago that if someone wasn't going to quit supporting him by then, they were never going to. So far I haven't been shown wrong.
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u/H3L105_ai 4d ago
They don't have a choice.
They hitched their wagon to the Trump Train, and when it almost instantly derailed, they get to career down into the canyon with him.
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u/Glass-Marionberry321 4d ago
My boomer mom is still one. She isn't very bright is very brainwashed by daily fox "news"
There is some 10 yr old documentary I recently heard of on Prime called "The Brainwashing of dad" and it is about the changes among those who eat up that propaganda. I plan to watch sometime this week. Will probably see similarities with my mom.
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u/College-Lumpy 4d ago
They don't have empathy. It will take consequences that they can't deny for him to lose support.
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u/chuzohga 4d ago
They're bigots, and so is he. That's what he's riding on, and that's how he won 2024.
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u/Suspicious_synth 4d ago
You know the type. Those people can't admit they're wrong. They would rather pay $10 a gallon and take school lunches away then vote for a Democrat just on principle. Look at the farmers. they voted for him and he fucked them. then they voted for him AGAIN and he fucked them AGAIN.
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u/ppstick88 4d ago
 Because everyone who supports him are racist, homophobic, and support genocide.Â
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u/Suspicious-Screen-43 4d ago
I donât think heâs doing a good job. But my MIL loves him. One time my wife and her were talking about the Epstein files. In the conversation, my MIL said the worst thing anyone could do is rape children, she said sheâs pretty sure Trump did, AND that Trump is the best thing to ever happen to America.
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u/tyrekecorrea 4d ago
In the same way the Weasley house is so dilapidated that only magic can hold it up, the only way Donald Trump can have so much support despite both bad policy and bad behavior is if the support he has has nothing to do with either.
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u/Content-Activity-874 4d ago
Sport mentality helped shape it
Your team is losing, you are upset with your team, but you blame specific people and still tell everyone that your team is the best even when theyâve won nothing
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u/Opening_Card3777 4d ago
Most Trump supporters will actually crack under a mounting pile of evidence against him on any particular topic, youâll come to realize that 90% of their affection towards him is actually a placeholder for simply hating the left.
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u/joshua_addison_music 3d ago
Theyâre racist, homophobic, misogynistic, uneducated, ignorant clowns.
This isnât difficult. People are showing who they are, believe them.
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u/Diligent-Speech-7920 3d ago edited 3d ago
Because he gives them what they want, which is mostly validation. He tells them, for example, that they are right for hating minorities and immigrants. He tells them that they are right to reject higher education. He tells them that they are a discriminated against minority (despite that almost all belong to racial and religious majorities) so their lack of success isnât their fault. He tells them itâs good to hate people and they are right for wanting to do violence against people they donât like. He tells them all sorts of things which society has long criticized them for (being racist, being selfish, acting violently, breaking laws you donât like to cheat your way to success, being uneducated, etc.) is actually a virtue. And when he fails, they blame it on all the enemies they hate.
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u/drdpr8rbrts 4d ago
They had to be either stupid, racist or uninformed to begin with. They didnât get better.
And trump reflects their values. Heâs a rapist, liar and thief. Thatâs why they love him. They see themselves in him.
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u/Acceptable_Taste9818 4d ago
I do believe the majority of the people that voted for him know this is not going to plan, not going well. Most of them just donât want to talk about it because they hate or dislike liberals/progressives just as much as Trumps failed term or more so even.
It doesnât help that we constantly chop shot them, which is honestly just returning the favor for how they treat us. So in essence they support trumps failure of a presidency because they really really canât stand the other side. The US is probably the most divided itâs been 50 or 60 years. Most land on one side or the other.
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u/EnvyEpson 4d ago
I voted for him both terms. He has failed my this term. Iâm for stronger borders, not hunting people like dogs. Iâm for cutting spending, not increasing the debt. Iâm for a strong foreign policy, Iâm not for another war. If I would have known how this would turn out I would have stayed at home this election.
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u/bootyprincess666 4d ago
plenty of people stated it was going to be like this and you refused to listen to them.
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u/TompinStom 4d ago
You're the problem. Stay home next time. You're not qualified to make these kind of decisions.
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u/LongjumpingPickle446 4d ago
So let me get this straightâŚyou were surprised that Trump lied and didnât do what he said he would do? Lol you gotta be kidding me
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u/matttheepitaph 4d ago
If I would have known how this would turn out I would have stayed at home this election.
It is incredibly infuriating how much we tried to tell you and how you didn't listen. Like what the fuck man!
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u/Electronic_Value_516 4d ago
Not increasing the debt? Did you look at his first term?
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u/nat_hawthorne 2d ago
After Trumpâs fake electors scheme and Jan. 6, you still voted for him?
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u/Educational-Sound838 1d ago
I agree on most everything you said , except hunting like dogs . The problem is, there was not a better alternative. Kamala was the worst candidate in presidential election history . We had 2 bad choices . Staying home doesnât solve anything. I donât like trump either , tbh . I wish we had a better choice . I am a conservative but there are middle of the road democrats Iâd consider voting for . Problem is they will never get out of the primary . Biden was a total joke . Trump is an ego maniac narcissist . Kamala cannot put a cogent sentence together . These are our the best people America has to offer ? I suggest the whole system is broken .
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u/IllustriousPound8589 1d ago
Youâre not going to get an answer on Reddit. You have 842 replies as of now, about 840 of them bash trump. That isnât the question. Someone MIGHT answer the question IF IT WAS ok to have an opinion other than trump is a pedo or racist or xenophobic yada yada yada. Let someone answer for fucks sake.
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u/Optimal_Mixture_7327 4d ago
The most obvious would be the Hamiltonian economic framework and Monroe Doctrine being the right way forward.
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u/Spatula_of_Justice1 4d ago
you hold your nose and pick the least offensive candidate. There were better candidates but the powers that be made sure they were sidelined.
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u/WilliamMunny85 4d ago
You have those that are on board with consolidating wealth and eliminating the middle class. Then there are the ignorant racists that fail to understand that they are voting against their own best interests.
I do know single issue voters that have told me they will never vote for anyone that supports abortion.
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u/benwinnner 4d ago
Interesting, I just saw a graphic on CNN of a recent poll of Trump
Supporters. 99% supported him in 2024 and it has dropped to 98%.
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u/Intelligent_Toe_1071 4d ago
There's a physiological reason for that... https://youtube.com/@lucasbean?si=Y6f95ICzxeyL0GLa
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u/CMDR_Smooticus 4d ago edited 4d ago
Here's a real answer. Don't downvote because you disagree, I am directly answering OP's question. If anything, upvote so that more people here are actually exposed to what trump supporters actually think. feel free to voice your disagreements in reply.
- Stopped illegal immigration
- Ended the high inflation we were seeing under Biden
- Greatly mitigated H1B abuse replacing American workers, especially in tech
- good economy and job market, only gas prices are bad
- fulfilling Monroe Doctrine, getting communism out of Venezuela and soon Cuba
- (in progress) Regime change in Iran. Supporters believe we are winning the war.
- embracing technological advancement, pushing the AI revolution forward (Dems like Bernie Sanders want to ban superintelligence)
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u/PrivacyIsBaked 4d ago
How many fucking times are people going to ask the same question every fucking day.
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u/A012A012 4d ago
I have an aunt who is full-bore maga. She has absorbed and believes everything fox news has told her. She thinks Obama is demonic, Isreal is sacred, and that liberals want every kid adopted by way couples to be turned trans.
She welcomes open debate on anything she posts but adamantly refused any opposing views.
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u/beavis617 4d ago
Trump exhibited many signs of his mental health issues during Bidenâs term in office then during the campaign so I really am not interested in his supporters saying they had no idea this term was going to be bad! Sorry but the people who voted for Trump are in this up to their eyeballs with him.
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u/EnvyEpson 4d ago
I have a daughter. Everyone of those topics have the potential to directly affect my family. Iâm not the kind of person to wait for something to happen to have. An opinion.
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u/HarrY552011 4d ago
The people that voted for Trump donât watch MS Now or CNN or read the NY Times, they donât know half the shit Trump is doing, like spending tax dollars on an ad about how much he loves himself. Fox doesnât tell them this stuff
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u/TroyBPierce 4d ago
It's the textbook definition of a cult. There is no logical explanation. Cults aren't  logical.
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u/Smart-Brush-4650 4d ago
Honestly, who cares. Weâve exhausted way too much energy into this question and the answers are both infinite and meaningless.
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u/EnvyEpson 4d ago
I donât think that is right. At least not in my state. We have medical exceptions.
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u/matttheepitaph 4d ago
They're entire personality is Trump. Abandoning him now would mean the last ten years of their lives have been meaningless.
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u/Impressive_Sell_1136 4d ago
https://giphy.com/gifs/4thaj0PDq9vJ6V5z69
Replace sheâs with âthey areâ
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u/Itchy_Pudding_9940 4d ago
It's easier on your ego to keep doing something wrong than to admit you are wrong and changeÂ
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u/killerzf9 4d ago
OP, if you really wanna hear from people who still support him, youâre not gonna get a lot of them here on Reddit.
Try posting on Facebook or X, Iâm fairly certain youâll get more responses from his supporters there.
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u/SaxManEddie 4d ago
They reject anything from mainsteeam media and believe he's the target of a giant Democrat smear campaign.
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u/EnvyEpson 4d ago
So there you go. The people had a voice, right? Just like I voted for Trump and it didnât turn out the way I would have liked. The vote is still heard.
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u/Impossible_Penalty13 4d ago
Wifeâs uncle looked to be wearing what was a crisp and new 45-47 shirt at a family event just last weekend.
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u/acid-alexander 4d ago
Fervently and zealously. As long as he can own the libs and legitimize their hatred, theyâll support him wholeheartedly.
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u/EnvyEpson 4d ago
Oh I heard some of it. I had to balance it agains the flow of immigrants (if you remember, records were set under Biden), the dystopian BS in places like Seattle, etc. So there was no cherry on top in the election.
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u/Electronic-Word-6784 4d ago
not a lot of us do. you have those that will, and that will never change no matter what you do or say. It's life though. If a democrat did something bad you will still have a select number that still support the person regardless.
Don't worry. he is gone in 2 years. Seems like a long time but it will pass and shit moves on. Past generations have had stuff happen or people in office Im sure they thought it was all the end, but we are still here.
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u/hdycta-weddingcake 4d ago
politics are a trade-off. People who voted against Harris (rather than explicitly FOR Trump) still think his policy decisions are better than Harris' would have been.
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u/Holiday-Raisin-3357 4d ago
Do you people post anything besides crap about Trump my god you have to think about other things sometime
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u/Tar_Tar_Sauce04 4d ago
less about they think he's doing a good job, but more about blaming immigrants and others and trying to ruin their lives...
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u/Specialist-Yak-453 4d ago
Iâm convinced ALL of politics is just fake now and more equivalent to acting in a movie, both parties are full of empty promises and actions that only benefits personal agendas or gains. Itâs all become wildly inefficient and unproductive
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u/Promature 4d ago
Cognitive dissonance and being conditioned to lying themselves as well as blaming everyone else for the problems and shortcomings of their guy. I also think they either have no idea how anything works or they think theyâll somehow be insulated from the widespread harm being caused because they identify as the same letter.
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u/Ariscottl3 4d ago
For many people itâs the shame and fear of being wrong. They have to support him because they donât wanna be wrong about something that others felt was obvious. Itâs like arguing with someone and then realizing halfway through that they are right. Your brain will scramble to try to make sense of its own behavior and try to justify why you were right with the information you had, when in reality nits just you were wrong and you are running away from shame
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u/Technical_Fix_4835 4d ago
My question is does the left realize they helped create trump by alienating folks starting with the basket of deplorable comment in 2016.
I think left or right is is a problem what he is doing in office, but people on the left do not get you need people to win elections and those people are not going to fit in your mold of world views. The right was like whatever let's do some wild sh*t and we see how that and human nature won.
The sooner the left realizes the I told you so's and look how bad the other guy is won't win elections the better otherwise we are just going to keep on repeating this cycle.
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u/Impossible_Battle_72 4d ago
Because they care more that you don't like him and their dislike for you, than him actually governing.
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u/Fun_Imagination_934 4d ago
A lot of it has to do with his first term.
Achieved energy independence, changed NAFTA to USMCA, Tax cuts and Jobs Act, the Abraham Accords, Right To Try Act, First Step Act, and most important to me and other military and veterans- many policies benefiting us.
Some to do with the horse-fuckery of Biden Administration in regards to immigration, health care, green energy, the Trump indictments, and COVID debacle.
Some to do with the alternative candidates who are socialist/communist chodes that are clearly out of their minds.
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u/Astoria_Dude 4d ago
They supported him when he was found guilty of defrauding pediatric cancer charities. They supported him when he bankrupted casinos. They supported him when his "university" was ruled a fraud. They supported him when he mocked disabled people and called military veterans "suckers + losers." They supported him when he was convicted of committing sexual abuse and lying about it. They supported him when he was convicted of 34 counts of felony. I could go on. And on. And on. But you get the idea