Why People Still Support Trump:

[Chuz Life]

It's funny how many leftardz interpret "anything but a leftard" as a direct "support for Trump"

 

[Deno]

OP, could the media be to blame for them to accurately label many of Trump's statements as racist. They're not forcing him to say these things, and do things like pardon a controversial racist authoritarian, Apario, BEFORE he was sentenced.

Would you prefer the ignore it and/or simply hush their mouth and pretend these things aren't happening?

If a large minority voted for Trump, although they KNOWINGLY recognize his racaist statements, isn't that on THEM and no one else?

You don't vote a racist in to prove you're NOT racist. At the least you don't vote a guy that happily and willingly panders to racists to prove that you're NOT a racist. I'm sorry, but your 2nd theory makes no sense.

Hey Tard...

Provide some examples of Trumps racist statements...…

We all know you are full of Shit...….​

 

[AntonToo]

Cards on the table: personally I can't stand the guy. There's not much about his character and personality that I can support. I do wish he'd concern himself less with his own popularity and focus more on what's best for the rest of us. BUT - I do support many of his policies, not all of them but many of them. I like many of his actions thus far to cut some red tape and I do believe this country needs tax reform along with some paring down of gov't FWA. IMHO the gov't has it's hands into too many areas and functions that are better managed at the state and local levels, and for God's sake we desperately need healthcare reform cuz the ACA isn't working out.

How is that "tax reform", great new Trump healthcare and a side of criminal investigation of POTUS working out for you?

 

[John Shaw]

I would support Trump if he wasn't Trump.

I like some parts of the SPIRIT of what he purportedly starts for. America first? Sure. that's probably the way it should be. Strong border security? Why wouldn't I like that? Focus on the economy? Hell yeah; sounds good.

The trouble is, I don't think Trump actually cares about any of that. He is more interested in the "Donald Trump show", where he rambles on Twitter, drinks Diet Coke and alienates as many of the people who aren't already sucking his orange cock as humanly possible.

I WISH Trump was a more responsible and capable version of himself. But he isn't. He never will be.

Also, unlike some people on here, I actually think Europe does some things right, like focusing on healthcare and education. People say the federal government has no business getting involved in education, but there's a reason Europe, S.Korea (pretty much all of Asia), etc. are all so far ahead in that category; their governments actually give a shit and get involved, whereas ours is more focused on corporate welfare, interventionism, and stoking divisions to get re-elected.

Part of that is the stupidity of the American people. Our politicians don't care about making life better for the majority of Americans because they know we will keep voting for them anyway. It's more important for them to cater to their donors.

 

[miketx]

I would support Trump if he wasn't Trump.

I like some parts of the SPIRIT of what he purportedly starts for. America first? Sure. that's probably the way it should be. Strong border security? Why wouldn't I like that? Focus on the economy? Hell yeah; sounds good.

The trouble is, I don't think Trump actually cares about any of that. He is more interested in the "Donald Trump show", where he rambles on Twitter, drinks Diet Coke and alienates as many of the people who aren't already sucking his orange cock as humanly possible.

I WISH Trump was a more responsible and capable version of himself. But he isn't. He never will be.

Also, unlike some people on here, I actually think Europe does some things right, like focusing on healthcare and education. People say the federal government has no business getting involved in education, but there's a reason Europe, S.Korea (pretty much all of Asia), etc. are all so far ahead in that category; their governments actually give a shit and get involved, whereas ours is more focused on corporate welfare, interventionism, and stoking divisions to get re-elected.

Part of that is the stupidity of the American people. Our politicians don't care about making life better for the majority of Americans because they know we will keep voting for them anyway. It's more important for them to cater to their donors.

They are far ahead in that category because liberal SCUMBAGS control education, and don't teach the kids properly and too concerned with passing them on and teaching them how to be gay and turning out illiterate morons who grow up to be media fed idiots.

 

[John Shaw]

I would support Trump if he wasn't Trump.

I like some parts of the SPIRIT of what he purportedly starts for. America first? Sure. that's probably the way it should be. Strong border security? Why wouldn't I like that? Focus on the economy? Hell yeah; sounds good.

The trouble is, I don't think Trump actually cares about any of that. He is more interested in the "Donald Trump show", where he rambles on Twitter, drinks Diet Coke and alienates as many of the people who aren't already sucking his orange cock as humanly possible.

I WISH Trump was a more responsible and capable version of himself. But he isn't. He never will be.

Also, unlike some people on here, I actually think Europe does some things right, like focusing on healthcare and education. People say the federal government has no business getting involved in education, but there's a reason Europe, S.Korea (pretty much all of Asia), etc. are all so far ahead in that category; their governments actually give a shit and get involved, whereas ours is more focused on corporate welfare, interventionism, and stoking divisions to get re-elected.

Part of that is the stupidity of the American people. Our politicians don't care about making life better for the majority of Americans because they know we will keep voting for them anyway. It's more important for them to cater to their donors.

They are far ahead in that category because liberal SCUMBAGS control education, and don't teach the kids properly and too concerned with passing them on and teaching them how to be gay and turning out illiterate morons who grow up to be media fed idiots.

They are far ahead because their high school students have a much greater understanding of reading, writing, science and mathematics. Not to mention languages and history.

 

[jknowgood]

Analysis | A new polling low for Trump: Just 16 percent ‘like’ his conduct as president

As I wrote in June 2016, nearly half of Trump supporters — 46 percent — said one or more of the following: He had made a racist comment, was prejudiced and/or was unqualified to be president. Not half of all voters; half of his supporters.

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Pew asked American adults how they felt about Trump's conduct in office: Whether they “liked” it, had “mixed feelings” or “didn't like it.” It won't surprise you to see about 6 in 10 (58 percent) don't like it; that tracks with the number of Americans who disapprove of Trump overall.

The other two pieces of the pie are where things get interesting. According to Pew, another 25 percent of American adults say they have “mixed feelings,” and just 16 percent “like” it. Only about 1 in 6 voters say they like the way Trump has conducted himself as president.

I've had Trump Chumps tell me more than once they don't care if he lies to them.

When that's your attitude, you DESERVE to be lied to, and you get the politicians you deserve.

Lol, like Hillary saying all minorities look alike?

 

[ph3iron]

Cards on the table: personally I can't stand the guy. There's not much about his character and personality that I can support. I do wish he'd concern himself less with his own popularity and focus more on what's best for the rest of us. BUT - I do support many of his policies, not all of them but many of them. I like many of his actions thus far to cut some red tape and I do believe this country needs tax reform along with some paring down of gov't FWA. IMHO the gov't has it's hands into too many areas and functions that are better managed at the state and local levels, and for God's sake we desperately need healthcare reform cuz the ACA isn't working out.

Keep the gov out of my Medicare as the trumpie said

 

[MAGAman]

There are two main theories of Trump’s support. One is that a large minority of Americans — 40 percent, give or take — are racist idiots. This theory is at least tacitly endorsed by the Democratic Party and the mainstream liberal media. The other is that a large majority of this large minority are good citizens with intelligible and legitimate opinions, who so resent being regarded as racist idiots that they’ll back Trump almost regardless. They may not admire the man, but he’s on their side, he vents their frustration, he afflicts the people who think so little of them — and that’s good enough.

It’s disappointing that Charlottesville hasn’t changed their minds — but then it hasn’t changed my mind either. I still think the first theory is absurd and the second theory basically correct. . . .

This sense that democratic politics is futile if not downright dangerous now infuses the worldview of the country’s cultural and intellectual establishment. Trump is routinely accused of being authoritarian and anti-democratic, despite the fact that he won the election and, so far, has been checked at every point and has achieved almost nothing in policy terms. (He might wish he were an authoritarian, but he sure hasn’t been allowed to function as one.) Many of his critics, on the other hand, are anti-democratic in a deeper sense: They appear to believe that a little less than half the country doesn’t deserve the vote.

The second theory — the correct theory — is a terrible indictment of the Democratic Party and much of the media. Why aren’t the intelligible and legitimate opinions of that large minority given a hearing? Why must their views be bundled reflexively into packages labelled “bigotry” and “stupidity”? Why can’t this large minority of the American people be accorded something other than pity or scorn?

Why People Still Support Trump

Because Democrats still can’t deal with losing, and a large part of belonging to the left is the satisfaction of feeling superior to ordinary Americans.

I support many of Trump's policies, but s freely admit that the biggest reason to support him is the alternative.

 

[ph3iron]

There are two main theories of Trump’s support. One is that a large minority of Americans — 40 percent, give or take — are racist idiots. This theory is at least tacitly endorsed by the Democratic Party and the mainstream liberal media. The other is that a large majority of this large minority are good citizens with intelligible and legitimate opinions, who so resent being regarded as racist idiots that they’ll back Trump almost regardless. They may not admire the man, but he’s on their side, he vents their frustration, he afflicts the people who think so little of them — and that’s good enough.

It’s disappointing that Charlottesville hasn’t changed their minds — but then it hasn’t changed my mind either. I still think the first theory is absurd and the second theory basically correct. . . .

This sense that democratic politics is futile if not downright dangerous now infuses the worldview of the country’s cultural and intellectual establishment. Trump is routinely accused of being authoritarian and anti-democratic, despite the fact that he won the election and, so far, has been checked at every point and has achieved almost nothing in policy terms. (He might wish he were an authoritarian, but he sure hasn’t been allowed to function as one.) Many of his critics, on the other hand, are anti-democratic in a deeper sense: They appear to believe that a little less than half the country doesn’t deserve the vote.

The second theory — the correct theory — is a terrible indictment of the Democratic Party and much of the media. Why aren’t the intelligible and legitimate opinions of that large minority given a hearing? Why must their views be bundled reflexively into packages labelled “bigotry” and “stupidity”? Why can’t this large minority of the American people be accorded something other than pity or scorn?

Why People Still Support Trump

Because Democrats still can’t deal with losing, and a large part of belonging to the left is the satisfaction of feeling superior to ordinary Americans.

I support many of Trump's policies, but s freely admit that the biggest reason to support him is the alternative.

You do know MAGA was the name of our WWII Nazi group?
Oh, you do??
What are trump policies btw?
Low taxes for millionaires?
Additional groper on the supremes?
Polluted water?
Getting outwitted by North Korea?
Tariffs that almost killed my daughters business?

 

[task0778]

To some degree, a lot of people still support Trump is because there is no reasonable alternative. Nobody on the Right is going to unseat him or replace him until 2024, absent a health issue or he steps down. And IMHO there's not one reasonable Dem candidate to vote for, their party has moved so far to the Left that it is unsupportable for too many Americans.

Look, as a person, I do not like Trump at all. But most of his policies have been beneficial to the country as a whole; he's made some mistakes, some decisions that might've been hasty or bull-headed. But I have to put my personal feelings aside and decide which candidate I can support in 2020, and right now there's absolutely no one on the Left that I can support, all of them are talking about irresponsible foolishness, again IMHO. So, I'm left with Trump.

 

[Lesh]

Trump stole "America First" rom the Nazi Bund of the 30s...Make America Great from Reagan...

He's a fraud and a con man.

He'll say whatever he thinks he can say to manipulate the easily swayed

 

[Lesh]

their party has moved so far to the Left that it is unsupportable for too many Americans

The COUNTRY has moved to the left...and it scares the crap out of conservatives

And I'm talking about healthcare Climate, income inequality, personal sexual issues,even abortion...

 

[AntonToo]

To some degree, a lot of people still support Trump is because there is no reasonable alternative.

I've got a reasonable alternative - JUST ABOUT ANYONE ELSE.

I don't understand what the rightwingers think they are getting with this criminal sharlatan that they won't get with Pence.

 

[WTH_Progs?]

There are two main theories of Trump’s support. One is that a large minority of Americans — 40 percent, give or take — are racist idiots. This theory is at least tacitly endorsed by the Democratic Party and the mainstream liberal media. The other is that a large majority of this large minority are good citizens with intelligible and legitimate opinions, who so resent being regarded as racist idiots that they’ll back Trump almost regardless. They may not admire the man, but he’s on their side, he vents their frustration, he afflicts the people who think so little of them — and that’s good enough.

It’s disappointing that Charlottesville hasn’t changed their minds — but then it hasn’t changed my mind either. I still think the first theory is absurd and the second theory basically correct. . . .

This sense that democratic politics is futile if not downright dangerous now infuses the worldview of the country’s cultural and intellectual establishment. Trump is routinely accused of being authoritarian and anti-democratic, despite the fact that he won the election and, so far, has been checked at every point and has achieved almost nothing in policy terms. (He might wish he were an authoritarian, but he sure hasn’t been allowed to function as one.) Many of his critics, on the other hand, are anti-democratic in a deeper sense: They appear to believe that a little less than half the country doesn’t deserve the vote.

The second theory — the correct theory — is a terrible indictment of the Democratic Party and much of the media. Why aren’t the intelligible and legitimate opinions of that large minority given a hearing? Why must their views be bundled reflexively into packages labelled “bigotry” and “stupidity”? Why can’t this large minority of the American people be accorded something other than pity or scorn?

Why People Still Support Trump

Because Democrats still can’t deal with losing, and a large part of belonging to the left is the satisfaction of feeling superior to ordinary Americans.

How come progs refuse to recognize their surroundings? Trump has PROVED to be a highly effective and successful POTUS, which is why we like him, but to a prog it means we're racist. I stopped reading your BS after the first sentence. You're desperate for a narrative and you're a fool.

 

[Lesh]

Just so we understand...list those successes?

 

[miketx]

I would support Trump if he wasn't Trump.

I like some parts of the SPIRIT of what he purportedly starts for. America first? Sure. that's probably the way it should be. Strong border security? Why wouldn't I like that? Focus on the economy? Hell yeah; sounds good.

The trouble is, I don't think Trump actually cares about any of that. He is more interested in the "Donald Trump show", where he rambles on Twitter, drinks Diet Coke and alienates as many of the people who aren't already sucking his orange cock as humanly possible.

I WISH Trump was a more responsible and capable version of himself. But he isn't. He never will be.

Also, unlike some people on here, I actually think Europe does some things right, like focusing on healthcare and education. People say the federal government has no business getting involved in education, but there's a reason Europe, S.Korea (pretty much all of Asia), etc. are all so far ahead in that category; their governments actually give a shit and get involved, whereas ours is more focused on corporate welfare, interventionism, and stoking divisions to get re-elected.

Part of that is the stupidity of the American people. Our politicians don't care about making life better for the majority of Americans because they know we will keep voting for them anyway. It's more important for them to cater to their donors.

They are far ahead in that category because liberal SCUMBAGS control education, and don't teach the kids properly and too concerned with passing them on and teaching them how to be gay and turning out illiterate morons who grow up to be media fed idiots.

They are far ahead because their high school students have a much greater understanding of reading, writing, science and mathematics. Not to mention languages and history.

Because liberal scum don't teach them. Thanks for agreeing.

 

[John Shaw]

I would support Trump if he wasn't Trump.

I like some parts of the SPIRIT of what he purportedly starts for. America first? Sure. that's probably the way it should be. Strong border security? Why wouldn't I like that? Focus on the economy? Hell yeah; sounds good.

The trouble is, I don't think Trump actually cares about any of that. He is more interested in the "Donald Trump show", where he rambles on Twitter, drinks Diet Coke and alienates as many of the people who aren't already sucking his orange cock as humanly possible.

I WISH Trump was a more responsible and capable version of himself. But he isn't. He never will be.

Also, unlike some people on here, I actually think Europe does some things right, like focusing on healthcare and education. People say the federal government has no business getting involved in education, but there's a reason Europe, S.Korea (pretty much all of Asia), etc. are all so far ahead in that category; their governments actually give a shit and get involved, whereas ours is more focused on corporate welfare, interventionism, and stoking divisions to get re-elected.

Part of that is the stupidity of the American people. Our politicians don't care about making life better for the majority of Americans because they know we will keep voting for them anyway. It's more important for them to cater to their donors.

They are far ahead in that category because liberal SCUMBAGS control education, and don't teach the kids properly and too concerned with passing them on and teaching them how to be gay and turning out illiterate morons who grow up to be media fed idiots.

They are far ahead because their high school students have a much greater understanding of reading, writing, science and mathematics. Not to mention languages and history.

Because liberal scum don't teach them. Thanks for agreeing.

Teach who? I don't think it matters whether a teacher is lib, conservative, or whatever. Politics belong only in political science courses. They have nothing to do with science, math, or language (though science should have an impact on policy.. not so much with this administration).

 

[WTH_Progs?]

Just so we understand...list those successes?

You won't understand without proper water-boarding by fellow Democrats, but here you go. It's out-dated and incomplete, but it's a start: Trump’s list: 289 accomplishments in just 20 months, ‘relentless’ promise-keeping

 

[miketx]

I would support Trump if he wasn't Trump.

I like some parts of the SPIRIT of what he purportedly starts for. America first? Sure. that's probably the way it should be. Strong border security? Why wouldn't I like that? Focus on the economy? Hell yeah; sounds good.

The trouble is, I don't think Trump actually cares about any of that. He is more interested in the "Donald Trump show", where he rambles on Twitter, drinks Diet Coke and alienates as many of the people who aren't already sucking his orange cock as humanly possible.

I WISH Trump was a more responsible and capable version of himself. But he isn't. He never will be.

Also, unlike some people on here, I actually think Europe does some things right, like focusing on healthcare and education. People say the federal government has no business getting involved in education, but there's a reason Europe, S.Korea (pretty much all of Asia), etc. are all so far ahead in that category; their governments actually give a shit and get involved, whereas ours is more focused on corporate welfare, interventionism, and stoking divisions to get re-elected.

Part of that is the stupidity of the American people. Our politicians don't care about making life better for the majority of Americans because they know we will keep voting for them anyway. It's more important for them to cater to their donors.

They are far ahead in that category because liberal SCUMBAGS control education, and don't teach the kids properly and too concerned with passing them on and teaching them how to be gay and turning out illiterate morons who grow up to be media fed idiots.

They are far ahead because their high school students have a much greater understanding of reading, writing, science and mathematics. Not to mention languages and history.

Because liberal scum don't teach them. Thanks for agreeing.

Teach who? I don't think it matters whether a teacher is lib, conservative, or whatever. Politics belong only in political science courses. They have nothing to do with science, math, or language (though science should have an impact on politics.. not so much with this administration).

Now come the libtard word games- teach who teach who...squawk squawk squawk...always the same with you traitors.