I am a Trump Supporter - Here are some things about Trump I do not like

[Invisibleflash]

I voted for Trump all 3 times. I did so, if for no other reason, to keep America free of the disastrous "leadership" of Hillary (YIKES!), Biden, (OUCH!), and Kamala (JESUS F-ING CHRIST!!!). Clearly, a vote for any of those 3 Dems was a vote against America. However, notwithstanding my solid support for Trump, there are some things he does that I do not agree with. Here is a partial list (i.e., all of the reasons I can think of off the top of my head).

1. Every freaking time he says the word "tariff" I lose 1-3% of the value of my investment portfolio. I make it back, sure. But there is no reason I had to lose that in the first place. Trump should make such declarations via appropriate channels rather than blast them to the public on the Truth Social platform. I am not necessarily opposed to Trump's trade policy, I just do not think he needs to be so public about it until, and unless, he actually acts on it.

2. He is not a conservative. I am a conservative. Trump is a populist. Being a populist means you never really know what he is going to do in a given situation, and such a lack of ideological rigor creates some room for wiggling out of accountability to voters. That said, please do not take it the wrong way. Trump IS guided by principle; i.e., the desire to protect, defend, and make America a better place. This means his loyalty is to the nation. I can live with this. Though, I wish he was more of a principled conservative.

3. His cabinet members sound like a bunch of ass-kissers. Every time one of them speaks he or she insists on praising Trump. Trump SHOULD tell his people to stop kissing his ass so much in public statements because it creates an optic he does not want or need. The fact he does not say this creates what I think is a reasonable inference that he really like to have his ego stroked. Again, this is not in my DNA, but I can live with it. What was the alternative? Kamala Harris ceding the southeast to black people as reParAtiOns? Her surrendering our country to China or Russia? JESUS F-ING CHRIST!!. What a freaking joke K would have been.

4. The Weave. I know, this is just part of what makes Trump himself. But goddamn it, at some point you got to get to the point and move on with it. Essentially, we are indulging Grampa by listening to him tell us about a chicken sandwich he had back in 1927 in what began as a recap of last night's baseball game. I love Trump as our leader, but ... Goddamn.

5. I do not think Trump is acting fast enough to do what is within his lawful powers to do to restore law and order to our nation. Our blue cities are infested with America-hating insurrectionists, both on the street (organic and for-hire) and in positions of authority. Trump has the bully pulpit. He can draw lines to define what is protected speech and what is not. The courts will sort this out. I strongly suspect that if it is not protected speech to cry out "Fire!!" in a movie theater, then neither is it protected to declare that federal agents should die, or to assault federal agents, or to plot revolution, to associate with Antifa and follow their Marxist screed of violence, etc... In other words, let it be litigated. Then, when the Supreme Court comes down on our side and rules that the First Amendment does not stand in the way of our protecting the republic from these America-hating, hate-spouting misfits who assault ICE, the feds can start busting heads and restore the rule of law. Moreover, start actually prosecuting these morons for insurrection. Then deport them if convicted.

I think that is about it. Trump may not be perfect, but he is the perfect man for the time.

Dunno about populist. Sure, he talks but does not do. As in Epstein files, wars stopped in 24 hours and DOGE dividend, etc.

 

[Chuz Life]

I too have voted for Trump X3.

I also have a lot of criticisms of him.

Primarily, about his communication skills and how that affects his leadership abilities, and a lot of times, it affects the outcomes, turning them into missed opportunities.

Whether it's with tariffs, the Big Bill, ICE and deportations, sending troops to DC and Chicago, Bombing Iran, Epstein Files, or even FEMA for flood victims. . . He shows his hand way too soon and all but abandons the use of the bully pulpit as a means to sell his intentions (or reasoning) with not only his opponents but also to us who support him.

 

[whitehall]

Tariffs again? If the Biden/Fauci regime didn't influence your precious investment portfolio

I voted for Trump all 3 times. I did so, if for no other reason, to keep America free of the disastrous "leadership" of Hillary (YIKES!), Biden, (OUCH!), and Kamala (JESUS F-ING CHRIST!!!). Clearly, a vote for any of those 3 Dems was a vote against America. However, notwithstanding my solid support for Trump, there are some things he does that I do not agree with. Here is a partial list (i.e., all of the reasons I can think of off the top of my head).

1. Every freaking time he says the word "tariff" I lose 1-3% of the value of my investment portfolio. I make it back, sure. But there is no reason I had to lose that in the first place. Trump should make such declarations via appropriate channels rather than blast them to the public on the Truth Social platform. I am not necessarily opposed to Trump's trade policy, I just do not think he needs to be so public about it until, and unless, he actually acts on it.

2. He is not a conservative. I am a conservative. Trump is a populist. Being a populist means you never really know what he is going to do in a given situation, and such a lack of ideological rigor creates some room for wiggling out of accountability to voters. That said, please do not take it the wrong way. Trump IS guided by principle; i.e., the desire to protect, defend, and make America a better place. This means his loyalty is to the nation. I can live with this. Though, I wish he was more of a principled conservative.

3. His cabinet members sound like a bunch of ass-kissers. Every time one of them speaks he or she insists on praising Trump. Trump SHOULD tell his people to stop kissing his ass so much in public statements because it creates an optic he does not want or need. The fact he does not say this creates what I think is a reasonable inference that he really like to have his ego stroked. Again, this is not in my DNA, but I can live with it. What was the alternative? Kamala Harris ceding the southeast to black people as reParAtiOns? Her surrendering our country to China or Russia? JESUS F-ING CHRIST!!. What a freaking joke K would have been.

4. The Weave. I know, this is just part of what makes Trump himself. But goddamn it, at some point you got to get to the point and move on with it. Essentially, we are indulging Grampa by listening to him tell us about a chicken sandwich he had back in 1927 in what began as a recap of last night's baseball game. I love Trump as our leader, but ... Goddamn.

5. I do not think Trump is acting fast enough to do what is within his lawful powers to do to restore law and order to our nation. Our blue cities are infested with America-hating insurrectionists, both on the street (organic and for-hire) and in positions of authority. Trump has the bully pulpit. He can draw lines to define what is protected speech and what is not. The courts will sort this out. I strongly suspect that if it is not protected speech to cry out "Fire!!" in a movie theater, then neither is it protected to declare that federal agents should die, or to assault federal agents, or to plot revolution, to associate with Antifa and follow their Marxist screed of violence, etc... In other words, let it be litigated. Then, when the Supreme Court comes down on our side and rules that the First Amendment does not stand in the way of our protecting the republic from these America-hating, hate-spouting misfits who assault ICE, the feds can start busting heads and restore the rule of law. Moreover, start actually prosecuting these morons for insurrection. Then deport them if convicted.

I think that is about it. Trump may not be perfect, but he is the perfect man for the time.

Maybe you are a liar or a democrat who can't bring himself to vote republican but I don't remember anyone on the left whining about their precious "investment portfolios" during the Biden/Fauci regime when investments were in a tailspin. I suspect the whining about the tariffs is a typical effort to detract from Trump's recent foreign policy successes. At any rate it's only been 9 months so relax and enjoy the ride and stop boring us about your "portfolio" concerns.

 

[Hafar1014]

Quoting yourself? Bad form!

Support for democrats pure stupidity

 

[playtime]

Well, I sure am.

donny loves the poorly educated long time.

 

[Billiejeens]

I've never voted for Trump.

he's a loud, obnoxious, lying jackass

he's not fit to sit in the Oval Office.

However,
neither were:

Yet he is a spectacular president.

 

[Independent thinker]

I voted for Trump all 3 times. I did so, if for no other reason, to keep America free of the disastrous "leadership" of Hillary (YIKES!), Biden, (OUCH!), and Kamala (JESUS F-ING CHRIST!!!). Clearly, a vote for any of those 3 Dems was a vote against America. However, notwithstanding my solid support for Trump, there are some things he does that I do not agree with. Here is a partial list (i.e., all of the reasons I can think of off the top of my head).

1. Every freaking time he says the word "tariff" I lose 1-3% of the value of my investment portfolio. I make it back, sure. But there is no reason I had to lose that in the first place. Trump should make such declarations via appropriate channels rather than blast them to the public on the Truth Social platform. I am not necessarily opposed to Trump's trade policy, I just do not think he needs to be so public about it until, and unless, he actually acts on it.

2. He is not a conservative. I am a conservative. Trump is a populist. Being a populist means you never really know what he is going to do in a given situation, and such a lack of ideological rigor creates some room for wiggling out of accountability to voters. That said, please do not take it the wrong way. Trump IS guided by principle; i.e., the desire to protect, defend, and make America a better place. This means his loyalty is to the nation. I can live with this. Though, I wish he was more of a principled conservative.

3. His cabinet members sound like a bunch of ass-kissers. Every time one of them speaks he or she insists on praising Trump. Trump SHOULD tell his people to stop kissing his ass so much in public statements because it creates an optic he does not want or need. The fact he does not say this creates what I think is a reasonable inference that he really like to have his ego stroked. Again, this is not in my DNA, but I can live with it. What was the alternative? Kamala Harris ceding the southeast to black people as reParAtiOns? Her surrendering our country to China or Russia? JESUS F-ING CHRIST!!. What a freaking joke K would have been.

4. The Weave. I know, this is just part of what makes Trump himself. But goddamn it, at some point you got to get to the point and move on with it. Essentially, we are indulging Grampa by listening to him tell us about a chicken sandwich he had back in 1927 in what began as a recap of last night's baseball game. I love Trump as our leader, but ... Goddamn.

5. I do not think Trump is acting fast enough to do what is within his lawful powers to do to restore law and order to our nation. Our blue cities are infested with America-hating insurrectionists, both on the street (organic and for-hire) and in positions of authority. Trump has the bully pulpit. He can draw lines to define what is protected speech and what is not. The courts will sort this out. I strongly suspect that if it is not protected speech to cry out "Fire!!" in a movie theater, then neither is it protected to declare that federal agents should die, or to assault federal agents, or to plot revolution, to associate with Antifa and follow their Marxist screed of violence, etc... In other words, let it be litigated. Then, when the Supreme Court comes down on our side and rules that the First Amendment does not stand in the way of our protecting the republic from these America-hating, hate-spouting misfits who assault ICE, the feds can start busting heads and restore the rule of law. Moreover, start actually prosecuting these morons for insurrection. Then deport them if convicted.

I think that is about it. Trump may not be perfect, but he is the perfect man for the time.

I’m only going to comment on the general theme of your post, not the specifics. I’m on the right and disagree with Trump on a lot but I don’t post about much of them because leftists on here always believe that makes me ripe for their conversion therapy and that surely I have seen the light.

Right now the left are so bad that even if Trump were to shoot someone on fifth ave, that still makes him better than most democrats and their policies. If the left really want to convert me then they have to do it the old fashion way - with their policies.

 

[Cassandro]

I feel your pain as far as investments go.

You are an idiot.

 

[candycorn]

I voted for Trump all 3 times. I did so, if for no other reason, to keep America free of the disastrous "leadership" of Hillary (YIKES!), Biden, (OUCH!), and Kamala (JESUS F-ING CHRIST!!!). Clearly, a vote for any of those 3 Dems was a vote against America. However, notwithstanding my solid support for Trump, there are some things he does that I do not agree with. Here is a partial list (i.e., all of the reasons I can think of off the top of my head).

1. Every freaking time he says the word "tariff" I lose 1-3% of the value of my investment portfolio. I make it back, sure. But there is no reason I had to lose that in the first place. Trump should make such declarations via appropriate channels rather than blast them to the public on the Truth Social platform. I am not necessarily opposed to Trump's trade policy, I just do not think he needs to be so public about it until, and unless, he actually acts on it.

2. He is not a conservative. I am a conservative. Trump is a populist. Being a populist means you never really know what he is going to do in a given situation, and such a lack of ideological rigor creates some room for wiggling out of accountability to voters. That said, please do not take it the wrong way. Trump IS guided by principle; i.e., the desire to protect, defend, and make America a better place. This means his loyalty is to the nation. I can live with this. Though, I wish he was more of a principled conservative.

3. His cabinet members sound like a bunch of ass-kissers. Every time one of them speaks he or she insists on praising Trump. Trump SHOULD tell his people to stop kissing his ass so much in public statements because it creates an optic he does not want or need. The fact he does not say this creates what I think is a reasonable inference that he really like to have his ego stroked. Again, this is not in my DNA, but I can live with it. What was the alternative? Kamala Harris ceding the southeast to black people as reParAtiOns? Her surrendering our country to China or Russia? JESUS F-ING CHRIST!!. What a freaking joke K would have been.

4. The Weave. I know, this is just part of what makes Trump himself. But goddamn it, at some point you got to get to the point and move on with it. Essentially, we are indulging Grampa by listening to him tell us about a chicken sandwich he had back in 1927 in what began as a recap of last night's baseball game. I love Trump as our leader, but ... Goddamn.

5. I do not think Trump is acting fast enough to do what is within his lawful powers to do to restore law and order to our nation. Our blue cities are infested with America-hating insurrectionists, both on the street (organic and for-hire) and in positions of authority. Trump has the bully pulpit. He can draw lines to define what is protected speech and what is not. The courts will sort this out. I strongly suspect that if it is not protected speech to cry out "Fire!!" in a movie theater, then neither is it protected to declare that federal agents should die, or to assault federal agents, or to plot revolution, to associate with Antifa and follow their Marxist screed of violence, etc... In other words, let it be litigated. Then, when the Supreme Court comes down on our side and rules that the First Amendment does not stand in the way of our protecting the republic from these America-hating, hate-spouting misfits who assault ICE, the feds can start busting heads and restore the rule of law. Moreover, start actually prosecuting these morons for insurrection. Then deport them if convicted.

I think that is about it. Trump may not be perfect, but he is the perfect man for the time.

I suspect we can look forward to more and more of these mea culpas as it becomes more and more apparent the blob has betrayed his own constituency yet again.

Hate to be an "I told you so" but....I told you so.

Thread 'Now Begins the Slow Retreat From Promises That Could Never Be Kept'

Nov 6, 2024

What gets tossed overboard first?

• candycorn
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• Forum: Politics

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The only thing I was wrong about was it being a "slow" retreat....the blob has set a record on stabbing his own base in the back.