MAGA crowd. Do these people have enough knowledge or ability to evaluate/assess who should be president, that we can have confidence in their pick?

[Mac-7]

What do you think tariffs would cause.

But as you said, the kids will get over the toys their parents can't afford now.

We shall see

In the short run tariffs will cause some prices to rise

But for a good cause

 

[Mac-7]

You mean to say that people in general are not fallible. That there are some people that are perfect?

The choice of Trump to be president in 2025 was a huge mistake that will be highly expensive to all of us.

We’ll see

 

[Jim H - VA USA]

The MAGA crowd gave us a clear manifesto of what needs to be done in the U.S., having chosen Trump for our next president.

The question comes up that is being asked is "do these MAGA people have enough brains, knowledge, evaluating/assessing capabilities that would make us feel comfortable that they chose wisely?

Here is one example showing some of the MAGA crowd



Having put that video up, it can be said by some that the video does not truly represent the MAGA crowd or only represents a small "cherry picked" portion of the MAGA people.

In doing some additional research, I did find an article that goes in a totally different direction but it does paint a much more informative picture of one of the things that is truly happening, and not only to the Trump supporters but to the Trump detractors. That is the idea that Trump is NOT A PERSON!

"not a person"? c'mon, Trump is a person and there is no doubt about it, right?

Well the article goes into the people's perception that Trump is God (Trumper's view) or that Trump is the Devil (anti-trumpers view). This is certainly crazy and against knowledge and beliefs (there is no God and no Satan) that are centered in reality...........but then again, it certainly fits in perfectly into what most people have been saying about Trump............he is God............he is Satan!

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Here is the article that talks about this:

Trumpism. In the minds of his most ardent supporters, the ex-president is both more and less than a person​

Americans today see two contradictory futures looming in the middle distance: In one scenario, Donald Trump is convicted of serious crimes and sent to prison. In the second, he returns to the presidency in 2025. How is it possible that a twice-impeached former president facing 91 criminal counts can now be elected to return to the Oval Office? Why do his supporters not recoil when Trump promises to unleash an authoritarian regime as president and to assume the role of dictator on Day One? What explains his enduring appeal?

It is worth noting that Murray’s (Harvard Psychologist) characterization of Satan bears an uncanny resemblance to the psychological portrait of Trump painted by many psychologists today. A malignant narcissism rages at the core of Satan’s personality. Cast out of heaven for his overmastering pride, Satan wants to be God, resents the fact that he is not God and insists that his supreme worth entitles him to privileges that nobody else should enjoy while undergirding his reign as sovereign of the mortal world below.

On the other side, Trump has often compared himself to a superhero. He has famously described himself as a “stable genius” who has never made a mistake. He is not lying when he makes these outrageous claims, for Trump truly believes them to be true, just as he believes he won the 2020 election. Trump is like a golden god in his mind and in the minds of many of his supporters: a superhero, able to do things that no other human can do; a warrior who fights furiously to win every battle, completely immersed in the moment. His very identity is the supremely heroic role he plays on TV and in real life. The role is charismatic and mesmerizing

After reading this article and having experienced everything said (great and horrible) about Trump, this ("not a person") view, seems to be reality we are actually experiencing.

Having said all of the above, what does this say about us (All Americans) that believe in the unbelievable?

One tangible thing that is very worrisome (when all is considered) is that talking about all Americans believing the unbelievable is bad enough, but when you consider that Trump himself (the elected president) believes he is God (or at least believes he was "chosen by God") comes into the equation, this is really scary scenario.

What do you think about this God or Satan idea that is being seen now?

The irony of the OP.

The voters chose Trump. The DNC chose the Democrat candidate, after the Democrats voted for Biden. And they did it that way intentionally, because they knew that Kamala would not win a primary. They literally stole your vote as they attempted to control both the Dem ballot and the Republican ballot, the latter which they were fortunately unsuccessful.

 

[BothWings]

Bipartisan arguements based on cherrypicked examples have no credibility.

 

[postman]

Show me one exit poll where someone said “I voted for Hitler cuz my eggs cost too much”.

Did egg prices cost Kamala Harris the election?

to say that the economy is good when people still think the price of eggs is too damn high is is not a winning message while donald trump has a an inability often to tell the truth the truth to so many americans is the price of eggs our eggs are 160 percent higher the price of you know eggs the...

www.yahoo.com

the truth to so many Americans is the price of eggs," historian Mark Updegrove mused, arguing that the prices of groceries and other goods drove Americans' decision at the polls on Election Night.

 

[postman]

I never expected prices to go back to any specified level

That was the level Trump promised to return them to.
And to return them there very quickly.

That's why a lot of people voted for him.

Pocketbook issues.

 

[Nostra]

Did egg prices cost Kamala Harris the election?

to say that the economy is good when people still think the price of eggs is too damn high is is not a winning message while donald trump has a an inability often to tell the truth the truth to so many americans is the price of eggs our eggs are 160 percent higher the price of you know eggs the...

www.yahoo.com

the truth to so many Americans is the price of eggs," historian Mark Updegrove mused, arguing that the prices of groceries and other goods drove Americans' decision at the polls on Election Night.

Missed the “Hitler” part. Can you cut and paste it?

 

[postman]

Missed the “Hitler” part. Can you cut and paste it?

Hard Times Return

Compare the party platforms of the Communists, Nazis, and Social Democrats in Germany’s 1932 presidential elections, a time of deep economic crisis.

www.facinghistory.org

The Nazis, on the other hand, blamed the Jews, Communists, liberals, and pacifists for the economic crisis in Germany.

They also promised an end to the depression, campaigning behind slogans such as “Work, Freedom, and Bread!”

the depression that led increasing numbers of Germans to support the Nazis. Historian Richard Evans believes the appeal of the Nazis was more than their pledge to end the depression.

 

[Nostra]

Hard Times Return

Compare the party platforms of the Communists, Nazis, and Social Democrats in Germany’s 1932 presidential elections, a time of deep economic crisis.

www.facinghistory.org

The Nazis, on the other hand, blamed the Jews, Communists, liberals, and pacifists for the economic crisis in Germany.

They also promised an end to the depression, campaigning behind slogans such as “Work, Freedom, and Bread!”

the depression that led increasing numbers of Germans to support the Nazis. Historian Richard Evans believes the appeal of the Nazis was more than their pledge to end the depression.

Pathetic.

I accept your concession, Simp.

 

[postman]

Pathetic.

I accept your concession, Simp.

You got stomped.

I posted why the germans voted for Hitler, you just don't like getting your ass kicked.

 

[westwall]

You really do not understand what working "together" means, do you?

The Founders designed our government to be adversarial because they knew the worst possible thing that could happen to the people of this country, were the two parties, working together to enrich themselves, and take power away from the people.

Funny how you don't know that.

 

[d0gbreath]

After all, you all elected a dementia patient in 2020. How dumb can you be?!

I've heard that that election was stolen, rigged, and a hoax.

 

[Lisa558]

You got stomped.

I posted why the germans voted for Hitler, you just don't like getting your ass kicked.

Huh? Most voters went for Trump, and he won, including those in ALL of the swing states.

 

[Nostra]

You got stomped.

I posted why the germans voted for Hitler, you just don't like getting your ass kicked.

Hey stupid, we are talking about Trump voters.

Holy shit, get in this century at least.

 

[postman]

The Founders designed our government to be adversarial because they knew the worst possible thing that could happen to the people of this country, were the two parties, working together to enrich themselves, and take power away from the people.

Funny how you don't know that.

That sounds good except for one thing.

When they wrote the constitution, there were NO POLITICAL PARTIES.

The Federalist Party was a conservative and nationalist American political party and the first political party in the United States. It dominated the national government under Alexander Hamilton from 1789 to 1801.

 

[postman]

Hey stupid, we are talking about Trump voters.

You were asking about why Germans voted for Hit.er
Are you suffering from dementia now?

You asked: Show me one exit poll where someone said “I voted for Hitler cuz my eggs cost too much”.

Show me one exit poll where someone said “I voted for Hitler cuz my eggs cost too much”.

 

[Mac-7]

That was the level Trump promised to return them to.
And to return them there very quickly.

That's why a lot of people voted for him.

Pocketbook issues.

I am a typical trump voter and I stand by my previous post #260

I never expected prices to go back to any specified level

What I voted for was rational economic policies that were absent under biden

 

[westwall]

That sounds good except for one thing.

When they wrote the constitution, there were NO POLITICAL PARTIES.

The Federalist Party was a conservative and nationalist American political party and the first political party in the United States. It dominated the national government under Alexander Hamilton from 1789 to 1801.

Correct, they didn't want ANY politicians working together. Thanks for making my point.

 

[postman]

I am a typical trump voter and I stand by my previous post

Trump wasn't elected by the typical Trump voter. Otherwise he would have won in 2020.

What got Trump elected were independents and democrats who voted with their pocketbook.

 

[postman]

Correct, they didn't want ANY politicians working together. Thanks for making my point.

Actually they wanted politicians working together. But working together because they agreed on the same issues. Not just because they belonged to the same party.