Y'all cain't take away mah freedom. |
Even if it’s willfully ignorant and damaging to the country? |
What a load of feces! |
So rather than take action, we should just accept it the way Europe did with the Barbary Pirates? Periodical taking of hostages? Another 911? At some point you have to face the problem. |
That’s weird because they all voted for him when he explicitly campaigned on NOT starting a war with Iran. |
NP here. Trump is an avatar for MAGA's anger and ultimately, disappointment in the outcome of their lives. He gives them someone to blame for their failures other than themselves. He's a way for them to attack groups they enjoy blaming for their failures. I don't think there's much else to it. The bigger picture means nothing to them-- the loss of jobs, the theft and grift, the war in Iran, etc. They're not concerned about that, especially his elderly supporters who are already pretty comfortable with their pensions. The rest of us can go to hell (and those supporters won't be here to see the fallout, anyway). For his younger supporters, it's schadenfreude. They love seeing the educated suffer. Nothing would please them more than watching a former federal worker with a PhD stocking groceries for minimum wage. |
Plus a constant low-level racism all day everyday. The trumpers around me are not uneducated and are not unsuccessful. But they are racists. They don't seem to know any immigrants but for some reason they hate them. To the point that they are willing to tolerate this destruction as long as DHS beats on immigrants. It's really hard to understand. They have a huge ignorant blind spot when it comes to immigrants. |
Trump is wasting the blood and treasure of the United States. Stupidly sacrificing our troops. You are not a patriot. |
+1 But to add. The bodybags coming home from Iran will break support among MAGA. Right now they are not paying any price for supporting Trump. You notice that at soon as one of Trump’s actions affect a Trump supporter that support disappears. The gas prices will result in the first crack, then the bodybags (combined with the fact that Trump will lose interest in going to dignified transfer ceremonies), then the economic depression. Unfortunately we will all suffer along with MAGA. |
um, ok |
All those body bags coming home from Iraq and Afghanistan didn’t dent military support for the GOP. |
I'm seeing this with my evangelical parents. When I ask my mom how they can still support Trump she says, "I don't like what he says but I like what he's doing." I think they feel he's been sent by God to protect Christians and make the US a Christian nation again. While she hasn't said it, I think they see him hastening the apocalypse/second coming. We don't really discuss politics much these days, as I've realized there is no getting through to them. |
You're not missing anything, so stop asking the question. It's the wrong thing to focus on. The reality is that he has a small amount of unwavering support. There is no line in the sand for them. You don't need to understand it just because, but also because we don't need them. Spend your time, energy, and $$ doing something productive. |
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This Noem perjury investigation may be a tipping point. Either she could go to jail for perjury or Trump lied. Which will it be? His whole administration needs to look at this and decide whether he is worth going to jail for.
https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2026/03/16/kristi-noem-durbin-raskin-perjury-investigation-immigration-homeland.html |
This. |