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I campaigned for Candidate Trump.
I am a third positionist, thus I appreciate that my politics don't necessarily resonate with the average Trump Supporter. But even from my disposition, I just cannot comprehend how anyone not financially affiliated with his success can be anything but ambivalent about his re-election.
He campaigned as a not-so-subtle ethnic nationalist. It wasn't "we need to curb immigration." It was "we need to keep the Mexicans out...after all, somebody is doing the raping." Now it's "we love our Mexican immigrants; we need more! They just have to do it legally!"
All he talks about on Twitter is black unemployment rates and how great 'le based' mentally ill trannies are. Deep down, he is a neoliberal.
He's literally never mentioned white people- ya know, the folks who elected him- by name. We don't exist.
He called those of us who attempted to protect monuments in Charlottesville "Nazi's," who were "full of hate," then laughed as many of us- his own supporters- were sent to prison on BS charges. Three years later, during election season, it's now suddenly very important that we keep our monuments.
Every promise that he makes has three stages:
1) Edgy tweet for boomer chain emails. He gets his dopamine rush, then sleeps.
2) Next day, he'll "look into it" [whatever the problem is]
3) Stops talking about it.
(There is one exception: Jewish issues. Israel wanted their capital moved, he acted. NYC Jews wanted non-enforcement of Covid social distancing, they got it. Israel wanted an increase in aid, they got it. etc.)
Normal Trump supporters can't even express themselves on Facebook or Twitter because Trump is terrified of admitting that these platforms represent the 21st century public square; no, to Trump they are just "private companies"...If he intervened, what about 'muh liberty?'
What kind of tangible thing do Trump supporters hope to gain from his re-election?
While I'm certainly no leftist, I think I can offer some hope to leftists should Trump be re-elected: Don't worry. Conservatives don't actually win, at anything, ever. They won't do anything you dislike, they'll just tweet edgy shit then immediately fail.
Trump is like a pressure-relief valve for low information, morally decent white people IMO. Ultimately his maintenance of power does more harm than good, as it fools the aforementioned into a false sense of calm.
When it comes to actual policies, actual accomplishments...literally Justin Trudeau and Macron are more based than Trump could ever be.
I am a third positionist, thus I appreciate that my politics don't necessarily resonate with the average Trump Supporter. But even from my disposition, I just cannot comprehend how anyone not financially affiliated with his success can be anything but ambivalent about his re-election.
He campaigned as a not-so-subtle ethnic nationalist. It wasn't "we need to curb immigration." It was "we need to keep the Mexicans out...after all, somebody is doing the raping." Now it's "we love our Mexican immigrants; we need more! They just have to do it legally!"
All he talks about on Twitter is black unemployment rates and how great 'le based' mentally ill trannies are. Deep down, he is a neoliberal.
He's literally never mentioned white people- ya know, the folks who elected him- by name. We don't exist.
He called those of us who attempted to protect monuments in Charlottesville "Nazi's," who were "full of hate," then laughed as many of us- his own supporters- were sent to prison on BS charges. Three years later, during election season, it's now suddenly very important that we keep our monuments.
Every promise that he makes has three stages:
1) Edgy tweet for boomer chain emails. He gets his dopamine rush, then sleeps.
2) Next day, he'll "look into it" [whatever the problem is]
3) Stops talking about it.
(There is one exception: Jewish issues. Israel wanted their capital moved, he acted. NYC Jews wanted non-enforcement of Covid social distancing, they got it. Israel wanted an increase in aid, they got it. etc.)
Normal Trump supporters can't even express themselves on Facebook or Twitter because Trump is terrified of admitting that these platforms represent the 21st century public square; no, to Trump they are just "private companies"...If he intervened, what about 'muh liberty?'
What kind of tangible thing do Trump supporters hope to gain from his re-election?
While I'm certainly no leftist, I think I can offer some hope to leftists should Trump be re-elected: Don't worry. Conservatives don't actually win, at anything, ever. They won't do anything you dislike, they'll just tweet edgy shit then immediately fail.
Trump is like a pressure-relief valve for low information, morally decent white people IMO. Ultimately his maintenance of power does more harm than good, as it fools the aforementioned into a false sense of calm.
When it comes to actual policies, actual accomplishments...literally Justin Trudeau and Macron are more based than Trump could ever be.
