So, much to my chagrin, I've talked to multiple people in my life who support Trump, including family members, friends, acquaintances and so on. I would say that the vast majority of people I know are Democrats, but I know plenty of Republicans as well. Among the reasons I hear for support for Trump, at least among those reasons that are spoken out loud, are:
-Trump is "not a politician"
-He "runs things like a business"
-He says what he wants and doesn't care about consequences or what people think
-They are sick of the "status quo," and being lied to by politicians, especially by Democrats
-They want someone who was willing to "shake things up"
-They truly believed he was going to change things for the better (this is among one of the dumber reasons, though all of them are pretty baseless if you give it a seconds thought)
-They believed he was for the working class (another really dumb reason)
-They thought he was going to "solve the immigration problem"
-They wanted revenge, i.e. someone who was willing to tell the world "Fuck you"
-They felt like America had grown weak, concerning its place in the world as a superpower
-They felt like America's economy has become wholly dependent on the service industry
-They feel like "we don't make anything in America anymore"
-They feel like "America should look out for Americans first"
...among many others. I've tried to copy some of these statements verbatim, but for others I've tried to just jot down the general sentiment of how these people think. As a disclaimer, none of these views are mine, and I don't agree with these ideas, nor do I think that any of these ideas or qualities are something that would or could be considered "presidential." This is further reason for me to believe that people don't give a flying fuck about what's presidential, and seem to identify with potential presidential candidates for reasons that are wholly primal and that it essentially has nothing to do with any of us having some nuanced, educated political viewpoint. Obviously, none of these ideas are new, but I just wanted to type out what I thought about this.
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-Trump is "not a politician"
-He "runs things like a business"
-He says what he wants and doesn't care about consequences or what people think
-They are sick of the "status quo," and being lied to by politicians, especially by Democrats
-They want someone who was willing to "shake things up"
-They truly believed he was going to change things for the better (this is among one of the dumber reasons, though all of them are pretty baseless if you give it a seconds thought)
-They believed he was for the working class (another really dumb reason)
-They thought he was going to "solve the immigration problem"
-They wanted revenge, i.e. someone who was willing to tell the world "Fuck you"
-They felt like America had grown weak, concerning its place in the world as a superpower
-They felt like America's economy has become wholly dependent on the service industry
-They feel like "we don't make anything in America anymore"
-They feel like "America should look out for Americans first"
...among many others. I've tried to copy some of these statements verbatim, but for others I've tried to just jot down the general sentiment of how these people think. As a disclaimer, none of these views are mine, and I don't agree with these ideas, nor do I think that any of these ideas or qualities are something that would or could be considered "presidential." This is further reason for me to believe that people don't give a flying fuck about what's presidential, and seem to identify with potential presidential candidates for reasons that are wholly primal and that it essentially has nothing to do with any of us having some nuanced, educated political viewpoint. Obviously, none of these ideas are new, but I just wanted to type out what I thought about this.
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If you're frightened of dying, and you're holding on, you'll see devils tearing your life away. But if you've made your peace, then the devils are really angels, freeing you from the Earth.
