Trump supporters, help me out

I just don't get it. I lean right, but when I look at Trump, i see a racist, incompetent, low IQ, thin-skinned, unstable babboon. He's fired every person in his regime that has any brains and replaced them with yes man and woman. So, tell me why you like Trump. What is it about him, that makes you rally to him? Convince me.

Remember, this was the same guy that 10 years ago was a big democrat supporter. Friend of clintons, e.g.

At this point I have the same thoughts. Guy is a horrible example as a leader of the free world, doesn't/can't pass any laws or legislation that helps anyone (even his base), and clearly just says/acts in ways to inflate his ego. If anyone tells me they still like him my only response is "weird flex"

On a related question, why do you continue to lean towards his party? As far as I can tell, they've been everything you stated about Trump for at least a decade.

Ill respond, But to know where you coming from, I gotta ask,

Whats the worst thing Trump has done policy wise in your opinion?

@mattbbpl: Yawn...that narative is getting really old and stale. I feel sorry for every brainwashed person on the left who just keeps spouting off that same nonsense.

@vfighter: What narrative is that? It's a genuine question for Sonic.

arent trolling threads like this against the rules of conduct for this forum?

Twump bawd.

I don't know why you think the Republican voters are yearning for someone else, and will switch to a more conventional candidate later. Trump enjoys 90% approval ratings from his own party. They freaking love him. He was nominated as their candidate because he's a reflection of the party, not in spite of himself.

And it's edged slightly up since he's taken office. We have to face the facts: The GOP has totally embraced Trump. He isn't an anomaly. He is the face of the party now.

@sonicare:

‘i see a racist’

Wrong. Give examples?

‘incompetent’

Wrong. Strong economy, and the border finally being dealt with after decades of abuse proves otherwise.

‘low IQ’

Extremely wrong.

‘thin-skinned’

Meh, he’s got an ego - sue him.

‘unstable babboon’

Wrong, and namecalling is childish. You may want to omit that to be taken seriously in future posts.

Trump’s critics (Democrats and left leaning media which is almost all media) are supposed to go in relentless attack mode. Republicans aren’t Democrats. Duh. But if you can take yourself away from the rhetoric, you’d find a leader that cares about America, is quite accomplished in a tight timeframe, and is adored by millions of normal Americans and fans around the world.

Are you sure you want Trump supporters to answer or did you just want posters that hate Trump to answer on their behalf, which is pretty much what is happening right now with the majority of the replies?

His racist Tweet on Sunday. Several prior examples as well,

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/06/trump-racism-comments/588067/

1. An economy following Obama's trend. Only not as good at jobs.

2. Obama did way better border protection, with a 50 year low. Trump destroyed that amazing record, and the border is a mess. By all means if you are big on tough immigration you should see Trump as a failure and love Obama.

He seems pretty stupid. Over 10,000 false statements. Behaves like a child.

So you hate Trump?

Trump has the lowest average approval rating in history and is the only President to not go over 50%.

I have a feeling he wasn't expecting to win and is just flying by the seat of his pants.

As you seem to be one of the more reasonable Trump backers on these boards, why don't you post why? I wouldn't qualify you as a Trump cultist.

Probably because in order for me to post why I like him as the question asked, I would actually need to like him. You shouldn't confuse support with actually liking a politician; I support the president but when it actually comes to liking him, I wouldn't say I liked him as much as I liked President Obama who I disagreed with politically on many different issues. Hell, I liked AOC (not for her looks, even though she isn't a bad looking woman) until she became overwhelmed with her hubris, but her politics were way too far left for me to even entertain voting for her if I was in her district regardless of how I felt about her as a person.

You could humor Mirko and state why you support him. I'm sure that would be the follow up question.

Is this an "enemy of my enemy" situation for why you support Trump?

I think tax cuts on top of a 20 trillion dollar national debt was a bad move. His foreign policy or essentially lack thereof - no coherent policy - for example.

And yet he's a triple billionaire who had sex with Playboy models, married a fashion model and became President against all odds.

Meanwhile all the clever clogs are on forums and twitter crying about him every 2 minutes.

What a boss.

I'm still going with the assumption that it's sunk cost fallacy. They flew so far up his ass at one point or another, that no matter how much horrible shit flies in their face they've convinced themselves they love it and wanted it. Soon as he's out they'll be dislodged and pretend they hated it the whole time and everything bad now and in the future is all the dem's fault.

I’m sure I’ve already mentioned it before, but the main things come down to policy and putting the country first. I don’t agree with all of his policies either, but I would take him over whatever Democrat has to get AOC’s blessing before they can win the nomination. If a Democrat that was more in line with my desires than Trump won the nomination then I would be inclined to vote for them in 2020. Romney lost my vote in 2012 because he failed to appeal to me over Obama that year.

Something we like to say in the military is we would rather have a strong commander that is a dirtbag in his private life lead us through battle than a meek commander that is a saint in his private life. We have priorities at that point that exclude making us feel like you’re going to win Father of the Year when (or if) we get home.

1. Referring to the vast majority of latino immigrants as rapists and murderers. Telling people of color to go back to their "shit hole" countries.

2. Incompetent - Border being dealt with? Most illegals come in through ports of entry and overstay their visas. Building a wall does not solve that. Firing the vast majority of your cabinet and staff every 3-6 months. Tweeting out foreign policy announcements at 2 am on a whim without consulting anyone in your diplomatic core. Not knowing that tariffs are not a tax on a foreign country but your own consumers.

3. Low IQ - See #2. Having multiple businesses go bankrupt. Making less money from you dad's huge windfall then someone who could simply have taken the money and bought index funds.

4. Thin skinned - Poor self confidence. Insecurity. Hallmarks of large egos.

5. Name calling is childish. Have you been watching Trump these last 3 years? Does "Low energy Jeb Bush", "Little Marco Rubio", "Lying Ted Cruz", "Crooked Hillary", "Little Adam Shitt", etc. etc. etc.

Trump is not adored around the world. He is a laughing stock and is hurting the US's image abroad. He does not put america first, he puts his own interests first and puts americans last. I agree that the media is incredibly biased. CNN should be renamed the DNC, but that doesnt change the fact that Trump is terrible for this country. Many of his actions have severely hurt this country's future. He has further ramped up the national debt in a time when we should be addressing it. Tax cuts are not the answer when an economy is already booming and we have over 20 trillion dollars in debt. The TPP was an excellent way to combat China's growing influence and help protect America;s interests and he guts it without understanding its importance. Etc. etc. etc.

If my father gave me 400 million dollars, 50 years ago, I would easily have made more money than trump. All I would have had to do is by the S/P index and I'd have made 20 times more than trump.

To be fair, we can't really blame him for his businesses going under. He would have had to be running them for it to be his fault, and he pretty much just delegated and spent his time goofing off. About the only time he got directly involved was when the latest set of idiots he had delegated to ran the company into the ground and he needed to fire and replace them.

So it would be more accurate to say he has no experience at leadership because he didn't even run his own businesses.

@joebones5000: Lol, you still think Russions helped, and the entire Russian government yet to boot? Oh god I pray you're trolling but I doubt you are.

That's an odd argument in favor of Trump, as usually what makes a strong commander lies in the merit of their character. Many commanders in the past that've had the odds stacked against them have triumphed on the back of their values and character that instilled victory in their men, and some of the worst atrocities committed have been "strong leaders" whose character resided in the gutter. Hitler.....hey, he's not really that much of a saint, but at least the economy's strong so I'd rather have him leading me!

I've never quite understood how people can dismiss character in a leadership position as they do with Trump. He, as all presidents are, will be judged largely on that character, and in that respect, he's an abject failure and will be remembered as such.

Ill help you out. Theyre all clowns. Trump at least has a sense of humor.

a lot of comments from trumpkins but aside from ad1x2 pretty damn bereft of actually responding to the question at hand. kinda a reflection of the trump administration as a whole...

big and bombastic but lacking actual content.

*sighs and adds clowns to the list of people slighted in attempts to insult Trump*

I am going to have to write a guide on this.

https://twitter.com/DavidBahnsen/status/1152566809381543937

@joebones5000: Wow, so you're not trolling? I can't even fathom somebody still believing that nonsense lol. Do you still believe in the tooth fairy, Santa, etc also?

@baelnergal:

Huh?

I'm implying that calling Trump or his followers clowns is insulting clowns.

@baelnergal:

Politics are a clown show. Even if the die hard followers act like fools i prefer to think that theyre just very oblivious people. Many people are like that.

Gotta love them big bombastic capital letters though.

@joebones5000: They won't read, what makes you think they'll listen?

This is what I find most fascinating about trump supporters. They can't see the forest through the trees. This IS damaging the Republican party. But they blindly keep cheering for trump. Kind of happy that it's hurting the party though. Maybe we will have room for a new and improved party.

@LJS9502_basic:

I was under the impression he was under fire from both parties. Hes more an independent than republican, imo; the guy says whatever he wants. Hes not a politician.

Its just that it being almost 2020, the republicans know they have nobody that can compete with his stage presence, and that goes for the Democrats as well.

@heirren: "I was under the impression he was under fire from both parties."

Nope. He enjoys unprecedented support from his party.

@mattbbpl:

Not sure if you are being serious.

Now, of course, with the election coming up. But, throughout his term?