For several years I've been trying to wrap my head around why half of USA love D Trump. Especially the religious half when Trump is not exactly a promoter of Christianity and doesn't live by supposed Christian values of Grace and Charity, and love thy neighbour etc.
Instead Trump is a person who lives to benefit himself. Having been born into extreme wealth and having been given the keys to his father's kingdom, and having been taught by his father to use his wealth and elite connections to his advantage and to not bother himself with the misfortunes of the people that get in his way.
Anyway, for most of us Trump is a despicable entitled elite, burying his opponents in years long and expensive litigation, cheating on his wives, raping a woman and bragging about he can just grab them by their privates, committing financial fraud against banks and the tax department, committing fraud and grifting against his fans.
So why on earth are there people that like him? Even people that say he is the best President ever?
Well, watching Sam Seder in the Jubilee series Surrounded, I think I found the answer.
One of the statements that Sam can up with was
"Unless you're a billionaire, religious fundamentalist, or a xenophobic nationalist, voting for Trump was a mistake"
And listening to the 20 Trump supporters talk on that, we never heard any of them say that they didn't fit into any of those 3 groups.
Instead they were arguing, well what's wrong with being a religious fundamentalist we should be wanting a Christian theocracy where gays don't exist, and one lady was saying that xenophobic nationalism would be great, where White Christian is the dominant culture and all other people should assimilate into that.
I think why it has taken me so long to understand why many of USA love Trump and think he is the best ever, is because I tend to think the best of people, I tend to assume most people are decent and caring and empathetic want a society where free to be themselves, where people are free to practice their religion free from government interference, where different cultures can coexist and people can show an interest in other's differences.
I certainly didn't think many people in a modern free western styled democratic country would want a theocracy or xenophobic nationalism. But I was wrong, this is exactly what half of USA want. They want it, and delight in it so much that they don't really care that Trump is a convicted felon or was found liable for raping a woman, or that he tried to steal the 2020 election through the illegal alternate electors scheme, or that he sent a riled up and angry mob to attack the capital to stop the peaceful transfer of power, or that he pardoned those that physically assaulted the police that smashed doors and windows to get into the capital or those that pled guilty to seditious conspiracy. they don't care that he pardoned his elitist buddy Bannon from stealing from the build a wall fund, they don't care that he extorted the president of Ukraine, that he sides with Putin over the USA intelligence agencies. Don't care. As long as Trump delivers in getting rid of women's rights with abortion, as long as he delivers in removing rights from Trans people, as long as he stops non White Christians from coming into the country and kicks them out.
Personally I don't think they care about Trump pandering to the Elitists billionaires, selling of the government to his donors, getting them to take benefits away from the poor, ripping out environmental protections, giving the wealthy massive tax breaks. They are willing to look the other way as long as they get the Christian theocracy that they want as long as they get a White Christian nation.
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