What are some reasons to support Trump?

OldWiseGuy said:

He's not completely in charge. There's that darn old Congress.

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perplexed said:

Not really an answer,

Why does he talk about his ratings during this crisis?

Why does he talk about his uncle the electrical engineer during this crisis?

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Mountainmanbob said:

The President that helped to catch a slipping away USA and turn it back into the Right direction.
M-Bob

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expos4ever said:

You mean the direction in which the nation fails to act while a virus threatens to cull the weak and the elderly?

That direction?

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OldWiseGuy said:

Many world leaders were downplaying the seriousness of the virus. Trump was just going with the flow.

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expos4ever said:

Here is my opinion on the psychology of standing by Donald Trump. I am quite confident that many Trump voters were acting in good faith when they voted on that dark day in November 2016. Let's imagine what it would be like to be one of those well-intentioned voters.

You see the man you voted for behaving liking a petulant adolescent. And he lies, boy does he lie. In general, his words and his actions scream out the fact that he is not remotely qualified for this job.

How can you manage this without having to admit you made a mistake - something that is hard for all of us, not just Trump supporters, to admit?

Well, you double-down. Here is the key point: If the problems were relatively minor, you could, without losing face admit that perhaps he has some problems - you wouldn't be in such an uncomfortable position (having voted for him) if, say, he committed the same kind of mistakes other leaders have made.

But, as you surely must know, Mr. Trump has gone "all in" - he is childish, vindictive, boorish, ill-spoken, inclined to self aggrandizement.......one needs a dictionary to complete the list.

So this well-intentioned Trump voter is in a spot - if they even open the door to agreeing that he has any shortcomings, the deluge will follow. So, in order to defend their own ego, they staunchly defend the man, quite possibly convincing themselves that (to quote from Orwell):

War is peace;
Freedom is slavery;
Ignorance is strength.

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OldWiseGuy said:

We need to reelect Trump so he can finish what he started.

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GreatLakes4Ever said:

This pandemic isn’t killing enough people so he needs another more lethal one to finish us off ?

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OldWiseGuy said:

I don't think being president is very profitable for Trump.

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GreatLakes4Ever said:

His hotel which he didn’t put in a blind trust seems to be doing quite https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/politics/secret-service-has-paid-rates-as-high-as-650-a-night-for-rooms-at-trumps-properties/2020/02/06/7f27a7c6-3ec5-11ea-8872-5df698785a4e_story.html?outputType=amp

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OldWiseGuy said:

Various reports tell us he's gaining, others that he's losing. Who to believe?

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OldWiseGuy said:

We need to reelect Trump so he can finish what he started.

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GreatLakes4Ever said:

Which reports say he’s losing?

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iluvatar5150 said:

The trade war with China or the almost-hot war with Iran?

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OldWiseGuy said:

Trump Organization loses money after Donald Trump is elected president

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expos4ever said:

I am quite confident that many Trump voters were acting in good faith when they voted on that dark day in November 2016.


Let's imagine what it would be like to be one of those well-intentioned voters.

You see the man you voted for behaving liking a petulant adolescent. And he lies, boy does he lie. In general, his words and his actions scream out the fact that he is not remotely qualified for this job.

How can you manage this without having to admit you made a mistake - something that is hard for all of us, not just Trump supporters, to admit?

Well, you double-down. Here is the key point: If the problems were relatively minor, you could, without losing face admit that perhaps he has some problems - you wouldn't be in such an uncomfortable position (having voted for him) if, say, he committed the same kind of mistakes other leaders have made.

But, as you surely must know, Mr. Trump has gone "all in" - he is childish, vindictive, boorish, ill-spoken, inclined to self aggrandizement.......one needs a dictionary to complete the list.

So this well-intentioned Trump voter is in a spot - if they even open the door to agreeing that he has any shortcomings, the deluge will follow. So, in order to defend their own ego, they staunchly defend the man, quite possibly convincing themselves that (to quote from Orwell):

War is peace;
Freedom is slavery;
Ignorance is strength.

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Evan Jellicoe said:

The problem with arguments such as the one happening in this thread is that most of the participants are speaking but not listening. There are exceptions, and I try to be an exception myself, but most of the time when a post gets rebutted, the original poster will deny the rebuttal rather than admit that perhaps that particular rebuttal might have made a good point.

In another forum I answered some people who were claiming that a real Jesus never existed. I posted the common line that "there is more hard evidence for the existence of Jesus than there is for the existence of Julius Caesar." Somebody answered and rebutted that statement with an argument that I had never heard. It didn't change my mind about the historical reality of Jesus, but it did change my perspective about the particular line I used. I answered by acknowledging that the poster had made a good point, and I thanked him for sharing. I wish I saw that kind of response from more people.

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