A fourth option you left out:
Those who suspect Trump may not be as conservative as some fellow FReepers think he is and don’t know if they can trust him if he were to get elected.
By the way, I’m not “anti,” just not convinced — and not yet committed to any other candidate.
I wasn’t referring to someone like you, who appears to be still surveying the candidates and trying to make a thoughtful decision. I was referring to the band of raving mouth-frothers that have turned this thread into a 300+ post epic meltdown.
There isn’t anything wrong with having questions about any candidate. The ‘anti’ people don’t have questions. They’ve made up their mind. They are against Trump more than they’re ‘for’ anything else. They become more desperate and vitriolic towards his supporters by the day.
There’s even one of these jackasses (he even purports to be some kind of expert writer too) who is keeping a ‘list’ of FReepers who supported Trump, so he can come back and rub their noses in it later. That is unhinged, unhealthy, and obsessive behavior.
For me, it wasn’t a difficult decision to support Trump. In the past he made statements that weren’t always ‘conservative’. He financially supported a lot of Dems, including the Clintons.
If he was a regular politician, I’d toss him out as untrustworthy. But he isn’t a politician, therefore different standards apply.
If he is being untruthful about his policy prescriptions, what is the motivation for that? To get elected? Why? He didn’t have to do this at all. Are people really trying to contend that he jumped in just to run a gigantic ruse on all of us and give us a big Bronx cheer after he’s elected?
WHY? What on earth is the end game there?
He self-funds, so the normal conflicts of interest don’t apply to him. The guy has so much money that the presidency is actually a step down for him in many ways.
I cannot see any motivation for him to put forth the policies he has put forth and renege on his word later.
Is it still a gamble to support him? Yep. But it’s a far better bet than supporting ANY of the contenders who rely on donors. Certainly not when those donors may or may not have desires contrary to the stated positions of the candidate they paid to put into office.