Posted on 02/19/2016 10:18:50 AM PST by GodGunsGuts
I'm really trying to understand why people stay with Trump. I really am. Like I can see why a conservative would prefer Rubio. I don't agree, but I can see it.
But for the life of me I don't understand the Trump thing at all. Because if you're for Trump, here's what you're saying:
I hate the GOP establishment so much, I'm backing the guy that donated to help them against the Tea Party.
I hate Obamacare so much, I'm backing the only candidate not named Bernie Sanders also for single-payer healthcare.
I hate amnesty so much, I'm voting for the guy that helped fund most of the political campaigns of the gang of 8.
I thought Romney and McCain were squishes, so I'm supporting Trump who's to the Left of both of them.
Ted Cruz 2016!!!
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The entire thing boils down to if you believe Trump.... If you believe he is telling the truth and wants to build the wall, rebuild the military and all his other promises...If you don’t believe him then you are against him— if you do then you for him..
He makes people feel good. That’s about all I can come up with.
Trump is progressive posing as a conservative, anyone with two brain cells clicking together can spot the ruse.
That’s the problem, he has no record to back up his many campaign promises. Not only that, the record he does have goes in the opposite direction. Who stakes the presidency on a guy like that!
Exactly!
IMMIGRATION.
PERIOD .
Preferences... It’s like food & liquor.
I love lobster and Wild Turkey. My husband likes steak and beer. If the only thing I had available to eat was steak and beer, I would have steak and beer. Likewise, I imagine if my husband was hungry and thirsty he would have lobster and Wild Turkey.
I like Trump you like Cruz. If Cruz is the nominee, I’ll vote for Cruz as I’m sure you would vote for Trump if he is the nominee.
For the Primary, I prefer Trump. I trust him and I think he is the best of the group.
I don’t believe Trump leans left or right. He just supports whatever he thinks will result in a win at the time. Be it $$ or elections. I believe his followers are just desperate for something different.
The answer is easy. Trump says no specifics, just slogans like “Make America Great Again” and “I’m going to get us great deals” and “everything is going to be great”.
He lets people fill in the blanks for themselves what “great” means to them, and he becomes the perfect candidate for them because in their minds he agrees with them on EVERYTHING. And how could you not for the guy who agrees with you on everything?
Trump is famous, entertaining, outrageous, and angry. That seems to be the sum of his appeal.
I am also puzzled that so many “Conservatives”, even here on Free Republic would follow Trump.
Not only is he not a Conservative, he is using the media to manipulate and distract from the real issues. He is using emotionalism, preying on people’s anger by saying what he needs to get what he wants.
He is psychologically out of balance, he has no grace or gravitas, he is classless and crass, he is not thoughtful nor is he broadly or well educated in what he needs to be to be an inspiring leader. He is a disgrace and an embarrassment to the United States.
Worth going to article and reading the comment by Trubador who actually attempts to answer the question: why are so many in love with DJT.
I prefer to think that his followers suffer from under-development of the prefrontal cortex!
GO TED!
Trump tells people what they want to hear, but with no substance or specifics on how he’s going to do it, and with reason to trust him, either, given his history. But he’s angry and outrageous when he says things, and that appeals to some people, I guess.
America is an oligarchy. They started the Federal Reserve in 1913, the CFR in 1921 and the Trilateral Commission in ~1973. If you don’t believe me watch this on the Reece Commission on large tax exempt foundations in 1953/4:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8irQifrpmEY
Or this interview with Aaron Russo (the first 45 min at least):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGAaPjqdbgQ
These people also started the OSS and later the CIA.
Every administration is loaded with people from the CFR and TC. Cruz’s administration would too, his wife works for Goldman Sachs and is in the CFR.
Trump wouldn’t hire these people, or at least in all of his top positions. At one point I think I read Obama hired 700 people from the CFR alone.
Here’s a quote from Hillary Clinton:
Thank you very much, Richard, and I am delighted to be here in these new headquarters. I have been often to, I guess, the mother ship in New York City, but it’s good to have an outpost of the Council right here down the street from the State Department. We get a lot of advice from the Council, so this will mean I won’t have as far to go to be told what we should be doing and how we should think about the future.
- Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State - July 15, 2009 - speaking at the Council on Foreign Relations
There you go, that’s why the GOPe hate Trump. He will derail their plans on immigration, the national debt, etc. Basically, slow down their plans for a NWO.
What I’m afraid of is that The Great Deal will be The New Deal 2.0.
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