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[-] kersploosh@sh.itjust.works 35 points 3 months ago

It’s like they want to inflict him on the people they’re angry at, as if he’s a weapon

This completely nails it. Trump's lack of a filter and eagerness to pick fights makes him look like a fearless champion for his followers. He isn't going to pull punches or compromise with anyone.

A very conservative relative of mine likened supporting Trump to hiring a sleazy but effective lawyer: his personality and methods are irrelevant; you hired him to achieve specific results and the only thing that matters is his ability to achieve those results. If it makes the opposition scream then that's just added entertainment.

[-] HiddenLychee@lemmy.world 16 points 3 months ago

What I don't get is he had four years already to achieve results and all he did was make the country worse off, but somehow everyone seems to have forgotten that 😭

[-] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Yes, but he hurt the right people. Or at least put on a show of doing it, somehow Mexico got out of USMCA just fine.

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