Not if I was Wild Jack Hammer
If this is rock bottom we are never getting rid of this guy.
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They got their welfare payments so they are happy.
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I smell trolley here.
Translation: White supremacists are pleased Trump is using the government to harass people of color and immigrants.
Wages have dropped precipitously since Trump took office thanks to the Tax plan, attempts to repeal the ACA, and trade wars. Blaming immigration for the plight of the white redneck worker is just an ignorant appeal to bigotry and scapegoating.
“I’m an open borders type anyway”
Nobody is an “open borders type”. “Open borders types” are what conservative nativist bigots call anyone who calls them out on their garbage. You appear to describe a fictional position.
" President Trump’s bromance with Vladimir Putin has allayed fears that the Clinton/Putin feud, "
Who worried about that? Now we have Trump feuding with NATO, Canada, Mexico, and any country we are allied with.
" His childish chest-thumping towards North Korea seems to have been at exactly the intellectual level necessary to reach Korean leadership. "
Because North Korea has done anything since the phony summit in a meaningful way to “denuclearize”? Youngbyon Nuclear reactor is being dismantled as we speak? LMAO! Of course not. The real summit was held 2 months before, with NK, China and SK. Trump’s idiocy got the US “kiddie tabled” from the discussion.
No they don’t have valid reasons. They just fell for a line of bullshit. At this point the basis of support is Christian dominionism, White Supremacy and utter ignorance. These are the people who vociferously supported child abduction, concentration camps and hostage taking.
Fuck them all. They are beyond treating reasonably.
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They were already declining before Trump took office. But who needs nuance, right?
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The majority of the electorate demonstrably do not control American elections.
Realism is required.
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I “smell” a fairly accurate description of how Trump’s actions may be perceived by his supporters.
It’s important to keep in mind that those economic/security issues can coexist with prejudice. The Trumpists are bigots who need no other reason to hate Latinx people, but they also genuinely do believe that infinite hordes of immigrants are coming to steal their jerbs.
And they do genuinely approve of Trump’s foreign policy performance. As they see it, he put those poncey Europeans in their place, intimidated North Korea into submission, is bombing “terrorists” more than Obama ever did, etc. etc.
Regardless of objective reality, that’s how they see it.
I am.
“Abolish the borders” is a common radical socialist/anarchist position. It’s not a mainstream view, but it isn’t that unusual in activist circles.
While I don’t disagree with most of the detail you present, there is one problem with it.
Trump was not elected by the working class.
Of all economic groups, lower income Americans were the only group in which the majority opposed Trump. This should be unsurprising, as lower income Americans are also the least white.
However, even within the white community, lower income voters supported Trump at a lower rate than wealthier voters. Although working class Trump voters do exist, they are not the core of his support.
Trump’s base primarily consists of the low-education white middle class. Middle managers, sales reps, small business owners, etc.
Again, however, this is not surprising if you read the history. Fascism is a middle class pathology; it’s the petit bourgeoise’s response to the collapse of capitalism. They aren’t fighting for economic justice; they are fighting to retain their position and privilege.
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Did you follow the link? There seem to be some people who want her to run again. How do you know what their motivations are?
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They may claim they’re not down with dude on dude action, but they sure do seem to like sucking Trump’s dick. And as long as he’s willing to keep pushing tax cuts for the rich and deregulation, the corporate owners of the GOP will find a way to message it to the conservative sheep. And they’ll piss and moan about it, but will keep voting for them, no matter what.
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