# Do you object more to Trump's persona, or Trump's policies?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 2, 2019, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-object-more-to-trumps-persona-or-trumps-policies/827069 "2019-01-02T00:55:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![MoonMoon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moonmoon/32/2959_2.png) [@MoonMoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoonMoon)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2019, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-object-more-to-trumps-persona-or-trumps-policies/827069/41 "2019-01-03T19:26:57Z")

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Yes.

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**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2019, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-object-more-to-trumps-persona-or-trumps-policies/827069/42 "2019-01-03T20:10:10Z")

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Can’t separate them here either, but I chose policies because I clearly suck the teat of the government and I am too stupid to recognize genius. To me he doesn’t seem so smart as he seems charismatic in a way that appeals to other greedy bigots who have now been given an open invitation to be openly hateful while calling everyone else “snowflakes” if we complain. He is a shit-stirrer of the highest caliber. He lies… so often. I am completely blown away by how accepting his fans are of his repeated lies. Those closest to him, when they can’t explain it, they will lie and say he never said things there are public records of him saying. Like his tweets. Personally, the lies that have bothered me most have NOT been related to policy, it’s the over two dozen tweets he’s make alluding to vaccines being dangerous and autism being an epidemic. These are dangerous lies that people wave away as unimportant. A man in his position could convince many people to stop believing the fear-mongering and understand the value of vaccinations, but no, he chose to spread more lies and push more fear against the medical community. And personally of course it annoys me that he’s yet another person who claims autism is an epidemic, as if it was a contagious deadly disease.

But his policies, especially related to climate change, are going to prove deadly. And that’s enough for me to loathe him.

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**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2019, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-object-more-to-trumps-persona-or-trumps-policies/827069/43 "2019-01-03T20:26:38Z")

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> [@septimus](#):
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> “Let’s shut down the entire government just so that the Dems and my base know that my farts are the smelliest farts ever.”  
> — is that policy or personality?  
> “It’s not enough to shut down the border. Let’s also torture the little children of the asylum seekers. My base will love it!”  
> — is that policy or personality?  
> “When you revise the tax code to help the rich; make sure to find clever little tricks to transfer wealth from blue voters to red voters!”  
> — is that policy or personality?  
> “Obama negotiated foreign deals? Let’s tear those up; set things back; and eventually come up with something almost as good … but with my name on it!”  
> — is that policy or personality?
> 
> I didn’t know how to answer the poll.

It’s like being asked if you’d rather get beaten by a baseball bat, or a billy club.

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