# Some Trump Supporter Please Explain This to Me **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [November 15, 2016, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-trump-supporter-please-explain-this-to-me/772082 "2016-11-15T18:34:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Evil\_Economist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c89c15/32.png) [@Evil\_Economist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Economist)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2016, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-trump-supporter-please-explain-this-to-me/772082/41 "2016-11-16T16:33:00Z")
> [@furt](#): > > Bad analogy. > > Replacing a wall with a fence, or with patrolling UAVs in remote desert areas, or some other functional equivalent that still accomplishes the purpose, is a broken promise in the literal sense, but not one anyone will really care about. How about filling in a swamp with more swamp? ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Economist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c89c15/32.png) [@Evil\_Economist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Economist)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2016, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-trump-supporter-please-explain-this-to-me/772082/42 "2016-11-16T16:36:53Z")
> [@HurricaneDitka](#): > > I was not upset about Obama’s broken promise to close Gitmo, but I was pretty mad about his broken promise about my health insurance plan. Different people get upset about different things. Trump has basically walked back every promise he ever made, so while the cynical intelligentsia might think his lies and deceptions are meaningless, I bet there’s people out there who took him at his word on one issue or another and will eventually get angry. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2016, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-trump-supporter-please-explain-this-to-me/772082/43 "2016-11-16T16:40:55Z")
> [@Evil\_Economist](#): > > How about filling in a swamp with more swamp? Won’t the swamp overflow? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2016, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-trump-supporter-please-explain-this-to-me/772082/44 "2016-11-16T16:45:57Z")
> [@Evil\_Economist](#): > > Different people get upset about different things. Trump has basically walked back every promise he ever made, so while the cynical intelligentsia might think his lies and deceptions are meaningless, I bet there’s people out there who took him at his word on one issue or another and will eventually get angry. If they get angry, it will be at the designated enemy, not at Trump or his subordinates. ---
**Author:** ![furt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/439d5e/32.png) [@furt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furt)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2016, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-trump-supporter-please-explain-this-to-me/772082/45 "2016-11-16T17:30:11Z")
> [@Evil\_Economist](#): > > How about filling in a swamp with more swamp? Since “swamp” is both a metaphor and an inexact term, he has some wiggle room there. But yeah, people are going to want to see substantive changes. [This is a good start](http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/11/16/pence-removing-lobbyists-from-trump-transition-team.html), though it’s going to make finding qualified people more of a challenge. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2016, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-trump-supporter-please-explain-this-to-me/772082/46 "2016-11-16T17:33:54Z")
He just threw out Christie and his minions because his son-in-law has a beef with Christie. So, yeah, he put a nice veneer on it. Polished it up real good. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-trump-supporter-please-explain-this-to-me/772082.md?page=2)