I put this in the Pit because I know this is where it will end up.
But I am curious as to why anyone supports him. Or would consider him for anything in government or any type of business deal at all.
Be prepared to back up your position.
I know this is going to be a rough room, but do tell. Why do you support him?
Let’s try to be gentle here folks. I am genuinely curious.
You may be on the wrong board for this. With only a couple of exceptions even our most strong conservatives such as starving artist have taken the “I don’t think Trump is a good president but…” line of waffling. The only full fledged supporter I’ve seen is Clothahump and he isn’t much for careful explanation of his reasoning.
Does “I like the fact that he is several thousand miles away.” count? 
Fair enough. But considering the thousands of posts discussing and defending trump here, I just would like a little bit of insight for their reasoning to do so.
And in particular, the “I don’t think Trump is a good president but…” position.
But what? Show your work if you can.
Hurricane has said because he personally benefited from the tax breaks. He doesn’t care what happens to the country.
Loooong article from the WaPo interviewing Trump supporters in the Midwest.
I read it and honestly still couldn’t see their point.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2018/national/trump-voters/?utm_term=.bc382638d773
I tried to read that when it was published and couldn’t get through it. It was long and the point was really buried, if there was one at all.
As usual, my writing is unclear. I meant I couldn’t understand the reasoning of the Trump supporters. To me it seemed that they didn’t feel like Washington was doing enough for them. And, of course, Hillary was going to take their guns. They are white people in America in the 21st century. The richest class of people the world has ever produced. Fucking snowflakes.
“Because I am a redneck who is clinically insane. I have no knowledge of anything and my pea-sized primordial brain is completely impervious to facts. Also, I hate foreigners, especially dark-skinned ones, fucking A-Rab Muslims, and Mexicans, what we didn’t have none of back when America was Great an’ we had wazzhisname that bald kraut as President, though I always done suspicioned that he was a danged Jew. And I hate the gubbermint. But I does love me my guns. I takes 'em to bed and talks to 'em real sweet like.”
I think that about sums it up.
My writing wasn’t clear either. The article indicated it was going to explain the thinking of Trump voters, and how it was changing the longer he was in office. It didn’t really. The closest they came was a statement about how the Midwest has big cars and big parking spots and neither party understood them.
I think I’ve posted this before on this board, but am not sure, so here goes (possibly again). The reason the morons support Trump is “He’s not Hillary Clinton”. That’s it. There is no substance, no argument. They just could not stand the thought of a strong woman becoming president after a strong Black man managed to become president. Your OP is essentially asking for a rational explanation for an irrational action. Ain’t going to happen.
There is a good portion of the electorate who votes party line, regardless of who is running. And if it all boiled down to not wanting a “strong woman”, then you’d have to believe that few people would have voted for Trump if the Democrats had nominated a white man instead of Hillary. Do you believe that?
Also, there is a significant overlap between Trump supporters and Sarah Palin fans. It’s not just a gender issue.
Although the “He’s not Hillary Clinton” excuse shows a shockingly low level of critical thought (and a correspondingly high degree of irresponsibility), one must concede that there’s a certain amount of symmetry. The crucial difference, of course, being that “[S]he’s not a Republican” is a perfectly adequate and responsible reason to vote for any Democrat who gets on the ballot.
As a non-American I do find Trump’s presidency pretty funny, I imagine it’s not as good when the joke’s at your expense though
I made the regretful decision to watch Roseanne on Jimmy Kimmel’s show. Her answer: "So would you rather have Mike Pence???" Lots of self-awareness in that.
Obama was so earnest and boring.
Trump is quirky fun.
Thanks all. And so far a good interpretation of why we think they like Trump. I agree with what has been said. I would like to see a Trump supporter step forward and express it in their own words. There are at least 3 or 4 Trump supporters here. Perhaps more. This is your place to explain why you support Trump.
No attacks please, for now lets call this a neutral zone. Asking to clarify is OK. Perhaps I should have put this in GD.
I’m a French leftist, who shouldn’t have a clue, but their point seems crystal clear to me :
Even though they’d prefer him to be different, they don’t really give a shit about Trump lying or grabbing Hollywood pussies. What they care about is that they’re rather modest people (despite what you say about the “richest class of people” : they don’t compare themselves to 19th century people or African subsistence farmers : they compare themselves to other Americans, and from this point of view, they aren’t swimming in wealth and privileges) who would like to at least keep their modest way of life, and if possible get back the better paying factory job they had 15 years ago. They have the feeling that nobody gives a shit about their plight, that everybody, especially in Washington, despise them despite having done nothing to deserve this scorn, and hope that maybe, for once, somebody will do something to improve their lot. At least Trump said he would, and they still cling to the hope that he will.
The fact that you perceive them as super-privileged people who care only for their guns (the gun issue was mentioned only once in a very long article, you must be blind and biased to have noticed only this) underlines the problem : you appear to be totally deaf to the actual reasons why they voted Trump, and totally uninterested in them and in their issues.
I’m sure that assuming that the only reason why half your country voted for Trump is that they’re all sexist, racist idiots is going to help greatly to win the next elections.
Thanks for your opinion clairobscur. I would prefer that Trump supporters express their own.