CNN Accurately Explains President Trump's Support.

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   Readmikenowposted 5 years ago

   I could not believe what I read from CNN.  It is pretty spot-on when it comes to explaining why people support President Donald Trump. 
   
   “Progressives wonder how in the world could anyone still support President Donald Trump. So here are ten reasons why more than 40% of the electorate probably does -- and will. “
   
   https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/19/opinions … index.html

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      crankaliciousposted 5 years agoin reply to this

      One simply cannot argue against the economy, which is generally the most important thing to most people. It's the same reason President Obama was re-elected. The economy was strong and people voted for the economy remaining strong. Pretty simple.
      
      Although it is hard to get most liberals to give Trump any credit for doing anything, I am not one of those. Among his accomplishments was the changes to the tax code that raised the standard deduction.
      
      Also, liberals have completely reversed course on diplomacy. We argued for years that we should engage North Korea and China and Russia, rather than ramping up our militaristic rhetoric. Trump does both, but liberals should not be attacking him for engaging Kim and others. Beats going to war.
      
      Finally, he needs major kudos for his approach to China. No politician has done anything about China, but Trump clearly sees what a threat they are economically. Do nothing and they will overtake us (they may do so anyway). Letting them get away with economic murder is stupid.

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         Readmikenowposted 5 years agoin reply to this

         Very well stated.

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            wildernessposted 5 years agoin reply to this

            And here is the reply to such reasoned deductions:  https://hubpages.com/politics/forum/344 … ost4083530
            
            "I don't care what he has accomplished, I don't like him and the <long sequence of name calling> isn't fit to be dogcatcher."
            
            (I have to wonder, and recognize, the inherent racism is declaring that all brown people are lawbreakers.)

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               Readmikenowposted 5 years agoin reply to this

               Not really surprised...are you?  I like how supporters of Hillary Clinton state character matters.  Puh...leeze.
               
               But I agree with you.
               
               The piece from CNN IS a reasoned and thoughtful article I believe to be pretty accurate. I don't care who will vote for President Donald Trump.  I think this gives a good description of the reasons people do support him.

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                  GA Andersonposted 5 years agoin reply to this

                  Mike, the piece was an opinion piece, so I am not sure how much credit we can give CNN for posting it. But anyway . . .
                  
                  Do you agree with point #10, about Pres. Trump being such a " masterful impromptu speaker"?
                  
                  
                  GA

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                     GA Andersonposted 5 years agoin reply to this

                     Mike, the piece was an opinion piece, so I am not sure how much credit we can give CNN for posting it. But anyway . . .
                     
                     Do you agree with point #10, about Pres. Trump being such a " masterful impromptu speaker"?
                     
                     I will give you a clue; I was floored that the author would make such a statement. His first nine points may, or may not, be debatable, but I can't see any room for a debate against his tenth point.
                     
                     Unless, and sadly I must admit this, "masterful" means knowing which buttons to push. I have to say Mike, I can only see masterful as a fair description if speaking the language of the mob is the judging criteria.
                     
                     GA

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                        Ken Burgessposted 5 years agoin reply to this

                        As it should be.
                        
                        Trump will never win over the "elites" or the "ruling class", despite being a billionaire, despite being President, he is very much an outsider, and he is very much deplored by them.
                        
                        Nor will Trump be able to win over the 47%, to quote Romney:
                        ""All right, there are 47 percent who are with [the Democrats], who are dependent upon government, who believe that they are victims, who believe the government has a responsibility to care for them, who believe that they are entitled to health care, to food, to housing, to you-name-it. That that's an entitlement. And the government should give it to them. And they will vote for [Democrats] no matter what."
                        
                        So Trump has to rely on the one block of voters that doesn't fit into those two categories, the working class... the people the Democrats have abandoned, the taxpayers that have to pay for all the Democrats' generosity, that got stiffed by the ACA and the terrible trade agreements that allow jobs to flee the nation like NAFTA and TPP.
                        
                        So yes, he may not be as articulate and well mannered as you would hope a President to be, but he gets his message to the people he is wanting to get it to... the ones that will put him back in office in 2020.

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                     wildernessposted 5 years agoin reply to this

                     LOL  Trump has to be the worst speaker in the history of the Presidency.  He's better than he was, but..."masterful"?  No.

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                        GA Andersonposted 5 years agoin reply to this

                        Whew! Glad to see I am not alone in that opinion
                        
                        There is no way I would describe him as a good speaker, much less as "masterful." That has nothing to do with any other Trump criticism, it just seems like reality to me.
                        
                        GA

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                           crankaliciousposted 5 years agoin reply to this

                           Usually vocabulary is directly related to intelligence.

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                     Readmikenowposted 5 years agoin reply to this

                     I don't agree that he is a "masterful impromptu speaker" in the sense that when he speaks off the cuff, he is not exactly articulate.
                     
                     I believe that is the point.  Most of us when we have regular conversations are not articulate or specific at all.  We talk based on what we think and feel in the moment.  In that regard, President Trump speaks like the average person holding a conversation.  It has been a proven effective way for politicians to have voters relate to them.  This as been done by many presidents.  So, his goal is to relate to the masses rather than speak in a way that makes it seem he is above them.  The bottom line is...it's effective.

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                        GA Andersonposted 5 years agoin reply to this

                        It seems we agree that masterful isn't the first thought that comes to mind.
                        
                        I agree that the author makes some good points relative to his subject, but some of his other points seem to fit my view of that application of "masterful in #10.
                        
                        GA

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                        Ken Burgessposted 5 years agoin reply to this

                        Spot on Mike,
                        
                        He's knows who his target audience is, and he knows how they think.
                        
                        They put him in office to 'stick it to them', Trump is the people's big F_U to Congress, to the elites, to the establishment and business as usual in D.C.
                        
                        And to 99% of the people who voted for him, he is more than they hoped for, and to those who sat on the sidelines in 2016 (and who aren't easily programmed by the idiot-box) when they look at their wallets in 2020 that will be the deciding factor for most of them.

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         Ken Burgessposted 5 years agoin reply to this

         By far the best comment of yours that I have read.
         
         I have written more than one article on China, and was writing them years before Trump came on the scene.
         
         Trump is actually 5 to 10 years to late, the foundation China has now is unshakeable, their economy has grown past the point of requiring America's tariff free policy. China has developed its technological capabilities to the point where they have surpassed America in both technological advancements and production capability.
         
         China has arguably become the world's favored nation to trade with, it is only that America's dollar is the world reserve and its military presence (the threat of America's might) and its nation toppling trends (Iraq, Libya, etc.) ... however the Chinese have plans for that as well, and plan on building their military up so that by 2030 they are at least the equal to America, and superior to America in satellite, wireless, AI, etc. the next war will be economic and on the internet, and China's ability to shut down America's power-grid, internet, satellites, etc. is soon to be a reality.

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            crankaliciousposted 5 years agoin reply to this

            I had a professor more than 20 years ago now (at least) when everyone was still focused on Russia and other bad actors. She repeated over and over again, none of those were important, it was going to be China that was the problem. Very prescient.
            
            That said, while we may blame politicians for the mess with China and applaud President Trump for finally dealing with it to some extent (though, as you say, too late), we must all take responsibility.
            
            One of the main reasons for China's rise is our greed. We like those cheap goods. Consumers want cheap televisions. No politician is going to try to stop that. So we can all look in the mirror for somebody to blame.

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      Sharlee01posted 5 years agoin reply to this

      I have always enjoyed  Victor Davis Hanson views. He just touches on common sense on issues he chooses to write about. I consider him a non-extremist, he tells it as he sees it.  This article did not disappoint.  I can see where some might find # 10 hard to swallow. However, Trump does have an innate talent for connecting to common sense people from all walks of life.

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