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I need a safe space to talk about Donald Trump and American Politics

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PicnicBunny · 16/06/2023 07:38

What is going on? All takes welcome

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Sux2buthen · 16/06/2023 07:39

Sounds legit 😂
Why do you need a safe space if you don't know?

Moonmelodies · 16/06/2023 07:46

Safe from what danger?

ZebraDilemma · 16/06/2023 07:47

‘Safe space’? Get a grip.

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Useruser1 · 16/06/2023 07:48

Trump 2024.

PicnicBunny · 16/06/2023 07:48

I’m not radical, left wing or right wing but also saying something pro-Trump seems to get people frothing at the mouth and labelling you instantly as something like a MAGA whatever that means.

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PicnicBunny · 16/06/2023 07:50

Plus I seem to have lost the will to try and understand American politics a while back.

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TrashyPanda · 16/06/2023 07:50

What is there to say that is “pro Trump”?

genuine question.

Bumdealoftheweek · 16/06/2023 07:51

I honestly can not fathom how anyone can think Donald Trump is remotely able to govern.

Simianwalk · 16/06/2023 07:51

Well I can't think of a single reason to support him. He is a racist, misogynist how gives not one fuck about anyone but himself. Only incredibly low thinking people support him.

MagpiePi · 16/06/2023 07:52

You don’t know anything about it but you do know saying anything pro-trump gets lots of frothing replies?

Is this genuine?

onthefence23 · 16/06/2023 07:55

If you've lost the will to try and understand then why the thread Grin

PicnicBunny · 16/06/2023 07:55

Useruser1 · 16/06/2023 07:48

Trump 2024.

I think we are witnessing extreme war propaganda by the democrats and it is ALL AN ILLUSION to keep the wars going and prices hiked up. The war in Ukraine is a proxy war. The media hype and Zelenskyy and Britains part in it.

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MrsBennetsPoorNerves · 16/06/2023 07:56

PicnicBunny · 16/06/2023 07:48

I’m not radical, left wing or right wing but also saying something pro-Trump seems to get people frothing at the mouth and labelling you instantly as something like a MAGA whatever that means.

Has this happened to you?

What did you say that was pro-Trump? And how did others react?

TeenDivided · 16/06/2023 08:01

I don't like Trump.
But it is important to try to understand the views of his supporters not just slag them off as 'low thinking people'. That's to some extent how brexit happened - remember Gordon Brown referring to the woman as a 'bigot'?

I am not well informed on American politics but my impression is:

  • 'make America great again' encourages people to look back to a time when they felt more prosperous
  • being outside of the political machine makes people who don't like 'government' think he is on their side
  • being for 'freedom' and 'individual' lets people who feel pushed down by 'society' think he is on their side
  • pro gun lobby
  • some people liked his approach to Covid
  • campaigning in and giving funds to areas that used to have big manufacturing who have lost it to China etc helps those areas support him
  • he did win, so Republicans may think he can win again

No doubt someone more informed than I can make a proper list.

PicnicBunny · 16/06/2023 08:01

I said Hunter Biden’s laptop story was suppressed by the news organisations and it was branded as a fake story which tbh could have changed the voters opinions had they known the Biden families ties to Ukraine lol 😂

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MargaretRiver · 16/06/2023 08:04

So you know all about Hunter Biden's laptop but you have no idea what MAGA means?
Seems likely

KnitMePurlMe · 16/06/2023 08:07

@PicnicBunny so you’re a conspiracy theorist who supports Trump but you’re going with “little old me just doesn’t understand all that complicated politics” to try and disguise that?

🙄

ScientificallyProcessed · 16/06/2023 08:07

A safe space? 😂

AgnesX · 16/06/2023 08:09

Simianwalk · 16/06/2023 07:51

Well I can't think of a single reason to support him. He is a racist, misogynist how gives not one fuck about anyone but himself. Only incredibly low thinking people support him.

And it's scary just how many seem to if media footage is anything to go back. Truly scary.

ScientificallyProcessed · 16/06/2023 08:09

PicnicBunny · 16/06/2023 07:50

Plus I seem to have lost the will to try and understand American politics a while back.

No you haven’t. You wouldn’t post this thread if you had. This is obviously just bs. 😂

HandsupSue · 16/06/2023 08:10

You fruitcake OP. You bored fruitcake

PicnicBunny · 16/06/2023 08:12

onthefence23 · 16/06/2023 07:55

If you've lost the will to try and understand then why the thread Grin

Because I was busy for a while and didn’t keep up with it, not even ALIENS 👽 have landed got me. It was only on American TV channels so I switched off. And I’ve been waiting for aliens since X files !! Hahaha xx

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readbooksdrinktea · 16/06/2023 08:12

KnitMePurlMe · 16/06/2023 08:07

@PicnicBunny so you’re a conspiracy theorist who supports Trump but you’re going with “little old me just doesn’t understand all that complicated politics” to try and disguise that?

🙄

Nailed it.

Also, there are no safe spaces on the Internet or anywhere. It's called life.

PicnicBunny · 16/06/2023 08:16

I was against TRUMP when he was president. Would have preferred Bernie Sanders. Of course we all know what MAGA means but are we MAGA instantly if we think Biden is not fit to be president?

The two parties in America do not represent the peoples interests. They represent the hun lobbies war complex and large corporations. That’s my opinion. That doesn’t make me a conspiracy theorist.

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PicnicBunny · 16/06/2023 08:17

HandsupSue · 16/06/2023 08:10

You fruitcake OP. You bored fruitcake

oh fuck hahaha

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