To wonder what US Trump voters think now

[Indiependant]

Their country's reputation trashed. The man they voted for heavily implicated in the Epstein scandal. Contempt shown to them abroad.
About to completely shift Ukraine. Enabling Netanyahu to commit mass murder of children with their tax dollars. No roaring economy. The environment fucked probbaky beyond saving due to their inaction.
What, in all honesty, do the 75 million who have caused this catastrophe think?

And I gave my answer. Those I know are very happy with their decision.

What do you think Trump is doing, exactly, to stop the labour party making the UK a "bigger mess"?

Do you actually think he gives a flying fuck about the UK, other than bulldozing parts of scotland to build golf courses?

He wouldn’t be there if he hadn’t been voted in by voters.

I'm so confused when people talk about him like he's a normal politician making some unpopular decisions, when he's so obviously a raging, inconsistent, self-aggrandising narcissist. Things like the new presidential "biographies" that have been put up under the portraits in the White House (seriously, look them up if you haven't seen them - if I described them it would sound like I was making it up), or his reaction to Rob Reiner's death (which he doubled down on) for just a couple of very recent examples. Imagine if Starmer (or any of our PMs) acted like this, or if Obama had said even one thing similar to the constant stream of barely coherent invective that Trump comes out with. And then the supporters have the gall to accuse people of TDS for noticing the blatantly obvious! It's like living in a parallel universe.

Well that's fine then, isn't it?

I think trump voters are idiots, you think labour voters are idiots. Neither one of us voted for either of them. Everyone is happy.

Do they think? Probably the same thing they always did 'USA, USA, USA, BEEEER'

I've been lurking in Reddit/conservative and honestly the general feeling is pretty positive. They think Trump has made a huge show of strength and they are sick of other countries pushing them around (yes I realise this is not logical, I'm just reporting on the cult).

They all think Mexico or Columbia should be next. They think somehow it will solve the illegal immigrant crisis, which makes no sense because it will create more refugees.

None of it is logical, this is a cult we are dealing with, an absolute blind religious movement and Trump is their god.

YANBU. Having said that the problems in the USA are deep seated and go way back before Trump. Whole swathes of the country seem to be mired in hopeless poverty. Successive governments have ignored these people. As someone said ' the nothing of Clinton gave us Bush , the nothing of Obama gave us Trump '.....and so on.

There's a YouTube channel by Joe and Nic with episodes about abandoned towns in eg South Dakota , Idaho , etc. They just drive through these huge , mostly treeless , expanses. It's grimly fascinating, the lack of civic space , infrastructure and especially of public transit. You can see why a lot of people voted for Trump, who promised to reopen coal mines and build in the USA. And be a peace President of course.

I think it's safe to say he has lost a chunk of these voters. But they won't be won over by the Democrats, in the main. Most likely just won't vote. The Latinos ? Well he says he is liberating them but they're still being rounded up and deported. Even the sainted anti Castro Cubans. Then again it may not matter. If he introduced martial law , state of emergency or whatever. Just can the elections and declare himself Supreme Ruler of the Universe.

Everyone saw exactly what Trump was about in his first term.

So anyone who voted for him is a criminal loving moron. Simple as that

It’s not that I think he’s doing anything specifically and based in policy. But I think that having Trump in government over there, with different priorities, means that our left leaning government has to be more cautious about what they choose to do, as they have to ultimately play nice with Trump. If you don’t think Trump and the US affect UK policy at all, you are mistaken.

"centre right"?? You must be American as you are describing Starmer as the 'left'.

They will probably protest to bring him to the UK and give him citizenship here.

No one's disputing that he's there and he was voted in. We're disputing the 'vast majority.'

Again:

He won 49.9% vs Harris's 48.3 of the 65% of eligible voters who turned out. That's hardly a 'vast majority'.
It's actually a squeaker.
Which is why they're so busy on voter suppression now.

Starmer is centre left. He was in Corbyn’s Labour at one point, loving on Corbyn.
He pretends to be more centre, but his record as a human rights lawyer gives him away.

I’m born and bred in Wales. Lived under a Labour government for the majority of my life and know how shit it is. Sadly, many Welsh voters tend to just vote for whoever their parents and grandparents voted for. If anything is stupid…that would be it.
I’m hoping that 2026 brings change.

He won.

So no real answer, just some vague waffle. As expected.

Yes. Not disputed. Again, it's 'vast majority' that is untrue.

The point being (I'll spell it out for you) that he doesn't need to lose many voters for his party to be in trouble. The diehard base is not enough.

Barely, and not with a huge majority, and, just like in 2020 you can bet he does his best to hold onto power by whatever means necessarily - legal or otherwise and 2 term limit be damned - in 2028.

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Well let’s see then. For now, I think he’s doing what he said he would do and that is pleasing for the people who voted for him.

He did not run on the invasion and occupation of a foreign country.

After this violent attack on Venezuela does he have to give back his ‘FIFA Peace Prize’.

Its very kind of America to ‘help out’ another country in pumping up more of their oil!

Many Americans I speak to show more concern for us over here actually and dismay at the government we are lumbered with

I’m sure they’re well read on the topic and not watching YouTube videos from crazies about how the UK is about to go into civil war. Or about how dangerous London is, despite it being safer than all US cities.

What do you think of Nicolas Meduro as a leader? 🤔

His first campaign was all about how he wouldn’t do regime change and wars etc. He got lots of votes being anti-Iraq invasion. It’s complete madness to argue this is what people voted for.

Yes, or the allegedly sky-high risk of being stabbed in our cities, which is actually higher in the US than the UK.