Why do people in the UK support Trump?

[Kendodd]

I've even seen MAGA flags (ok, maybe the owner was American). But Trump's focus and ONLY thing he cares about is America. He couldn't give a shit about the UK and would happily see the UK in ruins if it benefited America.

Completely agree. It was an impressive display of solidarity.

The only people i know who support trump are the anti immigrant, gbnews watching types, who believe rubbish on social media.

Same. The problem is there are so many of them. I remember reading that support for the summer riots was around 35% of the country. That's over a third of the population which I find very disturbing. I don't think we can dismiss this group of people as being an irrelevant, tiny minority (much as I'd like to).

I don’t believe that. 35% of Reform supporters perhaps, of the country no.

I was very shocked. It was a YouGov poll and was for the whole population. They looked at Reform voters in the same poll and the numbers who supported the riots was much higher (unsurprisingly). It was 34% who supported or somewhat supported the protests. The general feeling is that these people supported the protests but not the more violent/rioting elements to it: The public reaction to the 2024 riots | YouGov
There are also some more encouraging figures on this survey, such as only "Only one in eight believe the rioters are representative of most Britons"

You’re misrepresenting the figures.

Opposition to the riots is near-universal across every part of the public, with Reform UK voters being the only group showing any substantive levels of support, at 21%. Even this is a clear minority, with three-quarters of Reform voters (76%) opposed to the riots. Support among other voters is far lower – only 9% of Conservatives, 3% of Labour voters and 1% of Lib Dems favour the outbreak in violent disorder.

What you quote is true but it's also true that 34% "support or somewhat support the recent protests and/or unrest". It's also true that 60% agree with peaceful protests on this matter (protests but not violent rioting). It's also true that 42% think the views of those taking part in the recent protests and unrest are representative of the views of most Britons.
The opposition your highlighting is to the riots which is the more violent behaviour that people condemn. There was actually a lot more support for protests. It's this support that I found quite worrying and upsetting. So while the vast majority condemn rioting, many (a very large minority, more than one in three) are actually in support of the ideas behind the protests.

You literally said support for the summer riots was 35% in your original post. It wasn’t, opposition was virtually universal. Moving the goalposts doesn’t make you right.

Sorry, I read the survey originally back in the summer so I couldn't remember the exact wording until I Googled it again, just now. I still remain equally concerned that over a third of people support the protests and that 42% think the views of those taking part in the recent protests and unrest are representative of the views of most Britons. To me, that is very worrying. I'm not trying to be right or wrong, I'm just really concerned that so many people have these views and how it's leading to the rise of right wing populism.

no he isnt for the america'S only for rump

There's one in my town here in Ireland. English guy with a Trump 24 baseball cap. Though he seems to have stopped wearing it lately.

It’s not only the influence of social media either as you’d know. There are some politicians encouraging this sort of thinking about immigration etc. because either they are racist and ethnocentric themselves, or because they see it as a way to being (or staying) elected, or both. Have a look at the The Heritage Society (US) and Project 2025 and the connection to Henry Jackson Society (UK) .

There’s also a strong Christian nationalist movement that was largely helpful in getting Trump elected. It seems that these overwhelmingly white Christian nationalist organisations are not above encouraging the worst in people and planting seeds of distrust in in government in an effort to have the world they want, where white males sit comfortably on top, and women are barefoot pregnant and back in the kitchen (except for the few selected women who will be used to counter any such suggestion).

All this screaming currently being done about ‘the right to free speech’ and people being encouraged to feel like they are being ‘silenced’ when there has never been a time when the had been more opportunity to express their opinion than in this present time. Very few of those who are screaming about their fight to free speech seem to realise that going down the current road will lead them to having no rights to speak freely.

Well, that post aged well, didn't it?

My mother in law is over 90, a conservative, and even she can't stand him.

Not RTFT but the small amount that do, i'd say the reason is either they're stupid or just love fascism. Plain and simple!

I don't think many people do, apart from Reform voters.

I think he's fabulous. A true leader who does what most are thinking. I wish our leader wasn't so pathetic and weak and stood up to all this woke shite.

Tbh a comment like this shows up your lack of intelligence

So please explain exactly what benefits he is giving to the majority of the citizens of his country? Not just the billionaires. Outside of "stood up to all this woke shite" ofc which is a laughable concept.

"most" are not thinking about annexing other nations or saying that countries who have been invaded are the ones 'causing war', that'll be your fascism coming out.

Yep.
The only person I know personally who supports trump is not very bright and a racist.

I know a few people who have supported him in the past. They're christians and prayed for him to get back in in 2020. I don't know exactly what they liked about him but I'm presuming it's what he did for abortion and his support of the evangelical community in general.

They are reform voters and have very little knowledge about geopolitics.

What are your views on the constant barrage of lies and his tendency to personally attack people rather than discuss actual, meaningful policy?

Ugh!!! I can't stand it when people say this!! Most people are not thinking like Trump.
People say this all the time. I saw an article about Tommy Robinson and people were piping up with "Oh, he's just saying what we're all thinking but are too afraid to say". Just fuck off! 1) No, most people do not agree with Tommy Robinson 2) no one is afraid to say anything. Social media has been ruined by people spouting their vile racist views.
If you're thinking like Trump or Tommy Robinson, please be aware that you're in the minority, not the majority.

Trump is removing alot of people's rights, free speech, controlling the media alot of which is based on threats physically and financially. He is allowing musk in to control , their skies, their communications and to some regard their voting. I believe WW1 and WW2 were fought so we wouldnt lose these freedoms. If you experienced what he is advocating, in reality, you wouldn't be so blaze. Read project 2025 which has his name all over it. Be careful what you wish for. We might not like everything our government does but removing our ability to have any opinion would be much worse.

literal crickets