Current Events > Trump - why is he so hated in your opinion?

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I think we can all agree that no recent president was severely disliked as Trump is.
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Because he's a racist fascist demagogue manbaby
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he is a sociopath who doesn't care about anything except attention
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1) he is a terrible person
2) he consistently shows his terribleness on the record.

Like Clinton and Bush could the worst people on earth but they didn't go around telling everyone all of their shitty opinions
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ITT: Liberal circle jerk

He still has his base, and we are large enough to get him elected a second time.
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because women want him and men want to be him, but they can't have them and they will never be him.
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Horus_Leftfield posted...

Because he's a racist fascist demagogue manbaby

Doo Dah
Doo Dah
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probably his dishonesty and poor moral character
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Because he's a reality star business man and attention whore. Because he anatagonizes, shitposts on Twitter at 2AM and can't speak in coherent sentences. Because he is such a hypocrite that he makes normal politicians look honest.

Because, despite all that, he is somehow the leader of one of the most powerful countries in the world.
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The reason the hate has gone to extreme proportions is largely due to the sensationalism and hatred he receives from the mainstream media. You have people who naturally won't like him, but then when all of the negative things are hyped up and over covered by the media it turns into a feigned outraged fest.

"Ohhh no! He bragged about getting girls with another guy 10 years ago--- this is unheard of and insane! No one does this! This isn't normal!"

They were trying so hard to keep him from winning, the coverage of him was really pathetic and overly dramatic.

I can understand some of the hate he receives, but the amount is inappropriate.
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I think the tweeting is what does it. If he just kept quiet and stuck to regular stupid conservative politics he'd just be another Republican, but he's an egomaniac who desperately craves attention. Not a good look for anyone.
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Trump is basically that guy. Y'know the one, you go to the bar and he's like "this suit officially Giorgio Armani, eh my Dad knows him."

Some people just can't be having that shit.
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hockeybub89 posted...

Because he's a reality star business man and attention whore. Because he anatagonizes, shitposts on Twitter at 2AM and can't speak in coherent sentences. Because he is such a hypocrite that he makes normal politicians look honest.

This

Listening to him give speeches is worse than a non-stop loop of nails on a chalkboard.
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I've yet to see any political reasons to hate on him, just "He annoys me"

PostCrisisJ2 posted...

Trump is basically that guy. Y'know the one, you go to the bar and he's like "this suit officially Giorgio Armani, eh my Dad knows him."

Some people just can't be having that s***.

Did you know that was completely improvised, and the actual script joke was fucking awful?

I miss when JonTron didn't stick to his damn production values.
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ImPickleRick posted...

I've yet to see any political reasons to hate on him

Where have you been looking?
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Bullet_Wing posted...

TheRealDill2000 posted...

He still has his base, and we are large enough to get him elected a second time.

LOLOLOLOL. Nope, sorry. Unless he's running against Hillary again or someone as disliked, he's completely lost the independent vote and he'll probably be primaried in favor of a better candidate.

And he will simply win said Primary again.
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Bullet_Wing posted...

TheRealDill2000 posted...

He still has his base, and we are large enough to get him elected a second time.

LOLOLOLOL. Nope, sorry. Unless he's running against Hillary again or someone as disliked, he's completely lost the independent vote and he'll probably be primaried in favor of a better candidate.

We'll see in 2020. Outside of Kanye, I don't think there are any better candidates out there.
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hockeybub89 posted...

Because he's a reality star business man and attention whore. Because he anatagonizes, shitposts on Twitter at 2AM and can't speak in coherent sentences. Because he is such a hypocrite that he makes normal politicians look honest.

Because, despite all that, he is somehow the leader of one of the most powerful countries in the world.

Details, explain.

D-Lo_BrownTown posted...

PostCrisisJ2 posted...

Trump is basically that guy. Y'know the one, you go to the bar and he's like "this suit officially Giorgio Armani, eh my Dad knows him."

Some people just can't be having that s***.

Did you know that was completely improvised, and the actual script joke was fucking awful?

I miss when JonTron didn't stick to his damn production values.

Huh, interesting. I still need to watch his latest episode.
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PostCrisisJ2 posted...

Huh, interesting. I still need to watch his latest episode.

Yeah he talked about it in a Q&A and even showed the script.

I mean, JonTron still has his moments but I feel like he focuses on the production value too much.
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He's a liar, a bully and honestly worst of all a massive baby.
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Bullet_Wing posted...

TheRealDill2000 posted...

He still has his base, and we are large enough to get him elected a second time.

LOLOLOLOL. Nope, sorry. Unless he's running against Hillary again or someone as disliked, he's completely lost the independent vote and he'll probably be primaried in favor of a better candidate.

Who are Dems gonna put up to compete with him?
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darkjedilink posted...

Bullet_Wing posted...

TheRealDill2000 posted...

He still has his base, and we are large enough to get him elected a second time.

LOLOLOLOL. Nope, sorry. Unless he's running against Hillary again or someone as disliked, he's completely lost the independent vote and he'll probably be primaried in favor of a better candidate.

Who are Dems gonna put up to compete with him?

Pretty sure that Hillary is the only viable candidate at this point.
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i am hoping al franken gets something going. I really think he can be president some day, maybe not in 4 years, but at some point
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Fin_Dawg_004 posted...

i am hoping al franken gets something going. I really think he can be president some day, maybe not in 4 years, but at some point

Fucking eww. Maybe after Trump stacks the Supreme Court, so he can't go all liberal fascist on us, but the dude's a fucking joke.

He stole the election to get into politics in the first place.
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He's probably the least professional president we've ever had and acts like a baby.
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Conservatives itt:

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BECAUSE IT WAS HER TURN.

caps
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JustMyOpinion posted...

LiberalFAQs always hates a Republican prez.

I would love a republican president. Trump has the little R by his name but he's no republican.
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Bullet_Wing posted...

darkjedilink posted...

Bullet_Wing posted...

TheRealDill2000 posted...

He still has his base, and we are large enough to get him elected a second time.

LOLOLOLOL. Nope, sorry. Unless he's running against Hillary again or someone as disliked, he's completely lost the independent vote and he'll probably be primaried in favor of a better candidate.

Who are Dems gonna put up to compete with him?

Don't care, I'm just hoping that the Republicans put up someone else

This, but Dems could put pretty much anybody that isn't Hillary or Bernie (too old and radical) and be guaranteed a win.

Has there been any election where the sitting president was challenged by someone in his own party before?
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He's a petulant brat born with a silver spoon who lies, cheats, steals, and uses his way to more wealth and notoriety. He's almost entirely devoid of tact and grace. Most times he opens his mouth, he makes Dubya look like MENSA elite. He's such a deceptive person that the next thing he says is likely to contradict something else he said. Nepotist. Hypocrite. Racist. Attention whore. Textbook crybully.

Before one of his buffoons brings up politics, this has been true and well known for decades and would be accurate coming from anyone of any political affiliation in perpetuity throughout the universe.
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Also,

Look, having nuclear—my uncle was a great professor and scientist and engineer, Dr. John Trump at MIT; good genes, very good genes, OK, very smart, the Wharton School of Finance, very good, very smart—you know, if you’re a conservative Republican, if I were a liberal, if, like, OK, if I ran as a liberal Democrat, they would say I'm one of the smartest people anywhere in the world—it’s true!—but when you're a conservative Republican they try—oh, do they do a number—that’s why I always start off: Went to Wharton, was a good student, went there, went there, did this, built a fortune—you know I have to give my like credentials all the time, because we’re a little disadvantaged—but you look at the nuclear deal, the thing that really bothers me—it would have been so easy, and it’s not as important as these lives are (nuclear is powerful; my uncle explained that to me many, many years ago, the power and that was 35 years ago; he would explain the power of what's going to happen and he was right—who would have thought?), but when you look at what's going on with the four prisoners—now it used to be three, now it’s four—but when it was three and even now, I would have said it's all in the messenger; fellas, and it is fellas because, you know, they don't, they haven’t figured that the women are smarter right now than the men, so, you know, it’s gonna take them about another 150 years—but the Persians are great negotiators, the Iranians are great negotiators, so, and they, they just killed, they just killed us.

This is a thing that people heard and read and still said "I'm gonna vote for that man!"
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1. His ideas suck.
2. He lies all the time.
3. He is stupid.
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littlebro07 posted...

Also,

Look, having nuclear—my uncle was a great professor and scientist and engineer, Dr. John Trump at MIT; good genes, very good genes, OK, very smart, the Wharton School of Finance, very good, very smart—you know, if you’re a conservative Republican, if I were a liberal, if, like, OK, if I ran as a liberal Democrat, they would say I'm one of the smartest people anywhere in the world—it’s true!—but when you're a conservative Republican they try—oh, do they do a number—that’s why I always start off: Went to Wharton, was a good student, went there, went there, did this, built a fortune—you know I have to give my like credentials all the time, because we’re a little disadvantaged—but you look at the nuclear deal, the thing that really bothers me—it would have been so easy, and it’s not as important as these lives are (nuclear is powerful; my uncle explained that to me many, many years ago, the power and that was 35 years ago; he would explain the power of what's going to happen and he was right—who would have thought?), but when you look at what's going on with the four prisoners—now it used to be three, now it’s four—but when it was three and even now, I would have said it's all in the messenger; fellas, and it is fellas because, you know, they don't, they haven’t figured that the women are smarter right now than the men, so, you know, it’s gonna take them about another 150 years—but the Persians are great negotiators, the Iranians are great negotiators, so, and they, they just killed, they just killed us.

This is a thing that people heard and read and still said "I'm gonna vote for that man!"

Not everyone is able to give amazing speeches 100% of the time. This just shows he's human like the rest of us. It makes him more relatable.
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he's a moron
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TheRealDill2000 posted...

Not everyone is able to give amazing speeches 100% of the time. This just shows he's human like the rest of us. It makes him more relatable.

See, now this is why Poe's law is a thing
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TheRealDill2000 posted...

Not everyone is able to give amazing speeches 100% of the time. This just shows he's human like the rest of us. It makes him more relatable.

Speaking coherently and occasionally messing up is relatable.

Trump talks like he's drunk and on every drug imaginable at the same time.
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Ooooh hoo hoo

Where to begin

1. He is old money. He was born into privilege and has acted like an entitled brat most of his life

2. He is incredibly combative and petty to the point of what feels almost like parody

3. He is a complete and total attention whore

4. He appeals to the lowest-common denominator

5. Prior to his election his only real accomplishment was championing a false, racist theory about the first black president

6. Seems to be unable to keep stable positions on most things

7. Ties in with #4, but the sort of rhetoric he used to get elected was nothing short of horrifying and despicable

8. Corrupt

9. A true nepotist (kinda ties into #8, but I feel it's so flagrant it warranted its own number)

10. Most of his consistent policies (most notable the wall or muslim ban) are either completely impractical (in the case of the former) or illegal (in the case of the latter)

11. Since coming into office he's displayed little to no knowledge of the powers of his office or even the basic function of government

12. His narcissism/ego is such that he's spent taxpayer money to investigate the claim that millions of people voted illegally in the last election (because he's unable to accept the fact that more people voted against rather than for him)

13. Neglected the State Department and America's obligations abroad

14. Antagonizes US allies, and favors authoritarian regimes such as those in Russia, Turkey, and the Phillipines

15. Did I mention he's corrupt?
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Gee I fucking wonder skippy.
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To me the really sad thing is he had enough charisma to win over both sides, his initial potus speech was unifying and gave the left some hope but its all been downhill since. He is his own worst enemy.
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ReignFury posted...

To me the really sad thing is he had enough charisma to win over both sides, his initial potus speech was unifying and gave the left some hope but its all been downhill since. He is his own worst enemy.

His acceptance speech is what gave people hope

His inauguration speech was (to quote GWB): "Some weird shit"
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If you've ever been in a position where someone above you is there because his parents know someone or paid the right people, that's basically how Donald Trump acts.
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ollie89 posted...

I think we can all agree that no recent president was severely disliked as Trump is.

Eh, I don't know about that. Obama and Bush Jr. were severely disliked as well by their opposite sides. We have gotten this idea that we need to root for either the Democrats or the Republicans like they are our favorite football teams since Dubya got into office.
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SavenForever posted...

Obama and Bush Jr. were severely disliked as well by their opposite sides.

Even at his worst Obama only touched Trump's average approval

Bush Jr cracked into the 20s after 7 years, a quagmire war(s), and a bungled response to a natural disaster
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Horus_Leftfield posted...

Because he's a racist fascist demagogue manbaby

I'll go with this as well.

Also, completely unqualified.

HE STILL HASN'T FINISHED ELECTING HIS CABINET.
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