I am not a Trump voter.
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Then what are you?
Ok, look , seriously I came to this forum for the climate and ice knowledge- "mostly lurking" because my knowledge on the subject is limited. Then I see there is a mostly completely left echo chamber against Trump like most everywhere else and I just had to jump in. Maybe I shouldn't have- it seems to be making people upset including myself and my rants.
To your questions:
2) I do not reside in the US but have in the past.I have family in the US. I am not trolling. My knowledge and involvement on this subject is much higher than probably half (or more) of US citizens- this is not a complement to me but a non-complement to US citizens. Does my non-residency disqualify me from discussing this subject? If you believe so ignore away and no need to read the rest of this comment.
3) I am nobody's messenger. I have been observing and interacting with many people from before the presidential primaries. As I have said before in this forum- I was a keen Bernie supporter and did what I could to help him from where I am (legally- and I'm not a Russian bot).
I had almost no interaction with Trump supporters at this time- just Bernie and Hillary ones. After the Dem primary fiasco was over I turned into a #neverhillary and still had little contact with Trump supporters until close to the elections. After he won I got more involved with them and since then I have a perspective many "standard" left wingers don't. Most are not willing to interact with "trumptards" or choose any other derogatory name you wish. Mostly they just down-vote, curse,block,ignore...you get the gist of it.
4) Sadly , no. No psychology major.But again I see myself as an observer of humanity and sometimes that is just as good as a title.
1) This is what you really want. As a previously #neverhillary Trump would have to be the devil himself for me to think that he is worse than Hillary would have been.Yes, he is doing a reasonable job and not only on the levels you are talking about (numbers).
I am a big fan of term limits on most every political job- I think the longer people (any) stay in a job the more corruptible and entrenched they become. Same goes for administrations- and another Dem administration under Hillary would have probably hidden for good many of the faults and corruption at so many levels of the last 8 years (and some from the bush years)-we are seeing and will see so much more-this had become almost a personal vendetta for Trump due to the war that has been declared on him.
Yes, I think his foreign policy is good. Unconventional to say the least . We will be able to judge that only in the future.
I don't think US policy has been that great for the last 30 years and sometimes just destructive to the world - it was time to try something different. Trump is it.
Yes, I think his ideas on immigration are good. He is trying to solve a multi-decade problem that every god-damn administration kicked down the road.What was more easily solvable in the past is now a
very big problem.He has the guts to try and solve it. It was time to try something different. Trump is it.
On the economy and the numbers- that is a harder one. My ideas on the global economy are quite extreme and are pretty negative and I don't think the US will escape the wrath when it comes. Saying that I'm pretty sure Trump knows this as well and best he can do is try to soften the blow when it comes.This is not something he can tell the public. If you want to talk about future world economy.. it can be done in a different thread. If currently people feel better about the economy (and most polls say so) than they will vote for Trump again.
On climate and environment. This is a touchy subject on this forum. On climate I don't think he has too much effect- I could be wrong. The Paris agreement was a farce basically.Most "players" didn't do their part. I am all for non pollution action and maybe in this Trump can be given a bad score - I haven't gone too deep into it.
No, I don't think he is a Nazi Hitler ( that supports Israel!?), he isn't anti LGBT and what ever other letters it's politically correct to add. He isn't racist . All of that is just anti-Trump media hype. The guy was courted be EVERYONE right up to he day declared he is running- he was basically pushed into it by the media for 30 years. He wasn't ever really a republican- he supported a'most any politician from any side.He is EXACTLY the same person as he was all those years when they loved him. Give me a break- this was all because he went against Hillary.
Now toady he has to take a conservative stance because that's his base but he will not do anything extreme- that is all -once again- media fear mongering.
To summarize: I see much more good than bad and it is enough for me to support him at this time. Now the haters will hate and that's fine but
I don't think there ever has been such a coordinated attack on a president from every side possible - and that just makes more people support him.
/end rant- and hopefully the last one.