Do any of you have friends who are Trump supporters? Or otherwise far right?

[Johnny2X2X]

9. Jeff is a remarkable person

Just can't believe he's a Trumper. Jeff found out that one of our coworkers, a former Marine, had his house burn down and that this Marine lost all of his military medals and patches in the fire. Jeff spent the next year contacting people in the Marines to replace every medal and award that was lost, he then just showed up at this guy's house without fanfare with all of these medals and patches framed nicely. Really is selfless. He's a strong leader at work, he's an accomplished pilot and his goal is to retire early so he can open a flight school that trains pilots to fly missionaries and relief workers to places experience strife and hunger. During his time in the Air Force he learned that there is a shortage of pilots to help these relief organizations and he wants to help.

I haven't discussed the 2020 election with him, but I suspect he thinks Biden stole it. I don't know how to reach this person, he's extremely intelligent and has integrity. He's even curious enough to watch Rachel Maddow occasionally. But he's steadfast in his support for Trump and his ideas, doesn't see that Trump is fascist at all.

Have a mother who is a Trumper too, but we don't discuss politics at all. A couple other really conservative coworkers are in the group of guys I meet for lunch most Fridays, I can tell you that inflation and gas prices are all they think about now. Each is making $110K+ a year, an extra $1 a gallon for gas isn't really a noticeable burden for them or me, but that's what they're being told they should be outraged about daily. A couple talked about the bad economy, I responded that it's the best economy we've had in my lifetime, they looked at me like I just told them I was an alien. They have no idea it's the best jobs growth in US history and that GDP growth is the highest in 40 years, they aren't getting that information.

And on Covid, don't even get me started. They are being told that the vaccines are more dangerous than Covid and half of the reported Covid deaths or more are really just reactions to the vaccine.