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EarlG

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5. Expect diminishing returns this time around

Wed Jun 18, 2025, 11:38 AM

Jun 2025

A lot of people -- including many MAGAts -- bought into Trump's campaign rhetoric that Biden (and Clinton in 2016) was a warmonger and Trump would get us out of all foreign entanglements. That's what "America First" was all about, and, in my view, the reason why some former anti-war allies switched from voting Democratic to not voting, or supporting Trump in 2016 and 2024.

Fool me once, etc. Yes, certainly, MANY Trump supporters will do a complete about-face and suddenly rah-rah the war that they voted for Trump to prevent. But not all of them.

Edited to add: Speaking of former anti-war allies who switched to Trump...

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"Challenging a wartime President is un-American!" [View all] NCDem47 Jun 2025 OP

That only seems to apply to Republican presidents MustLoveBeagles Jun 2025 #1

There were 4 dead in Ohio for challenging a wartime president. Ping Tung Jun 2025 #2

If that is the case - I'm un-American. We've elected a really bad POTUS. walkingman Jun 2025 #3

Maybe there should be... 2naSalit Jun 2025 #4

Expect diminishing returns this time around EarlG Jun 2025 #5

Didn't the "tea party" do exactly that? Renew Deal Jun 2025 #6

They voted for Trump because... lame54 Jun 2025 #7

To what Congressionally-declared war are they referring? niyad Jun 2025 #8

What war are we in? sarisataka Jun 2025 #9

We are at war when Congress tells us we're at war. Baitball Blogger Jun 2025 #10

When did we declare war? sinkingfeeling Jun 2025 #11