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In reply to the discussion: It's on !!!! Comrade Drumpf took the bait and attacks civil rights icon John Lewis !!! [View all]Rorey
(8,445 posts)It's taking a lot of self-discipline to keep from saying "I told you so" with each new blunder or horror from trump. My husband does shake his head and talk about how childish trump is, so maybe there's hope. It does help that all of my kids are well grounded and intelligent and anti-trump, and so are most of our friends.
The thing that set my husband off so much is that he's a retired union worker. He has been mad about NAFTA, and of course trump said he would get rid of NAFTA. The thing I've tried to explain to him is that even if trump wasn't just talking out of his ass and cared about the issues, he can't get rid of NAFTA. Only Congress can do it, and we have a Republican congress and they're the ones who pushed it through in the first place. Now my husband is against all free trade, without really studying the issue and realizing the many facets. I've tried to explain to him that when trump goes around making his little "deals" with companies it's really all for show. Even if/when the companies come back to the U.S., they're not going to bring back the factories as they once were. Not in this age of technology.
My husband's biggest problem is that he doesn't study the issues. He just comes to easy conclusions based on little information. You know, like a trump supporter. It's really, really hard not to use the word "stupid".