I know this is going to be unpopular but I am friends with and I understand many Trump supporters

[NCDem777]

80. Counterpoint

I think people misunderstand something about Trump's base. As someone who lives in Trump country I can tell you that to most of them, it won't matter if he keeps his promises because they do not care.

They don't care that coal and big manufacturing plants that employed high school dropouts ain't coming back. They don't care how much money Trump wastes on golf trips or how he uses the office to enrich himself. They don't care if he helps them or not.

What they care about is revenge. They're mad that the world is changing. Coal has been dying slowly since before the Great Depression and it's going to keep doing that. Trump can only delay the inevitable. Manufacturing, absent a law that bans automation, is only going to become more automated. The days where one or two plants can employ entire towns are gone. But there's no desire to adapt. So instead they blame, in no particular order: Minorities, LGBT people, feminists, non-Christians, the disabled, college students, Hollywood, and anyone who lives in a major city. As long as Trump screws THOSE people, all else is irrelevant.

Look at how many people said things to the effect of "I know Trump is incompetent but I'll vote for him to piss off the SJWs." It's not about if he can help them. It's about if he can screw over those they don't like.