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TomCADem

(17,387 posts)
Thu Feb 16, 2017, 11:12 PM Feb 2017

WaPo - Trump backers like his early moves: Its what executives are supposed to be

Just a reminder that for millions of Americans, Trump's attacks on the media, allies, minorities, and his willingness to cause an uproar with his seat of the pants management moves, they are loving it. More crackdowns! More deportations! Less environmental regulations!

http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/ohio-trump-voters-unfazed-flynn-resignation-white-house-drama-remain-n720401

ACCIDENT, Md. — In this tiny town of rolling hills in far western Maryland, many of President Trump’s supporters have a message to those protesting his policies: Take a deep breath and stop yelling.

Many here say the president is simply doing everything he promised to do and that he was elected to do — fight political correctness, protect the country from terrorists, crack down on illegal immigration, make Washington’s swamp dwellers uncomfortable and show strength to other countries. Critics are unfairly exaggerating the effect of Trump’s executive orders and complaining without giving him a fair chance, supporters say, just as critics blew some of his comments and jokes out of proportion during the campaign.

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There’s wide support in this town of roughly 320 for the president’s rapidly implemented ban on refugees and on citizens of seven countries that are predominantly Muslim, along with Trump’s decision Monday night to dismiss the acting attorney general who refused to defend the executive order.

“Did you really think he was going to go too long without those two words: ‘You’re fired?’?” said Buz Gosnell, 71, a retired helicopter pilot who had fried fish for lunch at Annie’s on Tuesday. “He’s the first president since Teddy Roosevelt to really do what he says he’s going to do. .?.?. It’s what executives are supposed to be.”
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WaPo - Trump backers like his early moves: Its what executives are supposed to be (Original Post) TomCADem Feb 2017 OP
Trump supporters are racist trash nt geek tragedy Feb 2017 #1
Millions of Americans -vs- 320 people in MD leftstreet Feb 2017 #2
Terrorism is a big issue in western Maryland? BeyondGeography Feb 2017 #3
Why do his supporters fear terrorist attacks? They live in places that will never be targets. LonePirate Feb 2017 #4
it's cultural resentment disguised as security concerns nt geek tragedy Feb 2017 #5
Too few of them for me to give a shit Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 2017 #6
How in the hell do they think he is displaying strength to other countries? LonePirate Feb 2017 #7
His supporters are uneducated & mentally lazy. They don't KNOW what strength really means. AgadorSparticus Feb 2017 #8

BeyondGeography

(39,374 posts)
3. Terrorism is a big issue in western Maryland?
Thu Feb 16, 2017, 11:22 PM
Feb 2017

These people are so bored. As a New Yorker, they make me sick with their constant harping on shit they never have to deal with. It's all a front for their reactionary, hateful minds. Imagine if anything ever actually happened to them. Assholes.

LonePirate

(13,424 posts)
7. How in the hell do they think he is displaying strength to other countries?
Thu Feb 16, 2017, 11:42 PM
Feb 2017

He is an amateurish, babbling, unintelligent, inconsistent, incomprehensible xenophobe. That only displays strength to the legions of right wing idiots who have no clue about anything in the world today.

AgadorSparticus

(7,963 posts)
8. His supporters are uneducated & mentally lazy. They don't KNOW what strength really means.
Fri Feb 17, 2017, 12:37 AM
Feb 2017

They just have a very limited, immature notion of strength that is displayed ostentatiously peppered with a lot of bravado. They are led around by a leash wrapped in god and the flag. Idiocracy at its finest.

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