What has Trump made you realize about yourself?

[May90]

Obama is about as much a socialist as Clinton is warmonger: employing common sense with regards to education and healthcare is just being a reasonable person. That said, he is quite foolish when it comes to the external policies: "Let me hug all the dictators, and they will turn to the Light Side"; he got burned on it many times (Russia, Lybia, Iran, Venezuela), and yet kept charging in.

Sanders is another matter, that guy is just plain dangerous. He supported Soviet Union with passion at the time, and it doesn't seem like much has changed. Still, compared to what we got in the end, he looks like a vanguard of sanity.

[Wyrt]

No I do not think Obama is a full blown socialist. But he is slightly. the hint is in relations with Cuba. Nobody makes friends with them unless either they are black or socialist or both. But besides that I'm talking more about sanders and his ideology. I have never seen flow blown socialist support until he ran. As someone whose relatives fled socialism its quite freighting to see such an ideology being promoted among the young youth.
BTW I am 20 years old just so you know. Also I'm reflecting my generation and its concern and direction.

Um, FDR wanted universal healthcare back when he was president. He just unfortunately died before he could push for it. Look at his Workers' Bill of Rights.

Medicare and Social Security are 2 of the most well liked policies in this country's history.

My state of California had tuition-free colleges for in state students until that piece of shit Reagan was governor. Reagan... Always ruining something.

Bernie is nothing new to US politics. People like him have just been pushed out as US politics have marched ever to the right as corporations gained more and more control. So insanely far to the right. Obama sure as fuck wasn't a socialist, he was center-right. That's how crazy far to the right the US has gotten since Reagan, we don't even have a left political party anymore.

Also, Bernie is a Democratic Socialist, which is similar to what those evil socialist European countries are, not whatever place your relatives left.

And Cuba is Communist, not Socialist, and it was long past time that we fix relations with them.

[Mirishka]

That the majority of voters are idiots.

[PosPosPos]

No I do not think Obama is a full blown socialist. But he is slightly. the hint is in relations with Cuba. Nobody makes friends with them unless either they are black or socialist or both. But besides that I'm talking more about sanders and his ideology. I have never seen flow blown socialist support until he ran. As someone whose relatives fled socialism its quite freighting to see such an ideology being promoted among the young youth.
BTW I am 20 years old just so you know. Also I'm reflecting my generation and its concern and direction.

In the meantime, Trump has very close relations with Saudi Arabia and Russia, both of which are way worse than Cuba when it comes to governance and/or human rights, but somehow, such inconvenient facts don't seem to even bat your eyelid.

I guess to you, even the slightest mention of socialism is more than enough to strike so far fear in your heart to ignore the threat of religious extremism and tyranny.

[Macaquerie]

Made me realize there are a lot more haters out there than I thought.
On both sides...

[Ghazan Julio]

That the majority of voters are idiots.

The title said "about yourself" so you would be the idiot here.

[Mirishka]

The title said "about yourself" so you would be the idiot here.

Well I didn't vote for him, so no.

In hindsight though, I guess I should have said "that I think the majority of voters are idiots".

[Vash The Stampede]

3. That I am literally smart enough to be the president of the USA, or at least a high ranking cabinet member. As Trump was picking all these billionaires, I told anybody who would listen that "Having a billion dollars doesn't make you smart". Now, I have been proven right, and I think I could do a great job as a high ranking official.

You should see the rules for rulers.

[undeadmoon]

Not so much about myself but about certain members of my family, I realize now they will probably never take responsibility or admit that they are wrong, or might have made a bad choice, instead they will always have a series of lies, deflections, half truths, obstructions ready to throw out at any given situation or debate, along with a shit ton of blame passing.

As blunt and awful as this may seem, this part of my family in particular is also significantly older and sickly, so they don't have much longer to pick their silly political fights at gatherings, or spit (and I mean literally spit) on those that don't agree with them, or on those who ask them to stop.

They were particularly brutal, nasty, and spiteful over this election cycle, it showed me a lot about them.

I guess in a roundabout way, Trump and his election showed me just what I'll tolerate and what I won't from my extended family.

[Rukh]

Trump made me lose a lot of faith in my fellow citizens. How anyone could see him as anything other than a con man willing to say or do anything to enrich himself while screwing everyone else over is beyond me. Now we have working class voters wondering why he's sold them out. It isn't like his decades of refusing to pay contractors and screwing over the little guy every chance he got was indicative of anything.

This is the thing for me. If you asked me in 90s how a Trump presidency would go, I could have predicted it. How were people conned? It's unreal.

[Taso]

In the meantime, Trump has very close relations with Saudi Arabia and Russia, both of which are way worse than Cuba when it comes to governance and/or human rights, but somehow, such inconvenient facts don't seem to even bat your eyelid.

I guess to you, even the slightest mention of socialism is more than enough to strike so far fear in your heart to ignore the threat of religious extremism and tyranny.

Lol I'm aware that trump is in bed with Saudis I'm also aware that almost all presidents have been in bed saudis. Heck Bush was in bed with Osamas until 9/11. My issue is more specifically that people don't realize governments will lie to the outside world. My mother's family more specifically speaking left cuba in 70's because of the abuse and treatment that they experienced for being against the opposition. Cuba is socialist people call it communist as way to legitimize a paper and pen theory like(Laissez- faire)capitalism. But anyway I'll gladly point errors trump makes just as equally with Obama. Like for instance I'm non-interventionist republican I believe we should let Europe deal with Syria since it happened under their watch. Otherwise we have no reason to be their at all.

[Shadowsgrace]

Self hating human?

yup, Happened slowly over time.

[Chinese Bootlickers]

That I hate everything and everyone. Seems like the fun got sucked out of everything, things I used to be glued to I've all but stopped, and so on.

[Super Friendly Kitty Cat]

1. As a registered independent, I think of myself - or did - as a centrist, with a slight republican lean..... but because of Trump, I think I lean way more left than I knew.

2. That I used to think a lot of lying was OK in politics, but not now, not to this degree.

3. That I am literally smart enough to be the president of the USA, or at least a high ranking cabinet member. As Trump was picking all these billionaires, I told anybody who would listen that "Having a billion dollars doesn't make you smart". Now, I have been proven right, and I think I could do a great job as a high ranking official.

The majority of the country figured all that out during the Presidency of Barack Hussein Obama.

Community Organizer, who regularly met with a convicted terrorist, who regularly attended church services at an anti-white, racially charged church.

Obama was literally the bottom of the barrel.

[Deathcries]

Rofl, so much this.

"Both sides are just as bad!" -The people who months ago were cheering on Trump and now find him to be a massive embarrassment, and are trying to console themselves by declaring that the left is no better... despite the left standing up for net neutrality, being far more anti war, etc.

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If you think the 2nd amendment was going anywhere with any of Obama's picks (who were all very solidly center, not liberal) shows just how detached from reality you really are.

The judges that liberals pick always go left. ALWAYS. You never know when the right picks at what they're thinking. Look at Seuter who George H. picked. He went completely left. Then Roberts with his back flip Obamacare is a tax when it obviously said "penalty" on it. You always know how leftist will vote on the SC.

[Sneezeburger]

The judges that liberals pick always go left. ALWAYS. You never know when the right picks at what they're thinking. Look at Seuter who George H. picked. He went completely left. Then Roberts with his back flip Obamacare is a tax when it obviously said "penalty" on it. You always know how leftist will vote on the SC.

What about Byron White?

[Wyrt]

If you think the 2nd amendment was going anywhere with any of Obama's picks (who were all very solidly center, not liberal) shows just how detached from reality you really are.

Welcome to America where anything left of tea party and alt-right is considered leftist.

[Matchles]

The judges that liberals pick always go left. ALWAYS. You never know when the right picks at what they're thinking. Look at Seuter who George H. picked. He went completely left. Then Roberts with his back flip Obamacare is a tax when it obviously said "penalty" on it. You always know how leftist will vote on the SC.

Maybe Republicans should stop being shit at vetting their nominees? Or it could have something to do with Republicans nominating 9 of the 13 justices in the past 50 years.

[Ghostpanther]

Maybe Republicans should stop being shit at vetting their nominees? Or it could have something to do with Republicans nominating 9 of the 13 justices in the past 50 years.

The record could be 12 of the last 16 judges in 3 or 4 years.

[Polarthief]

How much I hate idiots/psychos with money. Also how truly bullshit the Electoral College is, on top of the entire "democracy" we have in general.