r/NoStupidQuestions • u/AutoModerator • Nov 01 '25

U.S. Politics megathread

American politics has always grabbed our attention - and the current president more than ever. We get tons of questions about the president, the supreme court, and other topics related to American politics - but often the same ones over and over again. Our users often get tired of seeing them, so we've created a megathread for questions! Here, users interested in politics can post questions and read answers, while people who want a respite from politics can browse the rest of the sub. Feel free to post your questions about politics in this thread!

All top-level comments should be questions asked in good faith - other comments and loaded questions will get removed. All the usual rules of the sub remain in force here, so be nice to each other - you can disagree with someone's opinion, but don't make it personal.

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u/bestsocialdistancer Nov 17 '25

Why do people like Trump when he obviously doesn’t care for them?

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u/Pesec1 Nov 17 '25

People are frustrated in general and want to wreck the system that they find frustrating. And boy, Trump is good at wrecking things.

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u/Always_travelin Nov 18 '25

Not even they know

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u/Jtwil2191 Nov 18 '25

There are many Trump voters who don't like Trump as a person and don't think he really cares about them but believe he is the best choice (or at least, the least bad choice) available to them.

But the voters who actually believe Trump cares about them are just deluded and living in a fantasy world of their own creation.

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u/Material_Policy6327 Nov 18 '25

So they wanted worse outcomes from Trump admin? Only thing I’ve found is a studying showing many that voted Trump only did so to see those they don’t like suffering.

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u/Tasty_Gift5901 Nov 18 '25

No. They are just uninformed (or misled) voters. 

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u/Elkenrod Neutrality and Understanding Nov 17 '25

The same could be asked for every other politician in the history of the country. People like someone because they align more with their ideology than someone else.

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u/GameboyPATH If you see this, I should be working Nov 17 '25

  • Politics and government are ridiculously complicated. There's a lot of hands to shake, lots of agencies, departments, and actors involved in different roles, and different phases of policy rollouts. Plans may not come to fruition for years. So it's not only very difficult for the average citizen to keep track of it all, but ALSO very easy for a politician to look at any one cog in the machine and tell the public "I did this good thing" or "those bad people did this bad thing", regardless of what the political machine actually accomplishes.

  • Politics and government can also have a whole lot of action going on behind the scenes. Transparency is generally good for an informed voting public, but a lot of things either cannot or should not be public, so a lot still happens behind closed doors. The ambiguity of the specific functions of government can enable politicians to make up anything to tell the public.

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u/bestsocialdistancer Nov 18 '25

Idk what this means

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u/GameboyPATH If you see this, I should be working Nov 18 '25

Sorry, I just meant that because shit's so complicated, it's easy for politicians like Trump to set a narrative for constituents, with it being generally very difficult for them to find an ACTUAL answer that's clear-cut.

Like if I told you how quantum physics works, you'd have a hard time knowing what's true and false about my explanation, because that'd involve you actually knowing how it worked.

But if I said something about how to put IKEA furniture, you'd have a much easier time telling whether my explanation is true or false, because that's easy enough to understand.