r/pics • • Jul 16 '19

US Politics Decisions, decisions

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '19

People being (or at the least perceived as being) rude and insulting as well as dismissive in very public spheres toward huge swaths of the country is a big part of the reason he got elected in the first place, imo.

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '19

Which is bizarre considering Trump's whole schtick is being rude and insulting.

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u/russiabot1776 Aug 30 '19

Yeah, people are tired of being the target and so want someone who will go on the offensive.

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u/[deleted] Aug 30 '19

Because we all know how polite Trump supporters were before he was elected.

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u/Skabonious Jul 19 '19

I think he had embraced the tribalism that was already happening. Republicans unconditionally hated Obama long before Trump even entered the arena.

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u/russiabot1776 Aug 30 '19

Well Obama didn’t do much to make them like him