Is Trump a Perversion or an Extension of what the United States really is?

[el_bryanto]

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	He's a total Perversion of what the US really is
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	He is somewhat of a perversion of what the US really is
	1 (25%)
	He's more of an extension of the US really is
	1 (25%)
	He is what the US has always really been
	2 (50%)
	Trump may be awful, but at least he's not posting bullshit polls like this one
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[leftofcool]

1. This is exactly who America is.

Want proof? See who didn't vote for Hillary in the last election.

[el_bryanto]

7. I'm not sure I understand

Didn't a large number of people vote for Hillary in the last election?

[Amishman]

2. He is a sign of the increasing divergence of American culture

I an beginning to believe that the only solution is to strongly limit federal power and empower states and local government. Let red America have their way in their areas. Let progressive America grow unfettered.

Put a stop to the federal tax scheme which transfers funds from blue to red. Let's see them pay for themselves.

We're becoming too different to live under a shared set of rules and values.

[brer cat]

8. I might agree with you

except that it isn't possible to make such a neat divide. I live in GA, traditionally red, but our urban centers are blue and often majority minority. I suspect that is true in many other states where the divide is more urban v. rural rather than a state-wide red population.

While all of our rights are under attack by this maladministration, I wouldn't support efforts to limit Federal power to control say voting rights, women's reproductive rights, and LGBTQ right to marry whomever they love. While it's not "fair" to transfer from blue states to red states, withholding Federal funds to these states would hurt a lot of Democrats.

[roamer65]

12. I don't think blue states should have to stay.

They should be free to join the Canadian confederation.

https://www.macleans.ca/news/canada/is-it-time-for-canada-to-annex-blue-america/

[C_U_L8R]

3. We need barrels of antibiotic and disinfectant

to get over this pestilence. Apply liberally.

[Orsino]

4. He is an outlier...

...but the sort of outlier our elected "representatives" have always coddled. So extension, I guess?

[Trumpocalypse]

5. He is an extension of what conservative America is

or has become due to 30 years of Rush, FAUX and right wing media.

[Wounded Bear]

6. If you really know American history, you realize Trump is just a return to an old reality...

of what the country has always been, but has made halting steps at trying to rein in and change for the better.

We are returning to the 1930's, when many Americans admired Hitler for 'what he did' to make Germany 'great' again.

Roosevelt saved us then, along with a shitload of fellow Dems, who were shit on racism, but did much to improve the lives of working class people and rein in the investor classes from being able to whipsaw the economy from boom to bust. Back then, the country was saved from fascism by moving to a form of regulated Capitalism that still drove the economy, but didn't fully take it over.

We're really on the edge again.

[Garrett78]

9. Both.

A majority of white Americans are very bigoted, and that constitutes way too many people to call Trump a mere perversion. But there are a hell of a lot of people who oppose Trump and everything he stands for.

[GeorgeGist]

10. He's the antidote to...

the best and brightest.

[ismnotwasm]

11. He is the ultimate expression of Republicanism

Ad well as conservative economics and social theory. America is bigoted as human beings are bigoted, I don’t think we own the patent. What we are is, a powerful wealthy nation run by white men in a changing demographic. Trump is a result of that and Trump is a big mirror. Far to many like what they see.