Will his supporters ever realize he hates them?

[dajoki]

Trump's planning to run again in 2024: Will his supporters ever realize he hates them?
Trump claims to love his supporters — but his malicious and careless actions speak louder than his empty words
https://www.salon.com/2021/09/27/planning-to-run-again-in-2024-will-his-supporters-ever-realize-he-hates-them/

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Trump's humiliating defeat to Joe Biden — which he refuses to acknowledge even occurred — has fomented a yearning for redemption. Whether he actually runs again remains uncertain, but he wants his supporters to be ready, willing and primed.

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Millions of aggrieved Americans have tethered themselves to Trump's fake persona of superiority and strength. They think he is the answer to their prayers. They think he cares about their lot in life. They think he will remedy their grievances. But nothing could be further from the truth.

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Trump scorns those who are weak or foolish enough to need him. He does not want to be needed — he wants others to serve and satiate his needs. He thrives on their praise, adulation and unconditional loyalty. The whole concept of public service is foreign to him because he perceives every interaction is a transactional game that must be won. And winning, for him, inevitably means defeat and humiliation of the other person. In Trump's psyche, even his supporters need to be humiliated and defeated.

It is puzzling that Trump supporters have not realized that he does not give a damn about their grievances or station in life. His Republican Party literally has no platform or set of guiding principles — all that was abandoned during the 2020 campaign. Nor does the Republican Party have a single substantive policy initiative on the table. Other than conservative judicial appointments, Trump did absolutely nothing for his supporters during his miserable presidential term. Except, of course, to let them be killed by a virus and incite them to a failed overthrow of democracy.

Until Trump is gone and the Republican Party reinvents itself, Trump supporters are all alone to fend for themselves. Their cult leader is an illusion. He is a pied piper leading them only to destruction. He has brought them only pain and suffering and sold them a bill of goods consisting of lies and conspiracy theories.

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[Ka-Dinh Oy]

1. All they care about is that he gave them permission to act out on their hate.

[Mad_Machine76]

2. And they're hoping that he will be back

so that they can be free to hate (more) once again.

[leftyladyfrommo]

13. I think you are right. They know that he is an asshole but

they don't care.

[BradAllison]

3. No, end of story.

[Goonch]

4. ;-{)🖖

[Salviati]

6. The fact that anyone thinks that those are flattering pictures of him...

... is an indication that there is something deeply wrong with those people.

One, maybe two, of those photos are not completely uncomplimentary...

[hibbing]

5. Only a pawn in their game n/t

[secondwind]

7. He once said..........

"I LOVE THE UNEDUCATED."

They know this, and they do not care.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

8. If he was "Satan" himself, they'd support him...

... if he helped them accomplish their right-wing authoritarian goals of forcing greater uniformity and obedience in this country.

Even the evangelical Christians would happily vote for the devil, for the same motives.

[StarfishSaver]

9. He doesn't just hate them. He distains, looks down on them And thinks they're idiots

I've been waiting for him to have a Lonesome Rhodes moment when they can actually hear him say what he thinks of them. But now I realize that wouldn't matter... They could hear with their own ears and in his own voice and words exactly what he thinks and says about them and they would still continue to worship him and kiss his butt. They're that far gone.

[abqtommy]

10. We can examine cults and what motivates cultists but at this point the only

thing I'm interested in to to continue seeing tRUMP's base cultists continuing to prove
their willingness to die for him on a daily basis.

[hunter]

11. I don't want the Republican Party to reinvent itself.

I want it to die.

[I_UndergroundPanther]

14. Same here

All forms of the right wing need to die along with conservatism itself.

Eventually transactional capitalism will die too.

Maybe before the world is destroyed for profit.

[ecstatic]

12. He has all but told them outright that they're scum

who would still vote for him if he murdered someone in broad daylight. But keep in mind, these people also (proudly) self-identify as deplorables.

[shrike3]

15. They couldn't care less.