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NanceGreggs

(27,817 posts)
Sun Jul 24, 2022, 08:15 AM Jul 2022

Tell Us About It, Trump-Humpers

You say that Trump loves the "little people", the hardworking middle-class. So tell us about the times he mingled with such people.

Tell us about all the events he hosted for people who couldn't cough up ten, twenty - even a hundred thousand dollar donations to his campaigns.

Tell us about the times he played golf at public courses, so he could rub shoulders with people who couldn't afford $120,000-per-year membership fees at fancy country clubs like his.

Tell us about the times he dug into his own pockets to make a donation to a charity that helped the poor - or even the struggling middle-class folks down on their luck. He claims to be a billionaire - so why has he never given a penny to charity?

Tell us about the times he's opened the doors of Mara-Lago to you "little people" who think he loves you, so he can hob-nob with farmers, plumbers, and factory workers.

We all know that you Trump-worshippers have deluded yourselves into believing all kinds of things - but believing that he loves and cares about you is the most pathetic delusion of all.

Donald Trump has spent his entire life avoiding any and all contact with people like you. He despises everything about you - from your calloused hands, to your two-bedroom/one bathroom trailer, to your grimy kids who reek of tuna casserole dinners, to your cheap haircuts and Goodwill clothing, to your garage-sale decor and your treasured "McDonald's Employee-of-the-Month" plaque that hangs in a place of honour over your fake plastic fireplace.

Donald Trump despises you - always has, always will. And if you haven't figured that out by now, you are beyond hope.

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Tell Us About It, Trump-Humpers (Original Post) NanceGreggs Jul 2022 OP
Why would they worship a guy who got less votes Emile Jul 2022 #1
Because They Believe He Got More Votes, But Was Cheated SoCalDavidS Jul 2022 #24
Nailed it! Evolve Dammit Jul 2022 #56
That's exactly why I like to remind them Trump got less votes Emile Jul 2022 #66
So true. How can a working person, someone doc03 Jul 2022 #2
Or any woman, or anyone darker than a brown paper bag, or anyone non-binary soldierant Jul 2022 #50
You forgot that Donny scratches their racist itches and to them it feels great. Botany Jul 2022 #3
+ 1 million Samrob Jul 2022 #10
And Donny gives them an excuse PatSeg Jul 2022 #11
His base ... Racist Meth Head Bikers Botany Jul 2022 #14
The moron brigade. paleotn Jul 2022 #17
Damn, that second photo PatSeg Jul 2022 #30
Where were the S.S. and who allowed those people to get that close to President? Botany Jul 2022 #34
Probably compromised PatSeg Jul 2022 #35
I might be wrong but I think that we have a core of right wing shits inside the S.S.. Botany Jul 2022 #36
Yes, that could be PatSeg Jul 2022 #38
Perhaps that IS the Secret Service? MerryHolidays Jul 2022 #65
Good lord, his revulsion is SO obvious! ShazzieB Jul 2022 #55
Little does he realize PatSeg Jul 2022 #61
Yes, yes, that is SO true! ShazzieB Jul 2022 #62
He validates their whiteness. GoodRaisin Jul 2022 #45
"Mr. flabby-assed tough guy." There's your "pussy" MAGATS. Look no further. Evolve Dammit Jul 2022 #57
I will never forget an interview from 2016 Beatlelvr Jul 2022 #28
Her honesty was remarkable, PatSeg Jul 2022 #32
That is it Rebl2 Jul 2022 #26
I hope the mother fucker winds up in prison for his crimes such as selling out America to Putin, ... Botany Jul 2022 #33
"grimey kids who reek of tuna casserole" 70sEraVet Jul 2022 #4
"Never given a penny to charity" teach1st Jul 2022 #5
The Con man never samplegirl Jul 2022 #6
Yes, and HE was going to put the steel mills back in operation! So don't sell your house! Diamond_Dog Jul 2022 #12
And the coal miners all have their jobs back. Right, Donald? keithbvadu2 Jul 2022 #37
Decades of DownriverDem Jul 2022 #7
Remember, they do not see them as 'gains'. (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Jul 2022 #69
They don't care that he helps them, only that he does real harm Boomerproud Jul 2022 #8
This is what they want. You called it. AllyCat Jul 2022 #25
Agreed with your spot-on post. Prof. Toru Tanaka Jul 2022 #51
The only thing that matters to them is their perception of Trump "owning the libs" Mr. Ected Jul 2022 #9
Couldn't have said it better SouthernDem4ever Jul 2022 #13
Hell, the average republican doesn't care Mysterian Jul 2022 #15
Hear, hear Kev80 Jul 2022 #48
That's a convenient excuse for the real motivation in supporting Trump. paleotn Jul 2022 #16
+1 llmart Jul 2022 #23
I get your point, but... infullview Jul 2022 #18
gets kind of snobby and condescending towards the end there doesn't it? Kali Jul 2022 #49
They might be more like the "Trump-Humped" than the humpers gulliver Jul 2022 #19
I've always said he wouldn't let the people who voted for him clean the toilets Vinca Jul 2022 #20
Yes he truly does despise them, and he's disgusted by them FakeNoose Jul 2022 #21
they dont care -it's fake news from a libtard and even if it isnt so what, if it make libs mad then Fullduplexxx Jul 2022 #22
BRAVA, Nance! calimary Jul 2022 #27
LBJ.."If you can convince the lowest white man that he's better than the best .. RestoreAmerica2020 Jul 2022 #29
"I love the poorly uneducated." Snackshack Jul 2022 #31
Yes, that is a truthful statement and because Prof. Toru Tanaka Jul 2022 #52
Trump Held a Contest for Small-Dollar Donors to Have Dinner With Him. No One Won keithbvadu2 Jul 2022 #39
those are not his followers. Hamlette Jul 2022 #40
excellent burn the soul llashram Jul 2022 #41
... Nevilledog Jul 2022 #42
💯 MerryBlooms Jul 2022 #59
K&R Blue Owl Jul 2022 #43
tRump didn't take a salary or use big words pandr32 Jul 2022 #44
This creep homegirl Jul 2022 #46
This rant is so off. many Trumpers love that he is far "superior" to them and they are unworthy andym Jul 2022 #47
How many small businesses went under... MissMillie Jul 2022 #53
His base should look up all his kacekwl Jul 2022 #54
Kids say the darndest things, don't they peppertree Jul 2022 #58
So true- They hate the same people he does. Quakerfriend Jul 2022 #60
I took my plaque down Cheezoholic Jul 2022 #63
The Worst Part is....... CarmanJohn Jul 2022 #64
Tell us about all the taxes he cut for THE PEOPLE. Brainfodder Jul 2022 #67
It's easy to explain: Victimization no_hypocrisy Jul 2022 #68

SoCalDavidS

(9,998 posts)
24. Because They Believe He Got More Votes, But Was Cheated
Sun Jul 24, 2022, 10:38 AM
Jul 2022

When their Cult Leader tells them he got more votes, THEY BELIEVE HIM.

Facts & Reality Are Irrelevant.

Emile

(22,897 posts)
66. That's exactly why I like to remind them Trump got less votes
Mon Jul 25, 2022, 05:16 AM
Jul 2022

in the past two elections. Got to pound that fact over and over and over and over.

Samrob

(4,298 posts)
10. + 1 million
Sun Jul 24, 2022, 08:58 AM
Jul 2022

As long as he doesn't let "those others" in Mar-a-largo they are ok if they can't get in.

PatSeg

(47,583 posts)
11. And Donny gives them an excuse
Sun Jul 24, 2022, 09:01 AM
Jul 2022

to act out their violent, hateful fantasies. He was the one they were waiting for, but anyone could have filled that position.

Botany

(70,577 posts)
14. His base ... Racist Meth Head Bikers
Sun Jul 24, 2022, 09:30 AM
Jul 2022




Of course these people would never be at one of his golf courses except as labor for which he would try not to pay them
but they are useful idiots.

PatSeg

(47,583 posts)
30. Damn, that second photo
Sun Jul 24, 2022, 10:53 AM
Jul 2022

is absolutely repulsive. You just know he couldn't wait to get to a bottle of hand sanitizer.

PatSeg

(47,583 posts)
35. Probably compromised
Sun Jul 24, 2022, 11:15 AM
Jul 2022

Trump tends to corrupt everything he touches. He has a bizarre talent for it.

Botany

(70,577 posts)
36. I might be wrong but I think that we have a core of right wing shits inside the S.S..
Sun Jul 24, 2022, 11:35 AM
Jul 2022

I remember under President Obama somebody was able to hop the fence @ the White House
cross the lawn get inside the front door and overpower a female S.S. agent who was at that
door before he was stopped. I mean where were the dogs? How did this happen?

PatSeg

(47,583 posts)
38. Yes, that could be
Sun Jul 24, 2022, 12:46 PM
Jul 2022

It is a rather unique culture, quite unlike the other government agencies. I think very few people really know what goes on within the Secret Service. I am thinking of reading Carol Leonnig's book about the Secret Service.

PatSeg

(47,583 posts)
61. Little does he realize
Sun Jul 24, 2022, 10:50 PM
Jul 2022

that it is him who is the most repulsive person in the photo. Everything about him is repugnant and offensive.

Beatlelvr

(619 posts)
28. I will never forget an interview from 2016
Sun Jul 24, 2022, 10:49 AM
Jul 2022

Journalist asked a person at Trump rally why she likes him. "He hates the same people we hate." There it is, folks. What a glowing endorsement for your candidate.

PatSeg

(47,583 posts)
32. Her honesty was remarkable,
Sun Jul 24, 2022, 10:56 AM
Jul 2022

but her comment was really disturbing. That really does sum it up quite well. Their lives revolve around their "hate" and though Trump isn't terribly intelligent for the most part, he tapped into what these people care about.

Rebl2

(13,546 posts)
26. That is it
Sun Jul 24, 2022, 10:46 AM
Jul 2022

Last edited Sun Jul 24, 2022, 11:16 AM - Edit history (1)

right there. tfg has allowed racism to flourish to the point people are emboldened to show off their racist beliefs and hate speech in public and not keeping it to themselves.

Botany

(70,577 posts)
33. I hope the mother fucker winds up in prison for his crimes such as selling out America to Putin, ...
Sun Jul 24, 2022, 11:04 AM
Jul 2022

... getting 14 million dead world wide, for 1/6/21, or he can just be dead ASAP but Trump did go right
for their racist hearts. A good example was in the the fall of 2018 he came to Lebanon, OH and praised
Robert E. Lee and that was no mistake because that area is the home of the Klan in OH.

I dealt with some of his MAGA people in OH on election day and some were just fine but some were biker
types just looking for a fight @ the precinct I was working at and we had reports of them doing it all over.

If America and the world had stopped Trump/Putin in 2016 we wouldn't have the C-19 Pandemic, the war
in Ukraine, or the 1/6/21 attempted coup.

When you have a few minutes:

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/10/15/was-there-a-connection-between-a-russian-bank-and-the-trump-campaign

the connections between Trump and Russia is rock solid.

70sEraVet

(3,509 posts)
4. "grimey kids who reek of tuna casserole"
Sun Jul 24, 2022, 08:43 AM
Jul 2022

""McDonald's Employee-of-the-Month" plaque that hangs in a place of honour over your fake plastic fireplace"
Ha!
NanceGreggs, you have a Hunter S. Thompson-esque flair for descriptive phrasing!

teach1st

(5,935 posts)
5. "Never given a penny to charity"
Sun Jul 24, 2022, 08:44 AM
Jul 2022

Here's an interesting New York Times article from 2020.

Trump’s Philanthropy: Big Tax Write-Offs and Claims That Don’t Always Add Up
New York Times, October 23, 2020

In President Trump’s telling, he is a committed philanthropist with strong ties to many charities. “If you don’t give back, you’re never ever going to be fulfilled in life,” he wrote in “Trump 101: The Way to Success,” published at the height of his “Apprentice” fame.

And according to his tax records, he has given back at least $130 million since 2005, his second year as a reality TV star.

But the long-hidden tax records, obtained by The New York Times, show that Mr. Trump did not have to reach into his wallet for most of that giving. The vast bulk of his charitable tax deductions, $119.3 million worth, came from simply agreeing not to develop land — in several cases, after he had shelved development plans.

...

Mr. Trump’s pronouncements of philanthropic largess have been broadly discredited by reporting, most notably in The Washington Post, that found he had exaggerated, or simply never made, an array of claimed contributions. His own charitable foundation shut down in 2018 amid allegations of self-dealing to benefit Mr. Trump, his businesses and his campaign.


https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/23/us/trump-taxes-philanthropy.html

Gifted no-paywall link

samplegirl

(11,498 posts)
6. The Con man never
Sun Jul 24, 2022, 08:47 AM
Jul 2022

had anything for the working class ever.
I remember his trip here to Trumbull County in Ohio when his fat lying lips told the people here there would be jobs lots and lots of jobs!

keithbvadu2

(36,894 posts)
37. And the coal miners all have their jobs back. Right, Donald?
Sun Jul 24, 2022, 12:36 PM
Jul 2022

And the coal miners all have their jobs back. Right, Donald?

DownriverDem

(6,231 posts)
7. Decades of
Sun Jul 24, 2022, 08:50 AM
Jul 2022

RW talk radio and fox news has propagandized those folks to believe they want a law & order white world. They think they want a return to the 1950s when women, minorities and LGBTQs didn't have rights. They think this will make them be better. It is truly amazing how fast they are working to overturn everything gained since the 1960s.

Boomerproud

(7,964 posts)
8. They don't care that he helps them, only that he does real harm
Sun Jul 24, 2022, 08:52 AM
Jul 2022

to everyone they despise. Talking truth to them is useless.

Mr. Ected

(9,670 posts)
9. The only thing that matters to them is their perception of Trump "owning the libs"
Sun Jul 24, 2022, 08:53 AM
Jul 2022

As long as he spews bullshit like a second-rate RW talk radio hate jockey, they will continue to flock, never realizing that he despises them just as much.

Mysterian

(4,591 posts)
15. Hell, the average republican doesn't care
Sun Jul 24, 2022, 09:30 AM
Jul 2022

They see their leaders more like monarchs or dictators. As long as their kings and queens spout the white supremacy lies, the republican bumpkins don't care if they have a democracy or not. They see Trump live like a pampered king and they don't care, because Trump is a white supremacist. The average republican would give up every freedom fought for by generations of Americans to live in what they see as a fascist utopia, in which women and minorities have few if any rights, and phony Christianity is the state religion.

paleotn

(17,947 posts)
16. That's a convenient excuse for the real motivation in supporting Trump.
Sun Jul 24, 2022, 09:38 AM
Jul 2022

Simply put, Trump makes it cool again to hate brown people and act like a misogynistic asshole. It explains his strong appeal to white males with lower educational attainment. It's classic reactionary behavior. The country is changing socially and economically and that scares the shit out of that demographic. They feel that they can't compete with women and brown people in general, thus the need to "keep them in their place." It plays hand in hand with their feelings of entitlement where white males supposedly deserve a bigger chunk of society's resources just for being white and male.

Of course, if they hadn't slept through algebra, chemistry, etc. in high school, maybe they wouldn't BE in this predicament. That behavior drove me nuts back then and invariably, they're all magats now. It caused me to "faceplam" then, my opinion of them hasn't changed in 40 years.

llmart

(15,552 posts)
23. +1
Sun Jul 24, 2022, 10:36 AM
Jul 2022

Your explanation of why they like him is spot on. I couldn't agree more. When they talk about entitlement, it's the entitlement of the white male, lower educational attainment people who just assumed they didn't have to do what it takes to be more prosperous.

In my experience it's not that they slept through algebra and chemistry. They didn't even take courses like that. All they had to do was take general courses, get a C grade and be an athlete and they were revered. Then times changed but they didn't want to change with the times.

As a female who went to high school in the 60's and who came from a poor, "working" class family (my father worked sometimes, sometimes we lived on unemployment - all nine of us), I took all the college prep classes I could, worked my butt off to get A's and B's, couldn't go to college until I was much older, but I still went eventually and received two degrees, I'm just the sort of woman they want to push back into the kitchen to make sandwiches for men. They are afraid as hell of women like me and any brown skinned person who works just as hard to improve their lot in life.

infullview

(982 posts)
18. I get your point, but...
Sun Jul 24, 2022, 09:41 AM
Jul 2022

do you realize your own prejudice? Not all people in lower economic strata are T****p worshipers. There are a lot of well educated, middle class assholes that believe every word this shithead says.

gulliver

(13,192 posts)
19. They might be more like the "Trump-Humped" than the humpers
Sun Jul 24, 2022, 09:46 AM
Jul 2022

There's a great movie on Amazon Prime, "Unfit." It's pretty good about the motivations of Trumpies. There's an Axelrod quote that is something like, "People will vote for people they don't like but not for people who don't like them." It follows from that that we don't want to unnecessarily dislike people.

It's not true that Trump despises his Trumpies, imo. He loves them as audience and "power supply." That's plenty enough love for them. They gladly and willingly think of themselves as in a lower role than him, and they don't resent him for it. On the contrary, their grateful someone is taking the role of leader and living under the Sword of Damocles.

Vinca

(50,303 posts)
20. I've always said he wouldn't let the people who voted for him clean the toilets
Sun Jul 24, 2022, 10:12 AM
Jul 2022

at Mar-a-Grifto. He's identified them as suckers - marks - and he only wants to milk them for every dime they can scrape together. Even if it takes that tuna noodle casserole out of their kids' mouths.

FakeNoose

(32,739 posts)
21. Yes he truly does despise them, and he's disgusted by them
Sun Jul 24, 2022, 10:36 AM
Jul 2022

Why can't they see it?

It's sad and pathetic, however I'm convinced that Chump has them hypnotized. Or maybe it's just Faux Noise (and Limbaugh before that) doing the nasty work, and we're giving too much credit to Chump.

Fullduplexxx

(7,870 posts)
22. they dont care -it's fake news from a libtard and even if it isnt so what, if it make libs mad then
Sun Jul 24, 2022, 10:36 AM
Jul 2022

even better. he made it ok for them to come out of hiding , he gave them relevance. all the lecturing will fall on deaf ears

calimary

(81,451 posts)
27. BRAVA, Nance!
Sun Jul 24, 2022, 10:47 AM
Jul 2022

This whole thread is a great read. Nance, you sure do bring out the eloquence in people here!



RestoreAmerica2020

(3,438 posts)
29. LBJ.."If you can convince the lowest white man that he's better than the best ..
Sun Jul 24, 2022, 10:49 AM
Jul 2022

President Lyndon B. Johnson once said, “If you can convince the lowest white man he’s better than the best colored man, he won’t notice you’re picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he’ll empty his pockets for you." www.snopes



Why do they support loser#45/GOP? RACISM, BIGOTRY, MYSOGYNY, XENOPHOBIC

Maya Angelou once said, “When people show you who they are, believe them the first time.” This is one of the hardest life lessons that I've ever tried to follow, but it is sage advice. When someone really shows you and tells you who they are, take them at their word.Jul 12, 2021
https://dancingthroughtherain.com › ...
When People Show You Who

Snackshack

(2,541 posts)
31. "I love the poorly uneducated."
Sun Jul 24, 2022, 10:55 AM
Jul 2022

Said by DT at a February 2016 rally. Probably one of the few times DT has said something truthful.

- DT

Prof. Toru Tanaka

(1,980 posts)
52. Yes, that is a truthful statement and because
Sun Jul 24, 2022, 05:04 PM
Jul 2022


Trump, like any con artist, loves people who won't think for themselves see what a phony bullshitter he really is. He considers them easy marks and their undying devotion to him proves that they are just that.

keithbvadu2

(36,894 posts)
39. Trump Held a Contest for Small-Dollar Donors to Have Dinner With Him. No One Won
Sun Jul 24, 2022, 12:47 PM
Jul 2022
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-fundraising-donor-dinner-new-orleans-con-1320246/

Trump Held a Contest for Small-Dollar Donors to Have Dinner With Him. No One Won

The former president has used a variety of shady tactics to raise money, including holding dubious promotions to meet him

Hamlette

(15,412 posts)
40. those are not his followers.
Sun Jul 24, 2022, 01:17 PM
Jul 2022

his followers are middle to upper middle class. He doesn't care about those who live in trailers and his followers do not care about people who live in trailers. That is one reason they love Trump. He hates the poor as much as they do. And yes, he despises his followers except when they are cheering for him.



pandr32

(11,609 posts)
44. tRump didn't take a salary or use big words
Sun Jul 24, 2022, 01:59 PM
Jul 2022

The "plain" talk made his supporters feel he was one of them--not a member of the elite. When tRump claimed to forego his salary to save taxpayer dollars because he didn't need it (successful business man ) his supporters never even thought for a second he could be lying or grifting for much, much more financial gain.
Of course, tRump also was draining the swamp according to his supporters. He was, too, but it wasn't a swamp. It was all non-sycophants who vowed to kiss his ass in government. It was people loyal to our US Constitution and laws. He was purging them all.
Let's not forget the icing on the cake--tRump told them they were patriots and gave them all 'the feels'.

andym

(5,445 posts)
47. This rant is so off. many Trumpers love that he is far "superior" to them and they are unworthy
Sun Jul 24, 2022, 03:51 PM
Jul 2022

It's part of their hierarchical thinking-- as long as he elevates his supporters over other "inferiors" they are completely fine with him despising them too.

kacekwl

(7,021 posts)
54. His base should look up all his
Sun Jul 24, 2022, 05:43 PM
Jul 2022

Democratic talking points and policies he stole when campaigning against Hillary in 2016. He was to be the great white hope who would lift them from unemployment, no healthcare and save American manufacturing. In two weeks I believe it was.

Quakerfriend

(5,452 posts)
60. So true- They hate the same people he does.
Sun Jul 24, 2022, 09:30 PM
Jul 2022

Remember, as TFG watched the insurrection unfold on 1/6 he was disappointed that his supporters looked like low life, white trash.

CarmanJohn

(22 posts)
64. The Worst Part is.......
Mon Jul 25, 2022, 04:03 AM
Jul 2022

No TRUER words have ever been written. And somehow over 74 Million Americans are too STUPID to Understand THEM!!! Truly GREAT Post Nance!!!!

Brainfodder

(6,423 posts)
67. Tell us about all the taxes he cut for THE PEOPLE.
Mon Jul 25, 2022, 05:24 AM
Jul 2022

I'll wait NOT.

Does he rush off stage to a limo after his rally crying?

no_hypocrisy

(46,178 posts)
68. It's easy to explain: Victimization
Mon Jul 25, 2022, 05:29 AM
Jul 2022

Trump tells his minions, "When 'they' attack me, 'they're' attacking YOU as well. All the loathing, all the criticism . . . . it's not meant just for me; it's focused on you. They hate us. We can't let them get away with that!"

Along those lines.

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