Can anyone name a Trump character flaw or moral shortcoming now apparent that was not

[Atticus]

also apparent in 2016 or before?

How were so many of us non-expert "common people" able to see through the bullshit and see the lying maniac "way back then"?

[BlueStater]

1. Letting 200,000 people die due to his incompetence and indifference to human life.

In 2016, he was a racist, a misogynist, a crook, a shitty husband and father, a bully, and a sexual predator. Now he actually has blood on his hands in addition to all that.

[2naSalit]

2. It's all the same shit...

Only now he's on steroids. Oh, and 220K dead Americans.

[doc03]

3. I thought he was a lying maniac 30 years ago. It is beyond my imagination

how otherwise intelligent people couldn't see that and still don't today. No matter what he does they explain it away.

[regnaD kciN]

6. "Otherwise intelligent"...?

It strikes me that Trump supporters fall into one of two categories:

1) Those with a low level of education and/or intelligence. For them, Trump is, as someone has pointed out, "the poor man's idea of a rich man, the stupid man's idea of a smart man, and the weak man's idea of a strong man."

2) Those who recognize all these faults, but still support him because it's to their own financial advantage (not that of the country as a whole) to ignore his faults while they rake in the windfall.

[doc03]

9. There are lawyers, doctors, company CEOs, veterans and women that support him and believe his

bullshit. I graduated high school and see him for what he is and always was. I just don't get it.

[Ahpook]

13. A constant barrage of bullshit on the TV

and radio is a big part of it. No checks with unfiltered lies or conspiracies will twist minds.

The family members I have that still support this guy all have one or two issues that keep them hanging on. The economy or abortion!

On edit: I am sure there are more secretive reasons why as well. The race hate, but they will NEVER claim it.

[regnaD kciN]

4. Plus, we had reason to suspect his character as a private citizen in 2016...

While we may have suspected it, we didn't have proof that he would behave as the nation's corrupt "owner" as President. Now we do.

[qazplm135]

5. I'll admit

I thought he had a baseline level of intelligence, but I was wrong.

I didn't think he was smart at all, but the level of stupid is pretty rare.

[regnaD kciN]

7. As others have pointed out...

...he used to be arrogant, but he also was able to communicate in coherent sentences with adult-level reasoning. Now, he sounds like a 4th grader -- which suggests he's had a significant level of cognitive decline as he's aged.

[chriscan64]

8. He is still dumb in private

but even dumber in his public persona. Acts dumber than he really is while lying and saying he is smarter than he really is. He was dumb enough in private to let himself be recorded and allowed us to draw the contrast.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

10. I have been somewhat surprised at his disregard for the health and well-being....

of his own wife and kids during this pandemic, all sacrificed for the sake of his image. We all knew he never cares about his friends, employees or contractors.

I suppose this truly demonstrates the degree of psychopath he really is.

The man has the compassion and empathy of a brick.

KY.....

[safeinOhio]

11. How?

Fox News would be my guess.

[gopiscrap]

12. he's a complete fucking asshole

instead of just a fucking asshole

[gopiscrap]

14. he's a complete fucking asshole

instead of just a fucking asshole

[Shermann]

15. What changed was the realization that things are hard

Trump promised cheap and easy fixes for all the thorniest problems during his campaign.

Jobs and immigration? Build a wall and hand Mexico the bill

North Korea? Hand China the bill

Russia and NATO? Hand Europe the bill

Middle East? Hand them the bill / take the oil

Pandemic preparedness? Tear up the bill

Federal budget? Reduce the bills to the wealthy

Climate change? Tear up the bill

So four years later and all these bills are now past due and the bill collectors are knocking. That's all that is going on.