Why Trump Supporters are Angry

[JI7]

Many of them fell for the bs. they thought he was some great wealthy businessman who was going to get into office and easily make deals doing great things for the country.

it wasn't even about left or right as much as he would be better than Obama . he would get health care that would be better than Obama. he would be better on jobs. he would be better in fighting terrorism and a world leader. he would be better than the black guy who they convinced themselves only had support because he was black but was a horrible president. they convinced themselves that hillary was everything that is actually true about trump with the "pay to play" attacks on her.

they wanted to be able to say "i told you so" .

instead he has shown himself to be the same ignorant buffoon he was during the campaign and even before. he gets angry and tweets about stupid shit. he shows he has no knowledge of the issues. the fact that snl and other comedy is so close to reality doesn't help.

but if you look at his history none of this is a surprise. he has multiple failed businesses . he couldn't even make money from casinos in the mid 90s . he refused to show his taxes . and this should have been even more important in the case of someone who is running on being great at business. he was an idiot on the campaign trail and during his entire fucking life. did they really think he was going to be something different as president from what we have seen of him in his 70 years ?

so this is a huge failure on their part and their judgement.

i wonder if they have a higher percentage of people who fall for scams than non trump supporters.

[Lucinda]

1. They really did fall for it, bigly. Those I know personally

were getting really, really angry when confronted with the reality of Trump after the inaguration, and have now gone very, very, quiet.

[SharonAnn]

4. I wishe the ones around here would go quiet. I moderate a neighborhood forum

and though there was a lull for a week or two aftere the inauguration, it's ramping up again "bigly". Maybe they're trying to convince themselves that Trump is who they wanted him to be.

[Lucinda]

7. I suspect that is the case. I read an article about the cult like mentality

that persists in many of Trumps supporters, and how hard it is for them to break from their belief in him.
For many, it seems to be easier when he fails them on something they are passionate about.

[marked50]

2. Most undoubtedly to your last question.

Probably the best supporters of "As seen on TV" too.

[DURHAM D]

8. I bet they all have a couple of these out in the shed -

http://www.ebay.com/itm/like/282325705129?lpid=82&chn=ps&ul_noapp=true

[marked50]

11. How did you know?

That I had some of those....Ha...sarcasm. Don't know emoji methods..

[radical noodle]

21. For emojis

When you're writing your reply, you see buttons above the text. One of the buttons is "smilies" and those are emojis you can choose from.

[murielm99]

25. It really really works!

[trixie2]

29. Hey!

I love "As Seen on TV". I love the As Seen store and even regular stores now carry the best stuff as seen on tv.

I think this link is more to their liking.

[Wellstone ruled]

3. For Donald J Trump,

this is a for Profit Venture and nothing else. All those toads who voted for him are getting crushed and refuse to see the real truth.

When he said he would take 150 million to dump his run for the White House,you just knew what was going to happen next. Famous saying,I got the money Baby.

[BlueStater]

5. Fuck their anger.

So because they were angry, they decided to take it out on the entire country by putting a completely unqualified, repulsive psychopath in the presidency. Selfish assholes.

[JI7]

6. i agree, but i'm talking about why they are angry right now even though he is president

based on everything i have seen they are more angry than trump haters.

[bhikkhu]

13. anger can become a way of thinking, a basic daily habit

Speaking from experience, living in a rural area, the fundamental social interaction among adults is complaining about things. Being satisfied gets no play, happiness is off limits.

[mnhtnbb]

39. They now have to admit they were conned...bigly...and that angers them.

[Skittles]

33. THANK YOU

they make me SICK

[Charles Bukowski]

9. I find it baffling that they didn't see this coming.

It was obvious to anyone with a brain that Candidate Trump was the dumbest person ever to run for President. Did they really expect that this shithead was going to run a smooth ship? I don't buy it.

Many of them were so taken with Trump's xenophobia and bigotry, they were willing to overlook his incompetence, his ignorance, his repugnant moral character, and his lies.

[montana_hazeleyes]

20. I agree with you.

I have said it over and over and always get shot down about it, but, the way 45 got the ball rolling in his campaign was the racist, hateful bigotry. And his targets were brown or black and his cult of rabid supporters loved that.

Now, other things were a part of this too, of course, but in my opinion the main attraction was his blatant bigotry.

[Corgigal]

10. They could have talked any

I mean any New Yorker, who isn't a billionaire, we all know.

Should have seeked out some info from others who have been reading about this clown for 40 years. But no, besides 9-11, New Yorkers don't do a damn thing for ya. Now Trump will prove that opinion.

[LuckyLib]

15. Every non-New Yorker who read Vanity Fair for decades knew he was a complete ass.

Bloomberg nailed it -- New Yorkers knew he was a con.

[murielm99]

26. Those types would not want to talk to any New Yorkers.

Closed minds. Stereotypes about New Yorkers.

To be fair, I see it work the other way around, right here on DU. All rural people are lumped together. There are stereotypes about farmers. We need to start understanding each other, as Americans and fellow Democrats.

[Spider Jerusalem]

12. A lot of Trump supporters seem to think he's doing a great job

Gallup had his approval at 53% among white voters in their most recent poll.

[JI7]

14. well, yeah, these angry ones still support him but their anger

has a lot to do with him being a failure and them not having anything to show they were right about him .

[ThoughtCriminal]

16. Do they fall for other scams? Hell yes

Look ad the advertisers on the fake news sites that provide their Facebook posts.

Advertisers who are looking for gullible customers love those sites.

[world wide wally]

17. He hasn't done one thing but sign some shit that Bannon writes up

And embarrass the country, of course

[democratisphere]

18. There is a fresh crop of deplorables born every minute.

[ginnyinWI]

19. He channeled their anger and their fear.

And since he was a big rich business man, they figured he could fix everything. Hah.

[elmac]

22. Why Trump Supporters are Angry?

because ACA doesn't cover brain transplants.

[zentrum]

23. The media completely failed

....to drive home the points about his business failures. The narrative just needed to be exposed, investigated and told over and over.

[notdarkyet]

28. I read an article I think in rolling stone that the reason he lost money

In his casinos was he was money laundrying for the Russians who had bailed him out of recent bankruptcies.

[wrenken]

27. My Neighbor voted for Trump

He is going to make everything better! Obama screwed us all over. What he didn't get was that the ACA was going to be repealed, which he is on. He thought there would be a replacement, now that there isn't one coming, he's really worried. He still spouts off about how immigrents are stealing jobs of that he has no proof, just talking points. Screw him. I hope he loses his insurance. He has a pre existing condition. He will never be covered again. The hell with him.

[cwydro]

30. I actually saw a CNN spot where they interviewed these morons.

Just today. One man said Trump was having problems because there were lots of "Obama" people still in, and they were sabotaging him.

[Mariana]

41. Yes, I think that's the latest excuse.

You watch, it will get crazier. They'll concoct the wildest, most paranoid conspiracy theories to excuse his failures.

You know, W's supporters did the same thing when he was in office. No matter what stupidity he exhibited or what disasters he brought on, they made excuse after excuse for him. It was the press. It was Soros. It was Democrats in Congress. It was Republicans in Congress who wouldn't back him up. Etc. Everyone was undermining him and working against him and if they hadn't done that everything would have been wonderful. None of it was ever his fault.

[C Moon]

31. This is just perfect JI7!

[Merrigay]

34. The religious right

people that I know who voted for 45 still support him. In fact I think they are doubling down. They realize it isn't going well but still talk only about the sins of Hillary and how 45 is God's chosen. They really believe this. Sad, scary, stupid, or all 3?

[SHRED]

35. They fell for the biggest scam of all...

...to hate your own government.

This is why some are rejoicing at it's downfalling.

[erpowers]

36. The Business Bankruptcies

Throughout the presidential campaign, when someone brought up his multiple bankruptcies, Donald Trump would respond by saying he had never had a personal bankruptcy; all his bankruptcies were business related. That always made things worse for me. I could have accepted him having multiple personal bankruptcies and wanting to run for President. Some might say this is stupid, but I think there is a chance that a person who has had multiple personal bankruptcies can run the country. Maybe the person is not good with their own finances, but could still be good with the country's finances. However, if you cannot keep your businesses from going bankrupt how are you going to keep the country from going bankrupt? If you are running on the idea that you should be elected President because you are a great business man and you are going to run this country like you ran your businesses, the fact that you had multiple business bankruptcies should give me pause. Clearly you did something wrong if you had multiple business bankruptcies. Clearly this country should not be run like you ran your companies.

[randome]

37. I'm most looking forward to Shaun Hannity hanging his head in shame when this is over.

[hr][font color="blue"][center]"The whole world is a circus if you know how to look at it."
Tony Randall, 7 Faces of Dr. Lao (1964)[/center][/font][hr]

[spanone]

38. i'm waiting to see how trump is going to convince america to return to coal for it's energy

and bring back that great 'clean coal'.

[SDJay]

40. I Think Some Deplorables Realize They've Been Conned

but there's still a huge percentage of rubes out there who are angry for two reasons:

1. They're always angry at something. These are spoiled, lazy bigots and misogynists who have found comfort in always being pissed off at anyone and everyone else for their failure to be millionaires.

2. These rubes aren't reading the New York Times or Washington Post. They're not listening to what Dan Rather has to say. Their bubble consists of Fox Toilet, hate radio and even more coo-coo for Cocoa Puffs blogs. If they're hearing about their hero's struggles in the White House at all, they're hearing that this is all made up by the librul media.

I honestly don't think the rubes are going to question anything until they are personally harmed in a permanent way by something that no one in their right mind can blame on anyone but President Dumbass. Even then, there will still be some who will blame the black guy who preceded him, libruls, women, brown people, satan... whatever.