It doesn't matter if he's corrupt or incompetent...

[MrScorpio]

Or that he's probably mentally ill, or even most definitely a Russian asset.

It doesn't matter if he's a liar or crook, or if he's breaking all kinds of laws, and spews ridiculous garbage at the drop of a hat.

It doesn't matter if he's hired unqualified people for highly important positions.

It doesn't matter if he's gone into war against important American institutions and cuddles with our enemies only because they have said nice things about him.

It doesn't matter that he would be impeached already if he happened to do the exact same things as a Democrat.

And it doesn't matter that he's on his way to destroying everything good decent and strong about America.

In spite of all of this and more, what will it take for his supporters to realize that he's the worst person ever sit in the Oval Office?

Because I'm damned if I know what makes these people so abundantly blind to his foolishness.

[dalton99a]

1. He's unfit for any public office. Period.

[MBS]

55. " " " " " "

And so OBVIOUSLY unfit.
Six months into this nightmare, I am still astonished that 38-39% our citizens STILL approve of the so-called "job" he's doing.
Ideology completely aside, can't people see that he is completely unqualified, by ignorance, by laziness, by temperament, and by complete absence of any sense of ethics or decency, to lead this nation? And can't they see how dangerous it is to have a person like this in the White House?

Mind-boggling. And depressing and anxiety-making.

[lastlib]

58. For his base, THOSE are ASSETS!

The only thing that matters to them is that he can say the words they love to hear: "Crooked Hillary." "We're gonna build a wall!" "We're gonna repeal Obamacare." "A TOTAL BAN of Moozlims!"

And he can do it to their grade-level.

[monmouth4]

2. He is not Obama, therefore he's a winner..n/t

[MrScorpio]

3. I love to remind those morons that Obama won two elections with overwhelming majorities

And Trump only won through GOPr voter suppression, Russian meddling and a quirk in the Electoral College.

Of course, those facts make them utterly apoplectic.

[monmouth4]

4. Facts are just a nuisance to them. I like apoplectic, it suits them..

[lastlib]

17. Not "meddling"--cyberWARFARE!

Let's call it what it is. It was an ACT of WAR against the United States! I think calling it "meddling" plays into Putin's (and the Republicans') hands.

[hurple]

36. YES!

We need to start framing the narrative much more aggressively.

This was not meddling, it was an attack, an act of war.

and

Pro-trump internet trolls are not just bullies, they are Radical Republican Terrorists!

[Zoonart]

52. It IS war.

The russian hackers' fingerprints are all over the hacking of a nuclear facility in the US and I think they were implicated in a hacking in a small upstate NY dam last year. They are probing our infrastructure looking for the effective KILL switch. An attack is coming and Trump will facilitate it.

The people must act. We can't wait for the politicians to save us.

[lastlib]

59. SPOT ON!

Chaos in the U.S. is advantageous to Putin. He will sow as much of it as he possibly can, I have no doubt. He is a little Stalin.

[TNNurse]

20. He is white and rich so they do not care about his

dangerous ignorance. People are working around him doing their awful things because they know he is clueless.

[madokie]

24. I agree with what you said

I really agree with what you say in your sig line.


Peace

[mountain grammy]

31. Dangerous and willful ignorance.

[NobodyHere]

5. I still think W was worse

I mean at least Trump hasn't gotten into any dumb wars yet.

[PJMcK]

7. It's only been 6 months!

Look at the chaos, incompetence and stupidity that flows from the Trump White House like Niagara Falls. Every single day there is a new episode from these clowns.

My point is this: given a little more time, Trump will screw things up globally.

He must be stopped.

[Thor_MN]

23. 9/11 hadn't happened yet at this point in W's term.

I'm entertaining the idea that the Bush's helped, if only to make W look good in comparison. Trump gets my vote for the dumbest SOB to ever sit in the Oval Office.

[lastlib]

37. I've been referring to him as PresiDUNCE Drumpf.....

Drumpf is certainly the most INEFFECTIVE POS ever to sit there, and the most malevolent president ever.

[Martin Eden]

28. Bush/Cheney did worse things

But aside from being war criminals they weren't the kind of national shame and embarrassment we now have with an ignorant petulant sociopath diminishing our standing in the world with every juvenile tweet.

Let's hope Ill Douchebag doesn't do worse things.

[GeorgeGist]

6. He's given voice to extreme stupidity.

In the end they will defend him.

[FakeNoose]

35. Yes and Hitler was successful doing the same thing

That's what is so alarming about the "popularity" of Trump.

It's not like we've NEVER seen this before.

[ginnyinWI]

8. He's their daddy and they have stopped thinking rationally.

They accepted his campaign promises and made their choice, so now he's their guy no matter what. At least for a lot of them. When one starts looking at it objectively then they have a chance to change their minds. If it hits them personally, say with healthcare, then they may change their minds.

And remember, they have been brainwashed not to believe anything people in the media have to say--not opinions or even factual news. So it's very easy to keep living in denial.

[Orrex]

9. He would be impeached before the end of the day if...

He said "Hillary won the election" or "Muslims aren't the enemy."

[YCHDT]

10. He'll have to hug a brown skinned person, then they'll drop him like a bad habbit

[oberliner]

12. Does this count?

[YCHDT]

13. Nah, that's niceties ... hug a non-white with meaningful embrace like Obama would give..

... then they'll think he's cozying up to what they see as a threat

[oberliner]

11. As long as they give him RW SC justices, they are happy

It's pretty simple.

[madokie]

25. Pretty much it in a nutshell

[Alice11111]

47. That is our biggest threat, too. We will live w these

Appointments for 40 years and the case precedents for longer.

[oberliner]

48. Sadly, I think Kennedy is going to retire soon

And several others may retire shortly thereafter. It is scary.

[Alice11111]

49. CAN'T he just make it another year &1/2? We need a petition.He's not perfect, but a hell of a lot

Better than any of the others on DTs list.

[ornotna]

14. You're right, it doesn't matter.

He can do no wrong in their eyes. He is their 'god emperor' after all.

[TygrBright]

15. It will take only this: He'll have to be revealed as actually BROWN. From, like, Africa. n/t

[Dem2]

16. "he's better than Hillary"

Even after admitting that he is kind of an idiot, this was the refrain I heard over and over again at the bar last night.

[Cosmocat]

21. YEP

That is pretty much the fall back position.

It isn't always possible, but I push back on that if it at all is possible.

[Dem2]

41. They tried other lines of support

"Oh, he's had so many accomplishments he doesn't get credit for." (Stumbles for a minute... then rambles about the dramatic change due to one of his executive orders.) The issue was so minor that for the life of me I can't recall what it was. I try not to laugh out loud but sometimes I fail.

[Alice11111]

50. Yeah,I've heard it too. It helps them to relieve cognitive dissonance. Lies about the Clintons unite

Their stupid party.

[Dem2]

56. Some things people just have to learn through experience

Certainly I've learned that there is no point in arguing with them. I do, however, laugh out loud sometimes at their stupidity.

[PatSeg]

18. And it turns out that his loyal supporters

think Putin is a great leader and that Russia is a wonderful ally. How do you communicate with such people? They know absolutely nothing about our country, our government, or our history.

[rurallib]

19. Only when it directly costs them money or comfort

when their healthcare costs are astronomical and their kids can no longer watch Big Bird.
When the cost of food soars because they cheap farm laborers have left for fear of deportation.
When their stores are empty because people have little 'discretionary' money.
eta - when their portfolios plummet like a rocket coming back to earth.

When blaming democrats for everything is no longer possible.
Then we may see some awakening. By then we will be in deep shit.

[Gumboot]

22. His followers have been conditioned for years...

... to accept everything uttered by loud-mouthed authoritarians.

Fox 'News' has destroyed so much of our nation's critical thinking capacity.

[Duppers]

39. Indeed.

Even in their churches.

[ailsagirl]

26. MrScorpio

I believe this will answer your question of "what makes these people so abundantly blind to his foolishness."

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029300605

[njhoneybadger]

27. White Evangelical leaders and the republicans in congress speaking out against him.

That's the problem they are enabling him to ruin the country

[broadcaster90210]

29. Simple. Their hate trumps everything.

nt

[MBS]

54. It really is that simple, unfortunately.n/t

[Mr. Evil]

30. Republican voters tend to think of elections

as if they are sporting events. They only care about their side winning. The post-election consequences be damned.

[lunatica]

32. As long as they perceive that he's blowing

the government up they love him. Their wet dream is to destroy the Federal government. He's doing that which scares and worries us which to them is a bonus.

When it hits home for them they'll hate him. When they lose their health care and their loved ones due to pre-existing conditions they'll know he betrayed them. When no jobs are still available. When a natural disaster with the severity of a Katrina happens again and FEMA can't respond and they die because of it they will know he despises them.

They have to experience the karma of their rage-votes which will be the loss of everything our government does for us on a daily and mundane level and see him and his offspring get wealthier while they get poorer they will feel betrayed.

[Alice11111]

46. They won't hate him. They will rationalize it's Obama's

fault.
They will follow him like lemming bots right over the cliff.

[lunatica]

57. Not all of them.

[mountain grammy]

33. K & R

[lark]

34. Wilful ignorance.

He's Sunni and we are Shia and all they want is our destruction, regardless of it would take them down too eventually when there are insufficient consumers for their blingy cheap crap.

[irisblue]

38. Racism, Misogyny, willful ignorance, hate radio, poor education in American civics& history

authoritarian impulses enhanced in traditional Christian fundamentalism. The belief that the elite of the coasts are looking down on them. Many white working class males, across the age range are afraid their top of the heap position is gone forever.

It is a perfectly constructed sludge for the libertarian kleptocracy to manipulate.

[Duppers]

40. +100

[CousinIT]

42. Explanation of the fear & willful ignorance-driven bubble conservatives live in

We know enough about authoritarian supporters from research, and history, to know it will be very hard to change their minds about the leader they adore.

• They are extremely ethnocentric, dividing the world sharply into people in their in-group, and automatically disliking all others. They feel politicians who promote minority rights and immigration discriminate against them. Donald Trump tells them they are right. He is their champion.

• They are highly dogmatic. They get their ideas from others in the in-group, especially from their leader, not from evidence and logic. They say there is no evidence that will make them change their minds. They’re quite comfortable believing “alternate facts.”

• They get great satisfaction from being part of a large movement. Being in a cohesive crowd at rallies thrills them because they silently tell one another, just by being there, that they are powerful and right. They create an echo chamber that reinforces the belief that all the good people think like they do.

• They severely limit their sources of information. They get the news that they want to get. This also produces an echo chamber when the news sources they trust are copying each other and relaying Trump’s message.

• They have highly compartmentalized minds. When an unpleasant truth forces its way into their awareness, they do not try to integrate the other things they believe with it. Instead they put it in a box and isolate it from the rest of their thinking, which proceeds as if the truth never existed.

Put all this together and you get an idea how hard it will be to change their minds about Donald Trump.

https://verdict.justia.com/2017/07/07/altemeyer-trumps-supporters

[Skittles]

43. I am now understanding how someone like Hitler rose to power

yes indeed

[Bettie]

44. What would he have to do?

For R's in congress to repudiate him? Refuse to sign some stuff if they ever get it into his tiny hands.

For his supporters? Nothing. I am at the point now where I believe he could personally come and shoot their entire families to death and his fans would cheer and tell him how great he is while taking selfies with him and the dead relatives.

They would definitely stop supporting him if he wiped of the orange and revealed he was brown or black. That's about it.

[Alice11111]

45. I thing we have devolved into a subspecies. Our brains

are very different. Generally, theirs are mean and aggressive...stingy with everyone but their own, and they always jusrify lying to others outside their circle.

We tend to be more good natured, expect the best of people, and we would rather negotiate than fight. However, we can fight hard when we are under attack...sometimes we don't realize it in time...then, we know, we've been had. We are better people,so we look for the best in others. They do just the opposite, but it does give then some advantage.

[Guilded Lilly]

51. Willful and long-repressed hatred would top the list, right next to insidious stupidity.

There IS nothing that will change the base (and I do mean base) of the Cretin.
They have been waiting decades for the perfect conduit for their ignorance and vengeful hate.

What disheartens me more is the snail-pace and seeming helplessness of those with brains and position to better stop the nightmare. I know it takes meticulous detail, time and planning, and we've had some positive resistance. But the damage. Jaysusss, the hideous damage already.

[Panich52]

53. It took smoking gun of taped confession to get Repubs to

finally concede on Nixon's crimes. (Wish Brian Williams would stop calling them the "heroes" of Watergate.) I just hope Mueller's versatile team of experts can manage to amass enough evidence to make Repub chorus see that country cones before party.