• Commiunism@lemmy.wtf
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    1 year ago

    I’m an European, so american politics are quite alien to me, but back in 2016 when the whole pre-election period was happening, there constantly were posts by the media and just people in general on reddit saying how Trump is bad, how he’s going to ruin US, how he’ll never win against Hillary, I couldn’t help but root for him as he was the clear underdog.

    Couldn’t help but root for him due to that, I guess, though I don’t think this applies to the present day, as the whole meme is over.

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      1 year ago

      I’m pretty sure you could help but root for him. It seems a simple decision not to root for a blithering, hateful idiot. I’m pretty sure no one was forcing you to cheer on a dumpster fire like that guy. Just because someone’s an underdog doesn’t mean they’re deserving of your consideration. Remember kids, fascism isn’t a meme.

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        As I said, I’m an European so I only had a surface level understanding of the candidates back in 2016. I was kind of young too, so Trump to me appeared like some funny guy from the TV, not competent enough to be a president. A person who only got rich because of their parents.

        As for him being a fascist, really? He doesn’t strike me as being able to hold any kind of Authority besides being a keyboard warrior on Twitter.

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      I couldn’t help but root for him as he was the clear underdog.

      With everything that has happened since, are you still rooting for him? If so, why?