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Reporters, I beg you: When voters claim they have doubts about Trump’s personality but support “his policies,” ask one simple question:
Which policies?
The stammering will be more interesting than anything they have to say.
this post was submitted on 22 Jan 2024
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Sam Harris pointed out that Trump's stated aims are not that extreme. For example, he wants to improve border security and control immigration. Most people would agree that it's a valid and practical goal. How it's done is something we might disagree on but the goal itself is not disagreeable.
He also wanted to overturn election results, has stated he will be a dictator ('the first day only'), want to jail his political opponents, will likely implement much of project 2025. Even the goal Sam Harris mentioned wasn't expressed as 'improve border security' but rather 'build a (physical) wall, and have Mexico pay for it'. It
He's been pretty open about much of the anti-democratic shit he wants to do, but I'm sure if you express some of his goals in a very abstract manner it looks reasonable from a distance