Ah, this is one central problem with Trump supporters, and often with Republicans in general: As long as their own lives are running smoothly (often insulated by money), they don't much care what's happening outside their little circle.
I haven't read the whole thread, so I'm likely repeating some things that others have said, but I'll mention a couple of things.
1. Before he even was elected, he did horrifying damage just to our normal civil discourse. The media made a big mistake, even with facetious coverage, to normalize what was disgusting behavior, with his flagrantly insulting even members of his own party, with his condoning violence, with his implied contempt for due process ("String her up!").
2. If you would bother to read beyond what may be your narrow sources, you'd be aware that we are being regarded by mockery and contempt by most decent nations, our traditional allies. The countries that Trump has spoken well of are countries with contemptible authoritarian records - Philippines, Saudi Arabia, etc.
3. He has trampled on most of the traditional values of the American ideal - the First Amendment, generosity toward people in need, etc.
4. He is denigrating one of the founding principles of America, the importance of a free press and the reliability of the electoral process.
5. He is not only endlessly lying
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/...umps-lies.html
but also continually spouting the most blatant hypocrisy. This is a country that used to have the idea that truth was important.
6. His contemptible personal qualities - bigotry, misogyny - are being normalized. (It shows your own narrowness if words like "misogynist" are outside your normal life.)
7. I hope you don't need to tell you that he's trying to pull the rug out from under millions in terms of their health care.
8. He may be now dragging us to the brink of a nuclear war. I can't believe your crazy comment that North Korea would be no match for us. Are you really so ignorant as to believe that if we start dropping nuclear bombs that we'll be able to just sit back complacently with no bad consequences?
I'm always sorry to hear about people like you who feel that everything's okay because your life is comfortable.
My life is comfortable, too. But my concerns go beyond my own small life.
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