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I don't know why people are surprised. Trump is your classic NYC successful businessman... aka great at selling (aka BSing). Great salespeople are good at anticipating what people want to hear and saying it in slippery ways.
Trump: No amnesty!
Trump supporters: YEAH Deport all illegals
Trump: But don't you think DACA kids should stay?
Trump supporters: WTF you said no amnesty
Sanders: DACA isn't technically amnesty.
Classic sales tactic - from someone who's done sales.... and then been on the other end, trying to make sales' promises to the customer come true.
I think a lot of posters on here hit on a lot of very good points. Donald Trump saw anger in a lot of Americans, and , being the con man he is, he capitalized on it and said the words they wanted to hear. "Wall, drug dealers and rapists, Mexico will pay for it......believe me, etc". But now that reality is hitting Trump in the face, the reality that Mexico isn't going to pay for it, the reality that even his own side do not want to punish innocent children for something their parents did, he is having to back pedal or lose it all.
Consequently, the ANGRY people who wanted Mexicans gone.......ALL Mexicans, and who wanted a YUGE wall built as a monument to their victory.........are now even more angry because he lied to them too.
To us, on the other side, it is no big deal because we always KNEW he was a liar, and the wall and deporting everyone was just campaign BS. But they bought it, hook, line, and sinker. Welcome to reality, Trumpees, this is just the beginning of things he promised you that will never come into fruition. You all were conned bigly.
but were they?, I think you can certainly make a case that Trump did want to do all those things, that he did not fully comprehend checks and balances and that the idea of running goverment like a business is faulty but running it like a family business where you dont even answer to a board or stockholders is just insane. Trump could have very well thought he can round up all the illegals, ban muslims, tell NK shut up or I am going to kick your ass, etc etc. A funnier scenario is that he became what he wanted to be, god emperor to flyover america, did his tours, went to pensatucky packed the venues, and then said to himself "this is it" I am going to be shut out of every entertainment event, completely vilified in every major city for this. He wants back in.
Lol I'll say it's hilarious. Meanwhile, one of the "disenchanted Trump supporters" () coos bon mots such as Everyone knows Hillary Clinton is the real president, anyway.
Not that there aren't voters--on both sides-- who turn tail when everything doesn't go their way.
And not that Schumer and Pelosi aren't the biggest damn creatures in the swamp. *sigh*
I don't trust that trump will do the right thing for the daca recipients, but I'm finding the histrionics of the Trumpettes amusing.
What is "the right thing?" These people were brought here illegally. The "right thing" is they should apply for citizenship like anyone else, and have their case reviewed. In other words, no free pass. Get in line.
They have been receiving benefits illegally (education, etc.) in violation of Law.
This is a problem Obama created by ignoring our Laws. Now you want to blame Trump? Amazing ...and disgusting. Liberals ignore the law and then blame those who think we should enforce it.
This is "fake news." I was just watching an Antifa protest where they were burning MAGA hats in protest. These were not Trump supporters.
Did you read the twitter histories on those folks who were posting themselves burning their hats? They were indeed trump supporters. that is not to say that other people may have also been burning maga hats, but there are a lot of trumpissts who are peeved bigly at trump.
The person with the most votes wins--that's how it works.
But of course..it's all up to you.
Not true in 2000. Not true in 2016.
The person with the most delegates from the EC wins and "damn the most votes".
Then we have the issue of "counted votes" as opposed to cast votes. We also have voter purges, shortages of voting machines in the "right" places and much more.
The way this country works now - you have to win by a LOT or you lose to whoever controls the system.
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