Because there is the realm of, "we tried our best, things go wrong, big countries can break big things by accident" and then there is the realm of, "we made an intentionally negligent choice because we thought it was funny and wouldn't effect us."

And this is the latter.

April 07, 2026 - 13:47 UTC

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I mean, they put him back in power because the well-funded Republican Party, dark money funding networks, church funding networks, and a wholly-owned corporate media wanted him there.
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back in 2016, I ran into an old online aquaintance on FB. I knew he was back in the day a "reasonable" conservative. I asked him what the heck was the deal with Trump. He answered "it makes the libs mad". I replied "that's not way to run the most powerful country on earth". no reply.
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My silent generation, evangelical Christian parents voted for him three times and I still utterly fail to understand that
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This is IMO a misread of the average swing voter. They voted for him because they believed he would help them economically. They don't have the engagement and political literacy to understand the implications.
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The blood is on their hands whether they were illiterate dipshits or not.
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Nah, not buying that. They may have been prepared to overlook his faults because they thought they would benefit economically, but that’s essentially what the OP was saying. They have to face responsibility for their actions.
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The blood is still on their hands.
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I have family members in rural areas without college degrees who did not vote for him. It does not take a college degree to recognize a loose cannon and a bully. “What if the bully was on my side” and “they weren’t supposed to mass deport MY friends” is simply selfish.
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Cool.

Then, they shouldn't be allowed to vote.
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Our previous system of freedom of information / national communication has failed. But the personal responsibility is still there for the voter. C'mon, it wasn't that hard to see the moral choice in the last election as long as you had an ounce of empathy for people other than your own party/tribe
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It fundamentally does not matter what reasons they voted for him, tbqh. I agree they probably did so in good faith, because they believed in the reality distortion field that claims that republicans are good at the economy. This changes exactly nothing of their culpability.
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There's more of a case for progressive voters in swing states who didn't vote or voted third party, but they were likely more motivated by Gaza and disrespect from the Dems rather than contrarianism. I'd suspect they're more motivated today, but the dems abject failure in the current moment...
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LOL, you mean the way he "helped them economically" in his 1st term?

As a family member of numerous 3x Trump voters, that is COMPLETE BS.

Voting for Trump was never, ever about "economic anxiety." It should be more than obvious after a decade that Trump voters lie publicly about their motivations.
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Alas, it was either letting trans people be part of society or committing genocide in Iran, so for 77 million people the choice was clear.
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