Why Trump Supporters Believe He Is Not Corrupt

[Axe Elf]

This is a short read, but pretty interesting--and I'm not even all that interested in politics.

Why Trump Supporters Don’t Care About Cohen’s Admission - The Atlantic

That's two political posts for me in one day; I gotta get off of Facebook for the night!

 

[Salvador]

Trump has kept or has been trying to keep all his political campaign promises he made; which is far more important to me than whether he is nearly morally perfect; I've been one of the earliest supporters of Trump to be POTUS, I've never supported him to be like the Pope.

 

[Axe Elf]

Trump has kept or has been trying to keep all his political campaign promises he made; which is far more important to me than whether he is nearly morally perfect; I've been one of the earliest supporters of Trump to be POTUS, I've never supported him to be like the Pope.

Wow, so you're a perfect example of the kind of person that the article is talking about!

Very interesting...

 

[fantome profane]

Trump has kept or has been trying to keep all his political campaign promises he made; which is far more important to me than whether he is nearly morally perfect; I've been one of the earliest supporters of Trump to be POTUS, I've never supported him to be like the Pope.

Do you think Potus should be subject to the laws? It is he above the law? If he did violate the law would that matter?

And this question is about any Potus. If Obama broke the law when he was Potus would that matter?

 

[Father Heathen]

It's funny how quickly they went from "lock her up" to "ethics aren't important."

 

[Shadow Link]

The author was not reporting that Lanny Davis was Cohen's lawyer. Makes one wonder if this could be enough reason to disbar Lanny Davis: to have his client plead guilty to a crime thats actually not a crime, for political reasons.


I was going to ask what they might have paid Cohen to fall on his sword, but knowing the Clinton crowd they probably just made him an offer he couldn't refuse: like letting him live. The whole thing is just an artful way of pleading guilty by implicating someone else in something that is not a crime.

 

[Salvador]

Do you think Potus should be subject to the laws? It is he above the law? If he did violate the law would that matter?

And this question is about any Potus. If Obama broke the law when he was Potus would that matter?

Alex Jones, a radio talk show host, has compiled a long list of 75 times when Obama committed immoral or unlawful acts"

75 Times Obama Broke Law During Presidency

I've probably complained about just half of these 75 immoral or unlawful acts committed by Obama when he was POTUS.

 

[sun rise]

This is a short read, but pretty interesting--and I'm not even all that interested in politics.

Why Trump Supporters Don’t Care About Cohen’s Admission - The Atlantic

That's two political posts for me in one day; I gotta get off of Facebook for the night!

That to me is a very accurate piece. Many do indeed hate and fear powerful women and, in an earlier era, people like my father and mother. They don't care how much Trump lies, cheats and steals because he represents tradition to them. That is passing and will, sooner or later, be gone with the new breeze now just starting.

 

[Willamena]

Alex Jones, a radio talk show host, has compiled a long list of 75 times when Obama committed immoral or unlawful acts"

75 Times Obama Broke Law During Presidency

I've probably complained about just half of these 75 immoral or unlawful acts committed by Obama when he was POTUS.

Perhaps you complained to the wrong people.

 

[sun rise]

Alex Jones, a radio talk show host, has compiled a long list of 75 times when Obama committed immoral or unlawful acts"

75 Times Obama Broke Law During Presidency

I've probably complained about just half of these 75 immoral or unlawful acts committed by Obama when he was POTUS.

Infowars? That website that does not care one whit about the truth. If he says the sun is shining, I'd go get a raincoat and a flashlight. I would not be surprised if Putin is paying him to tear down America.

 

[fantome profane]

Alex Jones, a radio talk show host, has compiled a long list of 75 times when Obama committed immoral or unlawful acts"

75 Times Obama Broke Law During Presidency

I've probably complained about just half of these 75 immoral or unlawful acts committed by Obama when he was POTUS.

So the answer to my question is yes, it matters if the President breaks the law.

Thank you.

 

[Salvador]

So the answer to my question is yes, it matters if the President breaks the law.

Thank you.

That depends on the seriousness of the crime committed; also, keep in mind, sometimes, the end justify the means.

 

[fantome profane]

sometimes, the end justify the means.

I completely categorically reject that.

But with this comment you give credence to the article in the OP.

 

[Father Heathen]

Alex Jones, a radio talk show host,

Nobody takes that kook seriously except for other kooks.

 

[Bob the Unbeliever]

Well, to be sure: in tЯump-speak? "corruption" means "does not agree with me", and "rule of law" means "agrees with me" (and in this case, 'me' means 'trump').


Actual corruption and/or law do not matter in the least to tЯump supporters, likely because they have a minimal grasp of the meaning of either word, and worse-- have no desire to learn.

 

[Father Heathen]

keep in mind, sometimes, the end justify the means.

Give an example or two where you think it's acceptable for a president to overstep their authority.

 

[PureX]

Trump has kept or has been trying to keep all his political campaign promises he made; which is far more important to me than whether he is nearly morally perfect; I've been one of the earliest supporters of Trump to be POTUS, I've never supported him to be like the Pope.

How corrupt will he have to be before you finally accept that he is too corrupt? My guess is that as long as he keeps paying lip-service to your political agenda, you will accept any degree of corruption that he exhibits.

 

[Stanyon]

Has Trump been formally charged and convicted of a crime?

 

[BSM1]

This is a short read, but pretty interesting--and I'm not even all that interested in politics.

Why Trump Supporters Don’t Care About Cohen’s Admission - The Atlantic

That's two political posts for me in one day; I gotta get off of Facebook for the night!

No offense, but you still don't get it. If any legitimate charges are ever brought against Donald Trump then he will be dealt with accordingly. But until that time he, like every American citizen, deserves the right to a fair trial in a court of law, not a public lynching in the court of left wing opinion and wishful thinking. Trump supporters were voting for action, not reactions. Is Trump flawed? Of course he is, who isn't? Can Trump walk across water? Of course not, who can? Is Trump making good on his promises? As much as possible, and this is finally what the voters wanted to see. Who cares if he paid off women (Congress has a slush fund to do exactly the same thing funded by the taxpayers) which, BTW, has not met the criteria for campaign fund violations (as you can see, your article was dated in August and yet Trump's still the Prez), Maybe you should take the advice of the youngsters that strap you into the roller coasters at Disneyworld just before they send you flying up the track, "Enjoy your ride..."

 

[It Aint Necessarily So]

The answer to why Trump supporters think that he is not corrupt is the same as the reason that despite Trump going onto national television and proclaiming that he would proudly shut down the government over funding for a wall only to have the majority of such people blame the Democrats anyway. It's intense tribalism absent other principles. Anything Trump does will be OK to his base - anything.

Or maybe a Trump supporter reading these words can tell us what would turn you against Trump, and cause you to see him as morally or intellectually unfit to be the America president?

If any legitimate charges are ever brought against Donald Trump then he will be dealt with accordingly. But until that time he, like every American citizen, deserves the right to a fair trial in a court of law, not a public lynching

These are parallel processes running concurrently. He's dealing with both the law and the court of public opinion. The public has no duty to reserve judgment until the end of the legal process. Nor does Congress, which should feel free to impeach even before any criminal charges are filed in the courts.

I don't need more evidence to know that Trump is corrupt. He has been convicted of fraud, he is a confessed serial sexual predator, he has been exposed as a serial adulterer who has unprotected sex with porn stars while his wife is at home attending to their newborn son, he is surrounded like a mafia don by confessed and convicted criminals, he has no relationship with the truth, and he admires dictators. What more do you need to make a judgment here about the man's character?

So yeah, we reserve judgment until we have enough evidence to "convict," but I have that now.