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What Non-MAGA Trump Supporters See In Him
David Brooks, E.J. Dionne Jr. and Robert Siegel talk about the MAGA supporters Brooks is aware of personally — and what they actually need from Donald Trump.
The folks I are likely to know aren’t, would by no means go to a MAGA rally. In case you’re going to cowl Trump and MAGA or the Trump motion, don’t go to MAGA rallies. That’s not the consultant pattern. Most individuals I do know who voted for Trump don’t like him. They discover him troubling in a zillion methods. They disagree with sure insurance policies just like the tariffs, however they mainly purchase his story. They purchase his story that the elites have betrayed us. And one of many methods the elites have betrayed us, they’d say, and I kind of agree, is within the Biden years, immigration simply massively exploded. And so I heard from a man from Montana final week. And he mentioned, speaking to progressives, “You guys had 40 years to police yourselves and also you didn’t do it. And due to this fact, now it’s our flip. You had your shot.” And I’d say they’d say that about immigration. They might say that concerning the universities. Eighty-two % of faculty college students suppose they should mislead professors and faux they’re extra progressive than they’re as a way to get by way of college. And that’s a type of mushy authoritarianism, frankly. And if the schools didn’t police themselves and get extra range, then anyone was going to crack down. So I’d say a whole lot of the folks I do know nonetheless suppose Trump is the fitting reply to a bunch of great social issues, even when they’ve a zillion completely different reservations concerning the man.
