Trump's specific approach is what confuses me the most. I can understand why some people would be attracted to the things that he says, along the lines of "America's less great than it used to be, I'll make it great again". I disagree pretty strongly with a lot of what he asserts the problems to be, and with the prioritization of what's left, but some feel differently from me on all of that. This part is at least conceivable to me.

But his promises are so content free that I genuinely don't understand how anyone's interest, let alone actual hope, could linger. "[With me as President] we'll be winning so much you'll get tired of winning." What does that mean? What could it even possibly mean? How could anyone believe it, even for the brief moment it takes to tell the pollster that you are supporting Trump? And this is the only kind of thing that he says about what a Trump administration would be like. I flat-out don't get it, and it is unsettling. It falls somewhere between surreal and Kafka-esque.

But his promises are so content free that I genuinely don't understand how anyone's interest, let alone actual hope, could linger. "[With me as President] we'll be winning so much you'll get tired of winning." What does that mean? What could it even possibly mean? How could anyone believe it, even for the brief moment it takes to tell the pollster that you are supporting Trump?

Well, maybe you just don't understand. Even though he hasn't served in the military, he once went to a military-themed school which gave him more military training than actually serving in Vietnam, and he even though he doesn't know anything about America's enemies, he'll learn it overnight once he's elected president.

We should just build a mock-up of the White House, fake the election and trick him into believing he got elected, and then watch and see what he does as president. It could be filmed it for a reality TV show - about the only one I'd care to view. Sure, it'd be expensive to build that set, but we'll just make Mexico pay for it.

We should just build a mock-up of the White House, fake the election and trick him into believing he got elected, and then watch and see what he does as president. It could be filmed it for a reality TV show - about the only one I'd care to view. Sure, it'd be expensive to build that set, but we'll just make Mexico pay for it.

You mean lock up Trump in an elaborate set? I'd kickstart that!

We could call it the Trumpman Show.... :D

It could be filmed it for a reality TV show - about the only one I'd care to view.

There already is such a fine line separating politics and reality TV that I'm not sure it's worth it to consider them two separate things anymore.

But his promises are so content free that I genuinely don't understand how anyone's interest, let alone actual hope, could linger. "[With me as President] we'll be winning so much you'll get tired of winning." What does that mean? What could it even possibly mean? How could anyone believe it, even for the brief moment it takes to tell the pollster that you are supporting Trump? And this is the only kind of thing that he says about what a Trump administration would be like. I flat-out don't get it, and it is unsettling. It falls somewhere between surreal and Kafka-esque.

I'm not a Trump's follower. So, this is just my opinion about Trump's followers. Take it with a grain of salt.

I think some people see him like a breath of fresh air in the world of politics. So he gets all the media attention. Unlike other politicians who dodge some questions, and being tactful with some sensitive things, Trump just blatantly announces his opinions and what he's going to do, and won't apologize even if it offends people.

He could come off as a powerful "leader" because of his determination. To people who have already agreed to his potilics, it's a win-win. To people who partially agree to his politics may still choose him anyway because at least he will be doing some "stuff" once he's elected, and that "stuff" (the promises) usually becomes irrelevant anyway once anybody is elected president. You know how politics goes. Candidates says they will do X Y and Z, but none of that happens after they get elected.

So, in this case, it may not matter what he says. This guy got the backbone to run as president, and he won't back up under resistance. Where we going as a country, I don't know, but at least we are going somewhere, better than nowhere.

(long rant)

Do you know all of this to be the truth, or are you a victim of manipulation and misinformation as well?

Considering the rant about ISIS hiding amongst immigrants/refugees, and the tone in general, I think some element of bias can be assumed :)

None of what you say is "ultra left" by the way. Merely left of centre. No more left-wing than Scandinavian countries for instance.

well...as a spaniard, I don't even care about presidential elections in the states. Do you have some kind of circus there? don't worry, here is the same, after all, I belong to one of the most corrupted countries of the...first? world

In as much as i dislike a two party system, i still believe @Servant et al got it wrong and it it not a matter of forced overlapping. In other words Trump is genuinely the face of majority of the republican supporters and US politics is now more extremely polarized... majority of republicans supporters are now extremists.

For the one reason: The two party system is partially compensated for by the multi-candidates with policies from extreme conservatism to moderate conservatism during the primaries.... So why are more intelligent, more moderate, more politically experienced, more reasonable candidates such as Jeb Bush in single digits in the polls?

But I will gladly stand to be corrected, after all I live at the other side of the pond so I may be missing something

If one were of a cynical bent, one might almost assume that Trump is a red herring.

From a mainstream POV, almost any candidate looks reasonable next to him. Can you imagine any progressives saying "ya know, I think Jeb Bush might not be so bad" 12 months ago?

well...as a spaniard, I don't even care about presidential elections in the states. Do you have some kind of circus there? don't worry, here is the same, after all, I belong to one of the most corrupted countries of the...first? world

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I actually like your country for the most part - leaves it's citizens alone.

Also - very nice beaches !!!