Trump’s authoritarianism

Mar 28, 2018
Mar 28, 2018 Updated Apr 13, 2025
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Editor,

In the aftermath of the Trump election, there has been a lot of speculation of what defines his supporters: being white, poor, uneducated or any combination of those characteristics.

(7) comments

Christopher Conway Mar 28, 2018 8:05am

Wow Jorg- the election of Trump really has you torqued. Make whatever explanation fits your narrative but one day you are going to come to the conclusion that Trump one on a populist message. I think you need to just look at the politics of president Obama and those of California to see why the rest of our country went for Trump. Go on with criticizing his voters and labeling us with things that are in your own head if it makes you feel better about yourself. Thank God we are a Democracy instead of allowing people like Jorg who thinks he is better and smarter than everyone else. Might want to check that ego at the door Jorg, you are not as smart as you think you are.

Lloyd Moffett Mar 28, 2018 11:30am

Chris, you reek with an elitist attitude but then you most likely had help with family money. I'm sure your other half brings in mucho $ to solidify the 1.7M fortress whereby you feel so much safer than all the Dreamers. You will never have to deal with ICE so how come you are an expert. I am sure your ancestors came around the horn also. They were not born in San Mateo.

JME Mar 28, 2018 2:52pm

Spanky Donald is the greatest!

Christopher Conway Mar 28, 2018 3:41pm

What does your comment have to do with my comment on Jorg and his continuing insults about Trump supporters, has nothing to do about where I was born. Do you want to read Jorgs comment, then read mine and then maybe retract your comment as being completely off subject. I didn't know I smell of an elitist attitude, but on the other hand I can't say I ever smelt elitist attitude. What does it smell like Lloyd?

Jorg Mar 29, 2018 9:29am

Chris: You bet I’m “torqued” by a nut case like Donald Trump in the White House! He has become an embarrassment for the nation and a laughingstock around the world, so inept and unqualified that his closest advisors and cabinet members are fleeing, while the most qualified get fired. Even lawyers have enough self-respect to reject lucrative offers to help him out of the quagmire he has gotten himself into, of which Mr. Mueller knows far more than the rest of us do. So far. For Donald Trump to be reelected ought to be unthinkable for everyone who cares about our country, if he even makes it that far before being booted out of an office he was ill equipped to fill. As I have said before, it will take someone with President Obama’s capabilities to clean up after him, as was necessary after the previous disastrous Republican administration. Although Trump’s faithful congregation is shrinking, it looks like manyhave trouble coming to grips with the fatal mistake made when Trump was allowed anywhere near the most important job in the world, for which he daily proves himself incompetent. Then again, some are slower learners than most.

Christopher Conway Mar 30, 2018 7:34am

Jorg, last election it was between Ms. Clinton and Mr. Trump. We know what you feel about Mr. Trump, did you vote for Ms. Clinton and what are your thoughts on her?

JME Mar 28, 2018 3:06pm

Some In Washington D.C. are calling the president "Spanky".
Will his cabinet be known as "Our Gang" or the "Little Rascals"?

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