He's said in multiple occasions that he loves the poorly educated. Also, smart people don't like him.

Directly calling your supporters stupid and they cheer.

There far too stupud to put that together. They’re like, hate junkies.

Incapable. Completely, utterly, unable to understand.

The whole world

His one promise he's kept!

I think it's his tone of voice that matters most to his audience, the words go by too quickly for them to process, much like when you speak to a dog.

"Oh no, he deported my Mexican wife that he joked about deporting!"

They booed him once. It was during COVID, he had spent the last 6 months calling it fake, but at some point for a brief moment he realized it was serious. He told everyone at his rally they needed to get the vaccine. The crowd turned on him quick.

I sorta hate that I understand this 😄

Yes, and he also realizes he can say the stupidest things and they'd clap.

Ironically, this was what the EC was supposed to protect us from.

https://lemmy.ca/post/72153405

Democracy is not a nice to have, but a check and a balance on power. The problem is the two party system, that and the fact that money has become a bridge between the separation of powers.

The democrats don't give a damn about democracy either. They inserted Biden into the election without a proper primary (while the republicans were at least doing a show of it), but then realised that he's too old and inserted Kamela as the new candidate with no primary, which shows how they disregard the will of the electorate.

This caused voter disenfranchisement, leading to low voter turnout and handing the election over to Trump. They'll probably do it again, over their stance on Palestine - believe it or not - and it's kind of stupid.

Think of how stupid the average conservative is, then remember: half of them are stupider than that.

Fuck trump

I can see there being a large number of seemingly intelligent people with enough self-awareness to know that Trump gives no shits about them, but they are still totally fine with him because they are a bad person in some other way. I could see it being because they are both "alphas" and "game respect game," and/or because (they think) he will produce some result they want.

Conservatives can be very "ends justify the means" which is why fascism is such a natural evolution. Hell even forgetting what I said about alpha douches... There are tired old ladies all over this country who would agree that Trump world not piss on them if they were on fire, but it is still an overwhelmingly good thing that he is president because Roe got overturned. I was born into a white catholic family, so I'm pretty sure I'm related to some.

He does. They're not rich, they can't do anything for him other than vote. Trump doesn't involve himself with anyone who can't give him something.

If they were outside his place asking for anything he'd be the first to call security to get the "undesirables" out.

Because those unwashed masses cling to him, want to be near him. He can’t stand them because he thinks he’s the smartest person in the room and everyone around him is stupid. He’s classist AF.

Or just some election sabotage. Elons back in the gov in bullshit position to do just that, again.

The context is that he was saying the crowds were supportive and loving, not that they were stupid.

I don't think that makes it better...

If you clap at stupid things to be supportive, you're still stupid.

Idk, I feel like anybody who cheers for a specific person, no matter what they say, refusing to think critically or consider disagreeing, is a fucking moron. Even if he didn't mean to directly call them stupid, he's still indirectly calling them stupid imo.

The inverse is also true. I don't automatically disagree with everything trump says just because he's a stupid, hateful, narcissistic fascist. I'm glad he discontinued the penny, is against changing clocks for the DST switches twice a year, and the quick rollout of COVID vaccines was a big win. I can't think of anything else off the top of my head, but it's important to acknowledge good shit even if it comes from a child raping dipshit. I'm not gonna pretend that I like the penny just because an adjudicated rapist dislikes the penny, and I also don't like the pants-shitting fuckface just because we agree that changing clocks is dumb as fuck.

A lot of people liked Kanye's music, and since coming out as an unapologetic Nazi, a lot of those people are not Kanye fans anymore. Those ex-fans adapted in ways that these forever trumpers are incapable of. Because they're fucking stupid.

Somehow I don't think it's out of context? Someone who is so supportive and loving to the point of ignoring the most blatant stupidity is a damn right dangerous idiot and a fool, and trump very clearly captured that.

The "context" doesn't make it better. He's literally telling them point blank that he can say whatever he wants and they'll still cheer and love him. I'll never understand people like you who come up with these ridiculous apologetics for Trump.

Stop fucking enabling him.

I'm not seeing how that's not calling them stupid. Not really out of context at all actually.

That being said, politicians at the highest levels are supposed to be good enough at their jobs that they don't say things like that which can be easily taken out of context. I mean, it's not like the person who quoted him only used part of the quote to change the meaning of the sentence. He literally meant what it said.

Some people like Trump for the fact that he's absolute shit as a politician, but I think there's some use in electing a person who is actually smart enough to be a good politician.

He says/does a lot of stupid things that his lackeys are forced to ignore or try to dismiss as a joke. Bragging/praising crowd's unconditional love for the stupid crook is an example of a dumb thing to say.

context matters If you actually listen to it, he's telling the supporters that he's willing to come have a rally in places he's already won because the people are so supportive and there's a lot of love in the community. He then went on to say that he could come out and say the stupidest thing and they'd still cheer him on.

I think it's less about context and more about intent. I think his intent (and I assume the way the crowd interpreted it) was "I can talk about insignificant things like what I had for breakfast and you'd still find it exciting."

Anyone with half a brain hears it as "you are so sycophantic that it doesn't matter what I say, to the degree that I could openly insult you and you'd still cheer"

His followers hear it as "I appreciate you for supporting me, even when I talk about things that don't interest you"

That doesn't change the meaning in any way though. It seems to me thou doest protest too much.