Are We Reaching a Point When Nearly Everyone Will be Sick of Trump?

[louis c]

Let me try to put this in a way in which we all have something in common. I can say that the election of Donald Trump has affected my life and my relationships in a great many ways. I won't shop or buy products if I know an individual supported that Moron. I have spent less time with some friends who thought it was a good idea to send a message by supporting that bigot.

I know many friends who haven't spoken to siblings since the election, or haven't had a civil conversation with a parent, because of their support of Trump.

This is not just trying from our point of view, but it has to be heart breaking from the point of view of the other side. Trump has infected all of our lives, at every level. We can't even enjoy a football game without his interjecting into what used to be politically neutral time.

Family get togethers need to have some sort of armistice, or truce, before invitations can be sent out. Car pooling, work lunches, wedding seating, dinner parties, graduation parties and now, even funerals, are infected by this no good piece of shit.

I know how I personally handle these events. I just leave if anything is said that would upset me. My wife feels the same way. We just excuse ourselves and leave, regardless of where the event has proceeded to. I don't argue anymore, I just leave.

But at some point, regardless of the side you're on, everyone will agree that the common denominator is Trump. At some point, siblings have to wonder if Trump is worth it, friends, family members, work relationships, all must think, "If Trump is out, can my relationships be repaired?"

I believe these bonds are too great and that the elimination of Trump from our midst should be what unites all of us.

As this moron becomes harder and harder for his supporters to defend, that he embarrasses them, even to their children, the Moron will be abandoned.

That time is not yet at critical political mass, but it's coming. I can feel it, and I bet, so can you.

[muntrv]

1. Not yet. There will always be the 30% who think he's the bee's knees.

[SummerSnow]

2. These people?

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[skylucy]

26. ...lol

[louis c]

5. but will they go into a shell

like the bigots of yesteryear.

They still were bigots, but they tried to hide it.

I went through this in 1974, when you couldn't find anyone who would admit that they voted for Nixon. They just disavowed him.

He still left office with a 28% approval rafting, but no one would admit it to their friends or family.

[awesomerwb1]

3. We're not reaching that point yet

maybe not anytime soon. Maybe some "moderates"?

You said: "At some point, siblings have to wonder if Trump is worth it, friends, family members, work relationships, all must think, "If Trump is out, can my relationships be repaired?" /

I think we're still at "they" won and wonder why the "losers" need to learn how to "deal with it".

[Girard442]

4. But problem isn't just Trump.

Trump gave people permission to voice thoughts they'd kept buried out of sight for years. Now that the things have been said and heard, they can't just be unsaid, unheard, and reburied.

Trumpism will persist in our lives long after Trump himself has left the scene.

[RKP5637]

8. Yep! There are many IMO just like Trump in the US and he gave them a voice. They are there, and they

aren't going to change ... or will keep it a secret.

[RKP5637]

6. I think Trump has put a permanent division in the United States. Those demented enough to

consistently support this individual will never be deprogrammed. They are akin to Trump and celebrate his dystopia.

[Irish_Dem]

7. Reminds me of the Viet Nam era, society torn apart.

Families and friends stopped speaking to each other.
And then it hit critical mass after Kent State and LBJ resigned.

[louis c]

9. but when Nixon resigned, it was over

[Irish_Dem]

11. Yes, finally. The healing began.

It was a long, terrible ordeal.
A "national nightmare" as it was described.

[RKP5637]

10. LBJ didn't resign, he just did not run again.

http://www.nytimes.com/1988/04/16/opinion/behind-lbj-s-decision-not-to-run-in-68.html

[Irish_Dem]

12. You are correct. Sorry......

Funny my memory of that speech was that was the day he psychologically left office.

[RKP5637]

13. Yep, I remember that day so well too! I was so glad he was gone even if just psychologically.

We need another Walter Cronkite today. LBJ said when he had lost Walter, he knew he had lost everyone, something like that.

[Irish_Dem]

14. Yes all of this coming back vividly.

The media today is only interested in ratings and revenue. They helped elect Trump, and treat his presidency like a reality TV show.

[crazycatlady]

16. He also treats the office of the presidency like a reality tv show

[Irish_Dem]

17. Yes exactly. He thinks being president is like being a reality tv show host.

And being king of the world.

[Frustratedlady]

15. Reached? I surpassed that point a long time ago.

I've lost friends for what is probably forever, as they believe in him like he was God. They used to be intelligent.

I was just saying yesterday that I wondered what life will (and it will) be like once Trump is gone. Soon, I hope. I waste waaaay too much time tracking him daily to make sure he isn't starting WWIII and, once he's gone, I can get back to life as it once was. Problem is, I can't remember those days without Trump. Weren't they carefree and worry free? Didn't we have a guy named Obama?

Hopefully, my children and grandchildren will never see a repeat of this Republican blunder in their lives. If we didn't get the point across to them this time around, that could be a concern. But, I don't think there is much chance that they didn't "get it" with Trump and won't let another idiot ruin their lives in the future.

Thank God DU was here for us.

[Liberal Veteran]

22. It's a sad commentary. I don't really do Facebook anymore, except I still get the occasional...

...friend request from an old friend or acquaintance. I can't tell you how sad it makes me to look at the pages of some of the people I cared for as a young man and see some Pro-Trump posts filling filling their pages. I'm sad we grew apart, wistful of a simpler day, glad they still think of me, but I simply find myself unable to do anything other than ignore them with a sense of regret. Divergent paths and all that jazz.

[Frustratedlady]

23. Out of curiosity, did you expect they would support Trump?

People are surprising me. I'm finding those who profess to be deeply religious sticking with him. Totally against their teachings in their churches.

[Liberal Veteran]

24. No and yes.

No, because I thought they were smarter and better people.

Yes, because I know the social and political climate of the region I grew up in well enough that expecting anything else is something akin to wishful thinking.

I will say it hurts my soul at a certain level, but yes, I pretty much expect it now.

[doc03]

18. I was sick of Trump 30 years ago nt

[PJMcK]

20. You and me both

I've detested this smug jackass since he renovated the Commodore Hotel on NYC's 42nd Street. He strong-armed the Koch Administration (no relation to the Koch brothers!) into granting a $40 million tax abatement. In those days, that was real money.

[BlueJac]

19. Hardly....

Defeating a Democrat is all the pin heads want, they could careless about what will affect them and anyone else. It is all a victory for the mindless fools that voted the Biggest Asshole possible to be President. I give them all a BIG FUCK YOU!

[Liberal Veteran]

21. Trump was amusing in a certain lowbrow way as a TV reality star.

As a president, however, the same word comes to mind that came to me on election night when it became sickening clear that he was going to win: disaster.

Not a year later, and that word still looms large.

[Efilroft Sul]

25. The Deplorables would eat the corn from his shit. So, no.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

27. Ha! Disgusting, but funny, and perfectly apt.

[SHRED]

28. I just saw a Twitter feed

Rightwingers are claiming Hillary set up the Kahn family (whatever that means) and that Rep. Wilson is a distraction from "Hillary's uranium deal".
So no...they aren't going away.

[unblock]

29. Possibly. Problem is, Donnie is merely a symptom of a far larger disease.

Yes he is a singular personality, but above all l, politically, he is a product of foxnews university.

And there are many graduates of foxnews university, and sadly they will only benefit by the contrast with Donnie.

Donnie could go tomorrow, but we are decades from slaying the real monster.

[Greywing]

30. Sadly I think many people will be sick of him until

his destructive policies affect them personally (in their pocket book). I am just so discouraged ...

[JoeOtterbein]

31. No, because only sane people are sick of Ole Bone Spurs!

[elleng]

32. 'Nearly' not good enough.

[WhiteTara]

33. 46% of voters believe that the press is lying about the drumpf. nt