The first time I saw Trump was on The Apprentice. I thought “oh great, another old rich guy,” which was a term I was taught to think in college. There was a team that failed and someone on that team was going to be fired. The group ganged up on an underdog and said he should be fired. However, the underdog was not given good direction by the group leader and the group leader was really responsible for the team’s failure on that episode’s challenge. There was a lot of group-think with the team who tried to get the underdog fired. Trump listened to everyone who said to fire the underdog guy and then Trump turned to the underdog and asked him to defend himself. Trump listened intently and then asked the team leader more questions. Trump got to the bottom of all the smoke screen the team was putting up and Trump rightly saw that the group leader was at fault and Trump fired the group leader and saved the underdog.
Yes, reality shows are often scripted but there was no way to fake the things Trump was saying. As I have come to learn about Trump, he has an ability to take a lot of complex information and convey it with one simple sentence.
When Trump announced he was running for President, I wanted to vote for him because of his business mind.
I liked Clinton also. I remember watching her initial interview with Diane Sawyer that kicked off her campaign. Hillary had such a filter. She answered questions by saying “well, you see, uh” instead of directly telling us what she thought. I remember saying, I do not care what you think, just tell me what you think, I will support you no matter what you think. I respect people who stand for what they believe in. I liked her and she was hiding her thoughts. It was so odd to see.
So, I voted for Trump and I thought Hillary was going to win and I was completely fine with Hillary winning.
Then Trump won, and I thought, this is good. Now Democrats can work with Trump on working class issues like Better Trade Deals, Manufacturing Jobs, and more Veteran’s benefits.
Instead, Democrats and the media and the world freaked out and ran from the working class as fast as they could.
WHY.
They did not freak out over Bush.
They did not freak out any other time.
WHY.
They could have let Trump serve a quiet 4 or 8 years. And I would have been none the wiser.
But, they showed their cards by freaking out. What on earth did they have to lose that was so important as to go scorched earth on us?
And that is how I have come to love Trump so much and value how he woke me up and allowed me to see what had always been hidden up until now.