Episode 77
The Trump Voters Guide to Mental Gymnastics
Summary:
Dr. Jim dissects the mindset necessary to support Donald Trump despite significant controversies and legal challenges. He highlights the extensive list of issues Trump supporters have had to overlook, from legal indictments to economic failures. Dr. Jim underscores the disillusionment some voters face, realizing Trump's policies may not align with their interests, and criticizes the motives of those surrounding Trump in power. This episode offers a critical analysis of the rhetoric and actions from Trump's presidency, inviting reflection on its broader impact and the realities of political allegiance.
Chapters:
0:00
Introduction to Voting for Trump
0:30
Ignoring Key Allegations and Legal Issues
1:44
Financial and Economic Failures in Office
2:53
Approval Ratings and Impeachments
4:23
Consequences of Trump Support
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Left in Exile Intro
Left in Exile Intro
Transcript
What are the things that you would need to ignore as a Trump voter to pull the lever for Trump? Knowing what you know now,
and this is not a comprehensive list. This should give you a clear idea of how the party of law and order the voters for law and order the extent to which they had to go through to justify pulling the lever for Trump. I. Is really something else, and this is not even a comprehensive list. So here's what you have to ignore.
the Epstein report. You have [:On top of that, he had the longest government shutdown in history, and this was at a time where he had both the Senate and the House under Republican control. He was the first president in the history of approval ratings to maintain a net negative approval rating for his [00:03:00] entire term. He was the first president to be impeached twice. He was the first president to have bipartisan support for his conviction after impeachment, which happened both times and. He has the record for having the most indictments, guilty pleas and criminal convictions for members of his administration. First president to have a mugshot and first president to ever try to overthrow the government.
And again, that is not a comprehensive list that gives you an idea of all the things that Trump voters deliberately ignored. In order to vote for him. And what's interesting about all of that is that after taking all of that into account, all of that added up to a presidency that was an utter failure, a presidency that resulted in an economy that was worse than the economy that Herbert Hoover created.
ing and pulled the lever for [:And what are some of those Trump voters doing now? They're crying and whining about how this isn't what they expected. This isn't what they voted for. This is exactly what you voted for, the presidency that you've seen since inauguration day. The chaos that you've seen since inauguration day, the carnage that's being done since inauguration day. This is exactly what you voted for. You voted because you thought that he was going to go after the people that you hate, when in fact he hates you as well, and that's why he's putting in the policies that he's putting in.
You really thought. After ignoring all of those things that this was a person that cared about you, you really thought that this was a person that really was looking out for your best interest,
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