Many voters supporting the former president also rated him as more truthful than their own friends and family

  • SharkEatingBreakfast@sh.itjust.works
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    It’s because he’s making himself out to be a martyr who is challenging a corrupt system, which is why “the system” doesn’t like him and is trying to steal what is rightfully his.

    See? He’s the one fighting the true corruption!!

    Honestly, anyone who still buys into this shit at this point is dead to me.

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      It’s funny to see so many Southern states follow and worship one of the most corrupt mafia tycoons from the most northern state there is, New York.

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      It’s ironic because the system is truly corrupt, but he’s the worst of it.

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      I bet there is a significant portion of his base that thinks they’ve got it all figured out, proper iamverysmart or iamverybadass stuff.

      They see the same in him as themselves: stupid unjustified confidence and just spouting off random thoughts as truths. Just being an abrasive dickhead, but in a way that makes others feel embarrassed to even listen to them.