I could only have, if at all, rooted for him as a bad man doing some good things. I would applaud what was done and the character of the man *only* as it pertained to those good things. But that would have been at the very start of his term. After a few months of this constant petty, divisive behavior and lack of accomplishment, which was *consistent*, I think at that point he lost all right to the benefit of the doubt.Mojo wrote:It's such an odd thing being an American under Trump. I WANT him to do well. If he fails, we all fail. But his brand is only supported by such a small minority that it's like he's not even the President of the whole US. He's just the leader of a group of bankers, who unfortunately, make the rules for the rest of us. That whole #notmypresident is stupid, but I understand it. He doesn't represent me or my beliefs and I don't beleive he or even one person in his party has the interest of the US at heart. So when I see shit like what I posted above, even though it's truly horrible, I hardly even feel a part of it. It's a weird level of schadenfreude. Because he's not one of us, it's easy and partially fun to watch him fail. But he IS one of us, so it's equally maddening. It's so weird and I don't explain it well, but what a weird fucking thing.
And he's not one of us. Well, I definitely don't see parallels to me or to anyone *I* know anyway. If you do, that's your right, I just don't entirely know what you mean by that. I also think it's a misnomer that if he fails, we all fail. There are a lot of positive things people can do to help the US and the world at the ground level that he has no ability to stop from coming to fruition.
But to address your overall point, I want someone to do good things, I just don't want it to be him now. He's not the only one capable of accomplishing that. Let it be someone else that does well on our behalves and is given the praise. He had his chances to do that, all the way up to a year, and he failed.
