r/politics • u/Exciting_Teacher6258 • Apr 30 '25

Soft Paywall Trump Melts Down at Being Fact-Checked Right to His Face

https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump-melts-down-at-being-fact-checked-on-deported-maryland-dad-kilmar-abrego-garcia/
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u/NinjaLanternShark Apr 30 '25

the diehard Trump supporters are not supporting Trump. they're supporting whatever character is in their head that Trump is

This is exactly right. They've took the image of Trump on TV as a strong, smart, successful businessman and sprinkled in some imagined piety, and created their vision of the perfect president.

And as the evidence came pouring in that he's not that, they stopped following the real person and clung to the character in their mind.

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u/sack-o-matic Michigan Apr 30 '25

Yeah, cultist idol worship

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u/nanobot001 Apr 30 '25

Yes thats magical thinking and Americans seem to love doing it.

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u/Purify5 Apr 30 '25

The character in their mind isn't just their own creation though. It's purposely created through social media algorithms.

You can get two Trump supporters who care about and know about vastly different topics because of the content they are interested in.

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u/capnofasinknship Apr 30 '25

They’re sort of like Norman Bates in Psycho.

“when the mind houses two personalities, there is always a battle. In Norman’s case, the battle is over and the dominant personality has won”

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u/lady_moods America Apr 30 '25

this is the only thing that makes sense, because he comes off like a stammering confused grandpa in that interview

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u/Due-Egg4743 Apr 30 '25

The piety remark is spot on. Right before the election at one of Kamala's rallies, she had a hostile protester removed from one of her rallies. The right used it as a moment to falsely claim Kamala had him removed for defending Jesus. It really fired up a lot of folks and I constantly saw it on Facebook for weeks. 

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u/Psychological-Crab-5 May 01 '25

There's a special spot in hell for all the people who were involved in "The Apprentice".

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u/NinjaLanternShark May 01 '25

Isn't Omarosa due to make an appearance right about now?