“I can’t believe this is America”: U.S. Veteran who voted for Trump says ICE arrest of his wife shattered everything he believed - WTF Detective
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Signs of strain are emerging for President Donald Trump, even among supporters who once backed him without hesitation. On Runaway Country, host Alex Wagner highlighted a moment from a congressional hearing that underscored the growing sense of regret, featuring a veteran who said he deeply regretted voting for Trump after his wife — who had lived in the United States…

All the warnings fell on deaf ears, huh? Must be service-related hearing-loss.

  • paequ2@lemmy.todayEnglish
    6·
    14 days ago

    I cannot believe anyone is stupid enough to buy it

    I know some very smart engineers that totally bought into his stupid lies. Like. Wtf. How can they be methodical in gathering facts for debugging software bugs, but then also completely fail to think for 2 seconds about any trump claims.

    • captainlezbian@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      14 days ago

      Because his lies target emotions not intelligence, and a lot of engineers have absolutely dogshit emotional intelligence. If it “feels” right enough they don’t bother to notice that it’s prima fascia ludicrous

    • Jhex@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      14 days ago

      Well you know what they say… the only prerequisite to believe a lie, it to want to believe the lie