Trump is my spirit animal.

i was solidly behind cruz until i attended the CA GOP convention and heard trump speak from the closest table to the podium. immediately i understood what people liked about him and he won my support right then. 

Yes.

Of the original 15 Repub candidates, Trump was not in my top 14.  I did not vote for him but I did vote for Repub appointed SCOTUS nominees and to keep that cunt Hillary out of office.

That said... I've been pretty impressed with his cabinet appointees (except Sec State) and his tone of national unity.   I am still skeptical of his rhetoric but I am more optimistic than I was 6 months ago.

Nope. I am sad for America.

Since seeing the cabinet picks, I am 100% behind him.

No. He'll grow on me when I see actual policies, when I see him tell us when he realized he was wrong about supporting leftist politicians and ideals and how he realized his newfound small-government and pro-gun philosophy and what his turning-point issues were, and when he actually walks the walk of being the 2nd coming of Reagan.

He is the Republican version of Obama, the GOP Hope and Change. Obama tried to deliver on as much of his horrid progressive facism as he could. If I am truly going to embrace him enthusiastically, he's going to have to conduct a seance to get the advice of Barry Goldwater and Frederic Bastiat.

Until then, i'll wait. For now, the biggest two things I like about him is
1. How the left has completely jumped the shark. Trump Derangement Syndrome makes Bush Derangement Syndrome look like an unenthusiastic annoyance by comparison.

2. Bringing in Judge Andrew Napolitano to discuss SCOTUS picks. I'll sing Trump's praises if we put Judge Nap's philosophical clones in every vacancy.

I feel like he's gonna kick some ass.  I really and truly believe that our Country will be a much different place in 8 years.  

I voted for him and felt he would shake things up a bit but not in the level we are seeing right now.  I hope he maintains this momentum after Inauguration Day.

This really could be a renaissance for the United States.

Winning fatigue?

Lol

Why?

Nope. He needs to prove himself before I will respect him. I'm hopeful for good things, but power corrupts. Takes a special kind of person to keep that animal caged.
Trump is a mystery. We are gonna find out what he really is soon enough. Hillary we know is a corrupt, evil cu*t shit sandwich.

Absolutely. I couldn't stand him for a long time. I'm now of the opinion that he will achieve things for the country that no one else would have even tried, let a lone accomplish.

You avatar is fucking awesome!

Fairly good post...

Pretty much this.

I started watching some of his old videos on YouTube of him before Congress.It was very Presidential. While most people were tuned in to the media circus. I was trying to look beyond that. He needed the circus to win the election, but that is not who he truly is. I could tell by the old videos that he would make a fantastic leader. I think the man I saw in those old videos is the same Trump we are seeing today. Poised, professional, and ready to get Shit done!

I believe that is why he is growing on people now.

Sorry...couldn't resist.  

i feel about the same as this post

I've always been with him.  He's actually doing better than I thought he would as well.  He is a bit clumsy with words, and that is a risk, but I think he sincerely loves america unlike fbho or fhrc.

My biggest concern is how we marginalize or eliminate all of these anti american policital and media types that are doing all they can to deligitimize him and weaken our country.  I knew the rot and corruption went deep but I'm amazed just how bad it really is.

I didn't think he was going to win, and I wasn't crazy about him, until...

...I watched a video of a speech he made a few months before the election, and I was deeply impressed by him.

Viva Trump!

This commercial really sold me too.  I was amazed by this.

I didn't like the guy at all until late summer, and even after that he only mildly started to grow on me.  His past support of dozens of policies that I oppose and his past support of so many Democrats made him an absolute political unknown; we had no idea what to expect, day to day, during the campaign and after.  Keep in mind that as recently as 18 months ago he was still a vocal supporter of openly socialist New York mayor Bill DeBlasio, and as recently as six months ago he agreed with Obama on the need for more gun control after the Pulse Nightclub shooting.

Since the election, and since seeing the appointments he's making and the things he's doing, I support him much more.  Sessions for AG, Mattis for SecDef, Tillerson for SecState, Pruit for the EPA; all great choices.  The media coup of having Kanye come meet him, and having the Silicon Valley pukes come grovel at his feet; great moves.  The only really detestable choice I think he's made so far is including Rick Perry in his administration; that guy is the embodiment of The Swamp.

So, even with all the winning so far, I remain very apprehensive.  I keep waiting for Trump to bump his head and start tweeting about the need for more gun control again.  It's his first 69 years of life as a liberal New York Democrat that I keep waiting to resurface, not the last 18 months as a big-tent centrist Republican.  No one would argue that Trump knows dick about constitutionally limited government.  If we had an Arfcom Approved Perfect And Pure Conservative as president elect right now, a guy like Ted Cruz or Rand Paul, guys with known, strong, and long histories of adhering to conservative principles, and they were making all the same moves that Trump is making now, I'd be ecstatic.  With Trump, I keep waiting for him to disappoint.

If the winning continues, and the MAGA comes to pass, Trump will grow on me more.  I know I'm just one unimportant voter in a state that's solidly Republican, and my opinion doesn't mean anything, but yeah, Trump has grown on me, and I hope he continues to grow on me by continuing to do things I like.  As I've told friends and coworkers since the election, "I want to believe," and, "I'm cautiously optimistic."  As Reagan said, "Trust, but verify."

He's definitely grown on me.

In a way, I had a boss like him before.  He'd ramble on about himself and what he wanted done with very vague reasoning and often making statements that made mine and my coworkers eyes bulge out.  Then, when you actually sat down and realized what he was doing; convincing/persuading us to attack real problems with real solutions it made perfect sense.  Once you were on board, the rambling and craziness seemed to fade away into very coherent and logical discussions and of course rewards for actually fixing the issues efficiently.  Additionally once a plan was established my boss was really good at playing interference with those who may not like the agenda or let their ego get in the way of fixing something.

That's what I see in Trump.  Attack the issues with real solutions and simply allow him to play with the media so that you can accomplish what you were hired to do.  It isn't politics so much as a business method and I think that's a real big reason why he's hated.

My hope for him, as an outsider, after he won the nomination was that he was astute enough to KNOW he was an outsider, and would, as a businessman, put people around him that would be the best possible in their positions.

I'm cautiously optimistic that our country will get back on track to being the best country in the world, and not a friendly, apologetic, socialist state.

Ronald Reagan's style was very similar.  He was more of a businessman than a politician in the way he approached things.

Yes, he was a very skilled politician too, but deep inside, he was a very pragmatic and no nonsense type of person.

Million times better than clinton.

He is so trashy and crude it is refreshing.


Tired of the same polished politicians.

Not a little.

A lot.

I did not think Trump was capable of the kind of leadership he has shown since he was elected.

Lincoln on Leadership type leadership. High-level leadership. Ahead of the curve leadership.

I will be Trumps most-vocal supporter in four years if he continues to push a small-government, pro-gun agenda.

Very much so.  Like others have said, he was not my first choice.  I didn't even listen to the debates because I was afraid of what I would hear him say.  But I did watch some of his appearances, especially the one in Colorado and his Gettysburg address.  They were really good, and I was impressed.

I have watched all of the appearances on the Thank You tour.  While they are a little repetitive, he is always interesting.  He is cutting back on the spoken parenthetical comments which punctuate his speech.  If he works on that and his gesticulations, he could be an extraordinary public speaker.  In terms of the content, I don't hear anything I disagree with.  In fact, I don't hear anything that a reasonable person would take offense at.  Of course, there may be some room for disagreement on some points, but the complete mental breakdowns I see happening across the country is a little frightening.  I didn't think that the mental health of the average American was quite that precarious.

I've never seen such a major shock to the political system. Trump has had to fight everyone from the Dems, Libertarians, Repubs and Megyn Kelly.  I was surprised after that first debate where Megyn Kelly was the moderator that he was still in the running. 

He made it this far on his own so I figure he's earned my respect. 

Like I said once the bitch conceded - I'm relieved, yet still worried.

I voted for him in the primary partly because I was impressed with his apparent work ethic, his disregard for the news media and because I really do think he is bent on making this country great.

I don't see how he has backed off any of that since the election, in fact it appears to be quite the oppoosite.

I think if he maintains his current path, he could end up being the greatest POTUS in my adult life, and I have been an adult long enough to have voted for Reagan (2nd term).

No.

I thought he/it was a joke and he had no chance of winning at first. But after the first or second debate I realized he was going to win.

I was a Cruz guy, but when Trump sealed the nomination I became a Trump guy.  In hindsight now I'm glad Trump won over Cruz assuming Trump keeps most of his promises.  As someone stated earlier, Trump has surrounded himself with great people.  I wasn't a big Pence guy before Trump picked him, but Pence was exactly what Trump needed.  If Trump keeps his promises and does the country right, then hopefully we will be looking at 16 years of republican leadership in the White House.  Reagan's worst decision was selecting that entitled, establishment, douche bag POS Bush as his VP.  Hopefully a successful Trump Presidency puts the death nail to the Bush and Clinton dynasties.  

I had a thought the other day about who would be the new democrat darling who will pick up their colors moving forward.  More than likely it will be that disgusting communist POS Julian Castro (from Texas ).  If Trump is successful then he should have no problem beating this asshole in 2020 because all this dude will be selling is Obama 2.0.  Unlike Michelle Obama, I have a lot of hope for the future.    

nope, don't trust him...voted straight party ticket,,no other functional option...but,
not gonna trust him, can't, far too much history of flip flopping and he was an outspoken Democrat for far too many years.

Gonna be a long 4 years...lots of prayer and head swiveling and always watch the other hand...

This.

That's where I started.

Now I actually have hope that he has the balls to fuck the establishment dickheads right up the ass with a cactus. He sure has put cabinet members in place to accomplish it.

If we can get the necessary grass roots ground swell going, via Trump getting the ball rolling with jobs and illegals, we could give the boot to fuckers like Mitch, McCain, etc. But, as you said, that would be a bonus.

I would be shickled tittless with stacking the USSC and gutting ACA.

#When will the never trumpers go away forever???

Either you have some reading comprehension trouble or don't understand the concept of a white knight.

His ability to drive the left completely insane with fits of apoplexy is what appeals to me.

I think he's going to make a total shit president, but the political establishment of this country needs a good culling.

this was my line of thinking, as well.

this is a great point, and one of the things that put me solidly in his camp.

I voted for right over left. Trump was the only viable choice I had. He's talked a lot of shit; better back it up. He's got about four months in office to convince me he was worth my vote. I expect nothing less than the platform he ran on. He set the bar for himself, now I expect him to reach for it. Anything less and he's just another wealthy liar in a suit. We've already got hundreds of those in DC. How has that worked out so far? Trump is not the ultimate solution to me, just a step in the right direction.

No.  It's going to be a few years to make me think he's anything other than a thin-skinned loose cannon of a garbage candidate/nominee/president.

DU is that way ------>

In as much as we are told not to criticize him since he has not been sworn in yet, i am going to reserve judgement until then

I hope it doesnt take long for the first lib to drop off the court and we get to see who his first nominee will be

Trump has had nearly as much power as a President for the past 20 years.  In some aspects of life, I'm sure more.  This is one area where I'm not worried about him.  Think of all the creepy shit we hear about leftist extremely rich people doing.  Trump has done none of that stuff.  He's not like Soros, or Michael Jackson, or any number of creep wealthy people with extreme strange personality traits who think it's ok to do whatever they want because "I'm rich, bitch!".

This part is thoroughly entertaining, and watching people losing their shit after the election has been fun.  But when it comes to actual leadership, I don't think that the human embodiment of the trollface meme is up to the task.

uhh.... pretty sure he was calling her out for supporting baby murder?

Go on...

Trump is a fungus?