https://www.independent.co.uk/news/w...-a9237721.html
The Gist: President trump addressed a group that includes some rich real-estate people. He non-chalantly told them they are buttholes but they have no choice but to vote for him.
It was a clear "Hahahaha... I don't have to dance to your tune buttholes! Who would you vote for, eh? It would be me. Here's some insults."
“A lot of you are in the real estate business because I know you very well, you’re brutal killers. You're not nice people at all, but you have to vote for me. You have no choice. You're not going to vote for Pocahontas, I can tell you that. You're not going to vote for the wealth tax! Even if you don’t like me – some of you don’t and some of you I don’t like at all actually – you’re going to be my biggest supporters because you’ll be out of business in about 15 minutes if they get in.”
Trump is insulting part of his electorate in an election year. This is priceless. And truth be told, I think the rich people he insulted will vote for him regardless.
It is rare to see such ... honesty from a politician. Doubly so from Trump that has a questionable relationship with facts.
But this is downright hilarious. We don't see such things often. And yes, I don't think it would backfire. Such things are a significant reason that 40% of the electorate stands with Trump even through all those scandals.
Because he can turn to people that he knows they have no choice to vote for him and insult them in their face.
Insensitive? Rude? Petty? A self-inflicted wound? Downright foolish? Yes.
But honest and funny too.
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And this is not the only case that Trump makes really controversial remarks that frankly few serious politicians would make. In fact many politicians would sweat at the thought of being caught laughing to such jokes. And instead of these, Trump comes along and insults people without a care in the world.
He has been doing so since 2015 and it had not harmed his base. Evidently, 40% of American voters think it is not a big deal.
Do you think such antics would harm Trump coming elections? Does his electorate even care? Do you think that his base (the 40% or so of the electorate that is) actually likes his approach to politics?
About this specific incident, do you agree with Trump that whether they like him or not, rich real estate people (of whatever ethnicity) would vote for him whether they like him or not simply because he's protecting their interests?
Do you agree that insulting a bunch of people because he thinks they will vote for him anyway -and he is probably right- is damn funny ?