Trump supporters love him for telling it like it is. But so does the Trump-hating media because many of his statements, particularly his Tweets, leave him open to be bashed.
It used to be blame it on Bush, but for the past two years it has been blame it on Trump. It’s a wonder Trump hasn’t been blamed for Hurricane Harvey or the current Midwest floods. Much of the blame Trump has brought on himself because, simply put, he suffers from a seemingly incurable case of foot-in-mouth disease.
The Democrats and the media blame Trump’s rhetoric for dividing this country and accuse him of embracing white nationalists. They have continued to jump on his statement, “You also had some very fine people on both sides” in response to the August 2017 riots in Charlottesville, Virginia. To its shame, a biased media chose to ignore the statement Trump had made just moments before:
“I’ve condemned neo-Nazis. I’ve condemned many different groups, but not all of those people were neo-Nazis, believe me. Not all of those people were white supremacists by any stretch.”
If you recall, a neo-Nazi group held an unauthorized rally in Charlottesville to protest the removal of a Robert E. Lee statue. On the first day they clashed with University of Virginia students. On the second day they were attacked by an anti-Facist group. Later that day, a self-identified White Nationalist drove his car into a crowd supporting the statue removal, killing a woman.
There were many people in Charlottesville on both sides of the statue issue who came to demonstrate peacefully and who did not participate in the rioting. It was those people that Trump was referring to as fine people. But the media twisted his words around so as to make it appear that he supported the neo-Nazis and White Nationalism.
Now we come to the bloody massacre of 50 worshipers at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand. The shooter was an Australian far-right nutjob who wrote a 74-page manifesto in which he asked himself, “Is there a particular person that radicalised you the most?” His answer:
“Yes, the person that has influenced me above all was Candace Owens… Each time she spoke I was stunned by her insights and her own views helped push me further and further into the belief of violence over meekness.”
Candace Owens is an African-American conservative commentator and activist. She is also a strong supporter of Trump.
In the manifesto the shooter said he was inspired to go on his killing spree by Anders Behring Breivik, the right-wing extremist who shot dead 77 people at a Norwegian youth camp in 2011.
The shooter also referred to Trump in the manifesto as a “symbol of white supremacy,” and said he was motivated by the “far-right extremism” he saw in the United States. That’s all it took for Democrats and the media to blame Trump.
The Democrats and the Media say that Trump’s divisive rhetoric on immigration and his ban on Muslim immigrants encourages the far right to turn to violence and they hold that rhetoric responsible for the New Zealand mosque massacres.
Trump did not help himself when responding to questions about the mosque shootings. When asked by a reporter if he sees an increase in white nationalism, Trump said: “I don’t really. I think its a small group of people.”
While it seems that White Nationalism is on the rise, it is nothing new. The KKK is a white supremacist and nationalism group. Back when I was a cop, white nationalist groups were known as the Christian Identity movement, the most prominent group being based in Idaho. And it has always been and continues to be, as Trump said, a small group of people.
Trump is no more responsible for the mosque shootings than he is responsible for Hurricane Harvey. The only person responsible for the shootings in Christchurch is the shooter! Trump is not responsible and even Candace Owens is not responsible.
Unfortunately for Trump, he seems to be suffering from a bad case of foot-in-mouth disease which seems to be incurable since it has been evident starting with his 2016 campaign for the presidency. If he would only put his brain in gear before putting his mouth in motion, he would not leave himself open to the hatred spewed against him by the Democrats and the media.
As I said before, the Trump- haters love him as much for telling it like it is as do his supporters. And Trump’s base, an estimated 35 percent of the electorate, should not delude itself on how he got elected president. What got Trump over the top was that many voters like myself, voted against Hillary Clinton and not for Trump.
lorensmith says
“the Trump-haters love him as much for telling it like it is as do his supporters” Huh? Having trouble understanding this.
As you mentioned, the shooter in NZ did mention Trump in his manifesto, which is chillworthy no matter your political be there.
DanMan says
“If he would only put his brain in gear before putting his mouth in motion, he would not leave himself open to the hatred spewed against him by the Democrats and the media.”
Howie baby there ain’t nothing Trump can do to stop the hatred flowing from the mouthpieces on the left. Charlottseville was leftists inspired political theater and nothing more. Go back and review the tactics of the town’s council leading up to it. Do some research and find the players that were organizing the demonstrations. Hint, except for the few locals that merely wanted to protest tearing down the statues the rest were on the same side fomenting anarchy for the sake of disrupting civility.
Now stand back and get a bigger picture and you will see the shooting in NZ is exactly the same thing in a different place with the same motive. Care to guess what that motive is?
Fat Albert says
Seriously Howie? You’re contention is that if Trump simply stopped saying controversial (and/or stupid) things then everybody on the left would stop hating him? Hmmm. . . . . as they say let’s examine the evidence.
Well, did they hate George W. Bush (43)? After all he didn’t tweet, and really didn’t make any silly statements. But, yeah, they all hated him.
Did they hate Romney? After all, he’s literally the most inoffensive person on earth. Yep. It turns out that while he was running for President, the media was all over him with all manner of hateful lies.
The reality is that they hate Trump for what he’s done – starting with defeating Hillary – not for what he says.
As for the NZ shooter, have you actually read his “manifesto”? The dude’s crazier that a bag full of cats on acid. Blaming Trump for what this guy did is as crazy as he is. Rational people have figured that out. Irrational people, i.e. Democrats and a lot of nevertrumpers haven’t.
Howie Katz says
Fat, I agree with every word you just said. Yes, the media bashed Bush and Romney, but there is a difference between them and Trump … they never gave the media so many opportunities to trash them as Trump has with his frequent vindictive and otherwise stupid remarks.
Latest case in point. Everybody, except Trump, recognizes John McCain as a true war hero. Most people probably do not know that Trump, on the other hand, was a cowardly draft dodger. Everybody knows that Trump and McCain hated each other. The other day Kenneth Starr said that if it was true that McCain’s office sent the questionable dossier of Trump’s alleged Russian ties to the FBI, it was a “very dark stain” on an “American hero.” Trump couldn’t let it go at that. He couldn’t resist bashing McCain once again, this time over his refusal to repeal Obamacare, saying that the late senator “had far worse ‘stains’ than this” [the release of the dossier]. That left an opening for McCain’s daughter Meghan to blast Trump. Who do you think most people are going to sympathize with … A vindictive jerk who speaks ill of the dead or a grieving daughter? I’ll give you a little hint … it ain’t Trump.
Ann Coulter was spot on when she said “our president is an idiot.”
Come 2020 though, if Trump is still on the ticket and I’m still alive, I’m still going to vote against the Democratic nominee.
Fat Albert says
Howie:
Trump can indeed act the buffoon. As for McCain, he a certified, genuine war hero. He was also an arrogant self aggrandizing asshole who had his fair share of personal foibles. While he rightly deserves to be lauded for his acts of valor, in my personal opinion, they don’t make up for his actions while he was a Senator.
As for the Trump, he’s still more popular than Obama was at the time time in office. And, while the media ate him with unrelenting passion, he seems to do a lot better with the average American. The only people blaming Trump for the massacre in New Zealand are the media dolts. And they’d blame him no matter what he said or didn’t say.
I wish to remain anonymous says
While he rightly deserves to be lauded for his acts of valor, in my personal opinion, they don’t make up for his actions while he was a Senator!
Amen
DanMan says
If McCain’s record were weights representing good vs bad on a fulcrum there’d be a hole in the ground on the political side and the military part would be flying off into space from the kinetic energy of the launch.
Howie, you’re a very frustrated liberal democrat aren’t you?
howie katz says
Dan Man, up until now Ive respected your comments on BJT. but now you have insulted me personally with your low-down ‘frustrated liberal democrat’ crack.
What I am is a conservative who is frustrated that we have, as Ann Coulter says it so well, an idiot in the White House.
DanMan says
It’s because like the media, you find a way to bash our president with all the verve they do is why I asked. Your criticism is identical to theirs.
Howie Katz says
It may be identical, but it happens to be the truth and you can’t see it or you just don’t want to believe it. I’ll give Trump credit when he deserves it and I’ll criticize him when he deserves to be criticized.
Bill Daniels says
Trump has made his share of missteps, but he’s right on target 95% of the time.
As to McCain, he burned through whatever goodwill his war service earned him long ago. Remember the thumbs down on ObamaCare repeal? Yeah. How about him cavorting with Muslim terrorists? Dude was some kind of Manchurian Senator. and the US is better off without him.
Pointing out that flooding the country with illegal aliens and legal Muslims is bad is now some kind of revolutionary act. It’s just common sense, like most of what Trump says.
I wish to remain anonymous says
BTW, When I was n Arizona in 2005 for the Minuteman Project McCains nick name in AZ on the border was Judas John.
Semper Fi says
Jesus, you Trump d**ksuckers are dumb as s**t and obviously not former military men, nor true conservatives. Debt & deficit have doubled in two years. You worship a 6-time draft dodging worthless s**tbag like he’s a goddamn military genius. Fu**ing losers. Sad!
Howie Katz says
Semper Fi, as a WW2 Army veteran, I know where you’re coming from. It’s hard to swallow attacks against a wounded war hero by a cowardly draft dodger and other McCain-haters. Thank you for your service in the Marine Corps.
While it is obvious that I do not care for Trump, I strongly disagree with you when you refer to him as a worthless shitbag. Trump comes across as a jerk, but when you look at his record, he’s actually been a fairly good president and better than his predecessor.
Bill Daniels says
You would have preferred to have the WIFE of a draft dodger running the show? Our military has saved us from the Nazis, the commies, and Trump is doing his damnedest to save us from the Muslims and the illegals who are seeking to take over our country, Trojan Horse style. Meanwhile, most of the Dem. motley crew actively seeks the destruction of the US by Muslims and the 3rd World.
We can respect military service, but criticize actions of ex military taken as civilians. Maybe we shouldn’t be allowed to criticize Tim McVeigh for murdering people in OK City, because we respect his service?
Trump is saving this country, in every way a country can be saved, not the least of which is from terminal political correctness. I’ll also add that Trump is respecting the military by trying to get them out of harm’s way when there is no point to them being there. Syria? Not our circus, not our monkey. Afghanistan? After 19 years, if we haven’t done it by now, it ain’t gonna happen. Time to bug out.
The best way we can respect our military is to not get them killed for nothing.