My daughter and son in law (sil) are middle of the road, maybe even conservative leaning. But they hate Trump, especially my aeronautical engineer sil, hate hate HATES him with a passion. We had such a big fight about it once (he'd been drinking and wouldn't drop it) that I have to refuse to even discuss politics with him at all.
They're staying with me right now while they look for a house. Tonight we all took our dogs outside before bed and he walked over and stood beside me. Looking around the yard, he quietly (sadly?) said "I find myself missing Trump". I was stunned and said nothing. He turned and walked slowly into the house.
I.......I can't EVEN.
Thank you for this. MY son and I had a conversation last week. He was not a Trump fan either but had been hearing about the trafficking, tunnels and Adrenachrome. I didnt push the subject too much but assured him it was true. We talked about election fraud, Trumps policies and goals. I assured him he would be back.
I've been wondering how much the media obsessing over "QAnon" has made people curious and actually look up Pizzagate. Google successfully suppressed "QAnon" from me for all these years. Then I went down the rabbithole myself after the election when I realized something extremely evil just happened. By November I wasn't a huge Trump fan but he was growing on me and I realized he was a good president. Now I actually think I love Trump (as much as I can love a stranger). I see him less as an "arrogant asshole" and more of an "extremely stress-resistant, eccentric man with an obsessive love for humanity." I think I will cry when he comes back :'(
I just saw him on the History channel Sunday in the series about the Men Who Build America. He came on and easily described facts about Carnegie and his steel and the impacts it would have on the buildings. He had a much larger vocabulary than I heard him use as President. I keep telling people - he honed his acting experience on The Apprentice. I honestly think he was acting a lot of the time to give the media more content to use and to whip up the Orange Man Bad and stupid rhetoric.