You don't have to be a follower. But you should appreciate the way Trump has managed to unite Americans that the Republicans haven't been able to do since 1992.
People are just pissed. They're not like us on FR, who are involved in the political process 24/7. They see Trump as someone who's going to kick ass and take names, and they're going to support that regardless of what he said in the past.
But lately he's been campaigning like a douche. Honestly I now hove no idea what he'd do as president - he never provides detail, just platitudes.
That and given his positions as he's articulated in the past I can only surmise what he'd do as president and I do not like it.
>>They see Trump as someone who’s going to kick ass and take names, and they’re going to support that regardless of what he said in the past. <<
Exactly. They see Trump for what he says he is, instead of what he said he was in the past. Now, ask yourself this: Was he more likely to be telling the truth about his personal philosophy when he had nothing to gain by lying, or now, when he has everything to gain by lying?
But go ahead and hop on that Trump bandwagon and get carried along by the music and the crowds.
Some of us are weighing Trump’s past statements a lot more carefully.