Here’s what struck me the most about what he had to say.
1. Jan is angry about the bank bailouts of 2008. He
thinks that Trump might have done the bailouts just the same, “for the good of
the country”, but that Trump would have been able to leverage more government
“oversight” of the banks.
2. Jan is concerned about illegal immigration and wants
it under control. At the same time, he isn’t sure that the wall Trump wants to
build is a good thing (and doesn’t actually believe Trump will build it).
3. Jan doesn’t agree with Trump’s idea of deporting 12
million illegal aliens. Instead, he thinks law-abiding illegal immigrants already
in the US should be “given some way to become Americans, or at least have a
legal working status”
4. Jan isn’t worried that Trump is now starting to take
campaign contributions, because he trusts that Trump won’t allow himself to be “owned”
by anybody politically.
On point 1, Jan could almost be a Sanders supporter. On points 2 and 3, he rejects
two of Trump’s major policies. He’s not in favor of “the wall” and is in favor
of amnesty. On point 4, he seems to trust Trump not to be corruptible for no
other reason than he’s Trump, or rich, or something.
Otherwise, the main reason he supports Trump is his promise to stop US jobs from going
overseas. There again, he sounds to me like a Sanders supporter.
All that said, I don’t see why Jan, who sounds like an intelligent guy, would
support Trump over one of the more moderate GOP candidates, or even Bernie
Sanders. I don’t get it.
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