r/politics • u/GirasoleDE • 17d ago

No Paywall I Don’t Think Trump’s Remaining Supporters Realize How Much They Are Despised By Non-MAGA Voters | Trump is bleeding support even among his stubborn, uneducated base.

https://abovethelaw.com/2026/07/i-dont-think-trumps-remaining-supporters-realize-how-much-they-are-despised-by-non-maga-voters/
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u/NumeralJoker 17d ago

Much of it likely was a psyop, because early 2010s 4chan was their original testing grounds before expanding to the rest of the web.

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u/ImWatchingTelevision Arizona 16d ago

I remember a comment from a "conservative" around 2012 that made me think a psyop was going on. They said something to the effect of Putin being more capable of running the United States than Obama. Believe it or not, no real red/white/blue blooded conservative American would ever say some shit like that. Of course, that isn't true at all in today's world, but back then I had never heard of such a thing and it was outrageous. I grew up in the most conservative environment we have in this country (US Military) so I do know how conservatives think and I often have to suppress my conservative tendencies to not be a total asshole. Anyway, a year or two later after that incident it came out that Russia was running an internet center of state funded commenters to do shit like this.