I Found an Explanation for People’s Support of Trump

Now I finally understand what’s behind that!

Jay Davidson
Bouncin’ and Behavin’ Blogs
2 min readApr 12, 2023

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For many years, I have been scratching my head trying to understand why anybody could possibly admire and support the 45th President of the USA: our Grifter in Chief. I have read countless analyses, some of which go along the lines of attributing his supporters to lonely people who are looking for belonging among like-minded others.

Then along came a meme that I saw on Facebook; I traced it to the author who had originally posted it on Twitter (which I do not use).

On Twitter, JoJoFromJerz is cited as having written this:

Dear Ma & Pa MAGA,

donald trump didn’t lower your taxes. He didn’t get your roads fixed or your bridges built. He didn’t get you healthcare coverage, lower the price of your prescriptions, decrease the deficit, end the opioid crisis, revive the coal industry, he didn’t make “covid disappear”, didn’t make Mexico “pay for the wall”, he didn’t “put America First” and he sure as hell didn’t “drain the swamp”.

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Jay Davidson
Bouncin’ and Behavin’ Blogs

Retired teacher (San Francisco, 1969–2003); Returned Peace Corps Volunteer (Mauritania, 2003–2005); public speaker, artist, writer, traveler, world citizen