Quote (Handcuffs @ 10 Nov 2020 23:43)
Whether they're "debunked" or not doesn't really answer the question in the OP though. It doesn't really matter whether coal jobs end up coming back or not. All people can do is weight the two major choices forced upon us every 4 years and decide which one sounds more hopeful. The guy claiming to at least care about coal country and saying that he'll "open the mines" is a lot more promising than a candidate who says they're "going to a put a lot coal miners/companies out of business" or one who says that they're going to "ban fracking".
The piece on foreign policy is a whataboutism that still doesn't address the fact that the United States avoided a new major war throughout virtually all of Trump's campaign. Whether the "troops didn't come back home" or if "more drones were used" is largely irrelevant to this point.
The deficit isn't particularly relevant to most everyday Americans and their lives. They're more concerned with whether or not they have the personal means to support themselves and their families. One can criticize America's individualistic tendencies and certainly be justified in doing so, but again, these post-hoc criticisms and observations don't address the main question brought up in the OP.
His demeanor and manner of speech is also a positive in many people's eyes. They don't see him as a traditional politician and for them this is a strength of Trump's. He speaks in a more "real" way that many people resonate with, and this includes his rhetoric on China.
well it sure makes a difference when talking about motives though: if we acknowledge that most of those 'valid' reasons are obvious lies / empty promises, that leads us to one of two conclusions: either the people voting for him again are too dumb to realise that, or their real reasons are other ones, refer to my previous post.
look, i'm not saying that absolutely every single trump voter is either incredibly dumb / uninformed, or a bigot / susceptible to simplistic and easily debunked fearmongering, propaganda, and conspiracies - but if we're talking about the millions, about the masses, let's not pretend they are more than they willingly tell us themselves through words and actions. after all, personal responsibility and rejecting political correctness are some of their core tenets...