Trump Voters Explain

Pic: Nonqaba waka Msimang

South Korea is where the action is, with Americans and other countries trying to collect some gold medals at the 2018 Winter Olympics.

 
Americans also get questions about their vote.  Donald Trump was elected by the silent majority that flew under the radar because they could not voice their love for the man openly.  It’s been a year since they voted for him on 8 November 2016 and this is what they could probably say about their vote.

Firstly, we have feelings about the United States that we cannot admit in public because we might lose our jobs: church choir master, shop steward, event organizer, software developer, president of our cultural organization or even lose customers.
Secondly, we don’t want to be constantly reminded about the state of the economy, race relations, women as full human beings, who Kim Jong-un is, the difference between South and North Korea, global warming and the Arctic, how American workers lose jobs to offshore workers who don’t have the phrase minimum wage in their vocabulary, healthy school lunches or banks repossessing our homes when we are laid off.

Thirdly, we love fiction. That is why Ronald Regan, an actor famous for cowboy movies was sworn in as the 40th president of the United States of America, on the 21st of January 1985.
   
Life in general is very harsh.  We don’t like our families, neighbors, co-workers and what we see on the street.  That is why the world of fiction is such a good alternative for us.  Before YouTube, Hollywood gave us heroes, who fought the bad guys and made America safe for us.  Who the bad guys are is another topic for debate.

Another example of graduation from the screen to politics is Arnold Schwarzenegger.  The star of movies such as Total Recall became Governor of California from 2003-2011. He was not born on American soil, but that is immaterial.  What matters is that he acted before a camera. 

Donald Trump is part of television history because he was the host of The Apprentice from 2004-2015.  The idea had such a popular appeal, countries all over the world had their own version.
The Apprentice was called a reality show and Donald Trump was the star.  We love television and movie stars, more than people we live with at home.  Therefore, we, the silent Trump majority do not regret our 2016 vote.

By: Nonqaba waka Msimang.




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