How is it possible that there are people in Singapore who are rooting for Trump?
I don’t want to make excuses for Americans who support him, but at least you could attribute part of their support to 1) loyalty to the party, 2) growing socio-economic concerns and racism/misogyny/xenophobia become the manifestations of these fears, and 3) failure of the left to address their issues.
Apart from there being outright racists, misogynists and xenophobes amongst the Republican base, of course.
But why does he have support in Singapore? These people (arguably) have no direct stake in the election, and yet they support a clearly anti-Muslim, anti-Hispanic, anti-Black, male chauvinist, who cheated the system and bragged about not doing his fair bit for society, and who has zero experience in public office.
Yet he has a following???
That, is far more scary to me than Trump getting elected. Because whether Trump wins or not, evidently, there are bigots living amongst us.
Source: Walid J. Abdullah
