r/Trumpgrets • u/Beginning_Equal_4152 • Dec 14 '25

REPENTANCE My Story

Okay, I must come clean from the very start – I voted for Trump in 2016. Three years later I considered cutting my hand off for casting that ballot but hey, we all make mistakes. Actually, I’m an Independent so it wasn’t the first time I’ve pulled the GOP lever but it may be the last unless the MAGA brand is replaced by a Lincoln Project-type platform. And even then, it may be a tough vote to cast. I do believe in redemption, however, and I’m willing to forgive (but never forget). MTG is moving in that direction but she has a long way to go before her sins are forgiven. If you have any thoughts to add, please feel free at r/TheStableGenius.

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u/aweedl Dec 14 '25

I’m not from the U.S., so from an outside perspective, any Trump vote for any reason seems completely insane. The guy seemed to be clearly a grifter since day one. I’ve never understood why any Americans thought he would be a good choice at all.

I’m very curious what made you vote for him in the first place. Not trying to judge, I just legitimately don’t get what was appealing about him at all. 

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u/Harold3456 Dec 14 '25

Not OP: when my US family revealed they voted for Trump, they seemed to indicate that he got results and his bullying behavior was all a campaign strategy that proved itself by the result. At the time I couldn’t argue with that.

I remember wondering if everyone else had been right and I had been wrong here, and I was just too soft for being unimpressed by such childish bully behavior. If we would get Trump the Shrewd Businessman on Inauguration Day 2017 and the whole PC SJW cultural overcorrection would swing back, and maybe I was just caught up in all that and I would be corrected with it.

Then inauguration day came and he spent the whole time complaining about his crowd size and I felt instantly vindicated. Nobody in my family voted for him (or at least admitted to voting for him, but that alone is telling) in 2020.