Can someone explain Trump's slogan to me?

Almost everything about the United States has regressed in some peoples opinions.
In particularly the rich getting richer while the poor stay, and get poorer.
Violence, poverty, bigotry, drugs, illegal immigration and many other venues of our nation are vastly out of control.
drugs are a plague in seemingly every major city in the U.S, users being younger and younger as the years pass. Drug addition is a war not easily fought as the drug industry can operate unseen. I can go on, but you get the point.
I live in San Bernardino. When I first we were murder capitol of the world. The amount of murders has only grown since then. We have some of the most violent cities in the world with some of the most drug problems. There are other countries with higher murder rates but that our murder rates in a world power and rich nation like ours can compete for murder and violence states with third world countries begs for change.
The facts are that in in many major cities it is easier for the youth to get illegal drugs over GOOD health care, or that it is easier to get guns and ammo than it is to get jobs and careers. Or the fact that at least in So.Cal. for every American working at an entry level position industrial job there is around a dozen or so migrants working. there. The fact that an American can lose his job for not being fluent in a different language is sad but true.
American veterans who defended our country sleep in gutters and alleyways and push shopping carts while immigrants live in homes and drive suvs
The same meds that cost hundreds of dollars here in the U.S. cost pennies else where. Doctors are quicker to push deadly meds with more deadly side effects than benefits than offer safer, healthier alternative treatments.
Then, we are, for the most part, a war mongering nation.
We have had like 222 years of war out of 239. The same companies that make the weapons of war for the U.s. also manufacturer weapons for it's enemies, making money from death and violence from both sides.
I could go on but i think you get the idea.
I just hope Trump holds up to his hype.

there is no answer to this because the premise of trumps promises are groundless and pointless other than to make people feel good. they can't explain it unless they talk about some ficticious version of america that only worked for white people back in the 1950s but no one will admit that without sounding like a racist. no one will be able to answer this question without resorting to wishful thinking. He certainly will not make it great for most of the people who voted for him. he will for the super rich after he cuts their taxes to %0 as he and paul ryan promised.

I think he means growth over 3%, affordable health care, opportunity for those who want to work, less than 94 million people out of the work force, upward mobility... things like that. The things we lost over the past 8 years.

Basically a lot of people feel that they have been left behind in the way the US has evolved. Like those who used to rely on (for example) manufacturing jobs, as those jobs have left they have felt their opportunities dwindle. That's kind of the core demographic that has felt betrayed by politicians and is happy to see someone speaking directly to them.

america is already great imho. i have seen it a lot worse than it is now.

He is a businessman, so likely all his references to "Great" has to do with his easy access to money.

Ok... answer...
Your second point first - I'm not sure he's referring to any specific point in past history. To me that's a red herring for those attempting to diss him on this.

On the first point - what he means is that there are certain characteristics which made America great... and that have frayed a little bit... and need reinforcing:
1) the idea that Gov't should create roadblocks for people to work
2) the end of judicial mandates, that are interfering with democracy in action
3) restore US military capability and deterrence of the world's bad guys - thus limiting the damage overseas.
4) maybe one of the biggest is the total lack of respect the intelligentsia and government bureaucracies have for democracy, and the people who supposedly employ them... passing down mandates... trying to act as their "betters"
5) Taxes...too high... 'nuff said.
6) A health care system that lowers costs, increase options, and doesn't bankrupt the country...

There's probably more... but that's part of it.

It's a secret code for racists, bigots and xenophobes to rally around.

It's a way of saying "we only like straight white people" that won't get them in trouble with HR.

Check out the latest season of South Park - they explain it just about as perfectly as it can be explained.

Hello again CrazyTheatreGal 26-30, F. Trump has won the presidency with a catchy slogan that appealed to some disillusioned voters, the ones who still bothered to vote. [i]Most disillusioned voters in the US simply don't bother to vote at all.[/i] He has yet to win the minds of Congress. He advised Congress to support Israel's plans to continue establishing new settlements on the West Bank at the UN. The Israeli government reached out to President-elect Donald Trump for help in pressuring the Obama administration to veto a UN Security Council resolution condemning settlement activity. In the past the US has always voted in support of Israel at the UN, but most recently the US abstained from the vote following Obama's directive to respect the two state settlement. Israeli settlement building is widely considered illegal under international law.

[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMqcLUqYqrs] this video explains the first part of your question

It was a campaign slogan, a catchy phase, the people he tried to reach were the ones that thought the previous President had taken America back a step over the previous 8 years.

I think it was to appeal to people who felt President Obama had diminished the country with what was seen on the right as his "apology tour"

None of the points which liberals have used... such as "what time in history" actually reflect the meaning of the slogan.

What it means is that there has been some dimming of American greatness, directly related to some poor choices we have made... either as a country or as an electorate... thus there is a drop in opportunity, in trade imbalances, in morals, military effectiveness... etc. Returning to that greatness is in our power to do so, and better policies (i.e., the one's he's enacting).... will help get us there.

Hello CrazyTheatreGal 26-30, F: I'm not sure I understand what it means either. America is already great by any ordinary measure. Make America Great again is an old Republican chant from the past that was used in Ronald Reagan's 1980 presidential campaign. Perhaps it means that many Americans feel disillusioned at this time and there's no votes in 'Back To Freedom And Dignity'.

trying to respond seriously.... first : I don't know I agree compared to many place this is a great country and has been for years
2nd - I'm guess post world war 2. That's the point in time when most of the world was digging out from under the rubble, literally and the US had the advantage of being intact. Kind of like the varsity high school football team taking on the freshman team.

you are asking the impossible. there is no rational reason to vote for trump. only fear, ignorance, racism, bigotry, lies, and self delusion are the reasons. if you try to understand their thinking you will go insane.

He is referring to years from 50-70's when being white meant relatively easy life. The problem is we can't turn tine back and make majority of other places bending to USA's wimps. Now economically USA is dependent on China for at least 50 years due to debt.

You'll never get the answer you're looking for because there's nothing rational about the way trump supporters think. They don't know what any of that means because they're the most uninformed group of people in presidential election history.

I will reply to your questions.Let me know if you are an immigrant in recent years.

Lets go back to America in the 50's!!! All the ladies get in the kitchen and make me a sandwich! 🙄

I think he wants to bring us to the past. Of the 80's

He stole It from Ronald Reagan