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I'm really just curious: Why do so many people who DON'T live in the United States hate Trump so very much?

I mean, I don't give a flying eff about the leaders of their countries. These folks don't live here, and I just have to wonder if they own some sort of stock that is being affected, or if they just really, really need someone to hate desperately.

What do you think? Regarding foreign Trump hatred, not regarding your own.
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DrWatson · 70-79, M
Because the United States affects other countries more than they affect us. That is why they have a real interest in who our president is, more so that have in who their leaders are. Trump has done things on the international stage that have raised much alarm: disparaging our alliances, praising dictatorial leaders, and imposing tariffs.
4meAndyou · F
@DrWatson I can certainly understand alarm, but not an unending campaign of hatred with hate questions posted here every other day. I just had to block an old Aussie acquaintance from EP because he has apparently lost his mind over Trump.
sttos · 61-69, M
@4meAndyou And there you have identified the true problem engendered by a leader who condones -- even promotes -- violent actions towards any dissent, by his own words: "get'em outta here", "I'd like to punch'im in the face!" etc etc. ... Few people are willing to allow anyone to have a different take on the man, without [i]immediately[/i] coming to blows (figuratively speaking, here, of course) and casting the other person as someone worthy of a pummeling. Does this "elevate our national discourse?
Does anyone remember the First Amendment to our Constitution??
[b]The freedom to speak one's mind, without repercussion, as was faced by all who supported this fledgling nation at it's tenuous inception[/b].
People DIED for that right, @ShekelGoblin, in real life, not some video game! Apparently it's been torn out, because it hasn't been acknowledged by the candidate or by his supporters, seemingly, although they sure expect to USE it when it suits their purpose.
This atmosphere of absolute condemnation of anyone who dissents led to the events that took the life of a protester in Charlotte, and bloodied the noses of American citizens -- [b]American Citizens![/b] -- exercising their DUTY to point out things that are way beyond the pale in our leadership, NO MATTER who that leader is.
This kind of behavior towards our fellow citizens plays directly into the hands of every despot hoping to wipe us off the face of the globe. They don't have to nuke us, they just have to whip up the followers of a man advocating violent responses until we destroy each other!!! Don't you see that??!! No Democratic supporter of ANY candidate has actually wanted to turn the opposition into a bloody pulp -- until now.
We are [i]all[/i] American Citizens, and we don't deserve to be treated this way!

Ok. I'll be quiet now.
4meAndyou · F
@sttos You are very right that we are all American citizens. "get em out of here" is perfectly understandable, because one of the tactics of the far left is to make so much noise at opposition events that speakers cannot be heard by those who actually came to hear them...a direct violation of the right to free speech. Example:

https://www.collegian.psu.edu/opinion/editorials/article_962ee4ce-fd0c-11e5-8174-ebbff6205a5a.html

This method of PREVENTING free speech is a tactic of the far left.

Trump did not say HE would like to punch anyone in the face. Here is the video:

https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/politics/100000004227547/trump-says-he-wants-to-punch-protester.html

In that case (above) the protestor was throwing punches. Trump simply commented that in the old days that guy would have been carried out on a stretcher. You have to listen to what he actually said. I do think that regardless of the violent behavior of the protestor, Trump could have said a lot less and would have been better off, but that is a criticism aimed at him by both the right and the left.

Others, on the left, are less restrained than Trump. Biden, for one, would like to "take Trump outside and beat the crap out of him." Robert de Niro wants to punch him in the face. Johnny Depp wondered aloud when was the last time a president had been assasinated. Madonna wants to blow up the White House. Kathy Griffith held up a copy of his bloody severed head. Is any of that...Normal? Or good?

Your supposition that no one on the far left could have dissented in any legal venue is false. Your assertion that the violence of the far left is solely due to being "whipped up" is false. The passion, the violence, the hatred, are due to the spoiled brat reaction of those who adhere to identity politics and who did not get their own way in the 2016 election. It is the media who have "whipped them up" by slanting their far left pundit opinion shows and calling them news. 90% of CNN, MSNBC, NBC, Huff post and other news is negative toward Trump, but in a ridiculous way obviously false. Comparisons to Hitler, Stalin, and Mussolini abound on these so-called news shows. The Jews are actually highly offended.

Personally, I have a somewhat visceral reaction to Hilary Clinton. She makes me feel a bit ill when I see her, but you had best believe that if she had been elected president I would be behaving myself, and if I were overly bothered I would turn off my tv set until her term was over.

When all is said and done, our political discourse has become VERY passionate. I would almost rather see the passion than the terrible apathy that has left our people in a state of lethargy for the past 20 years.

I will not speculate about the role of George Soros and those of his ilk who are heavily infusing the New York Times and other media with money in order to further his pet agenda of a world without borders of any kind. Buying the media is one way to acheive his goals. The CIA scripts to MSNBC to spread their own agenda.