I was against the needless , endless , unnecessary and unjust wars that bush started . I ' m no leftie , but I was happy to see the protesters out on the street under bush , opposing the war . I lived in NYC at the time , and there were constant antiwar protests . but then Obama got elected , and the number of deaths in these unjust , unnecessary and endless wars tripled in civilian deaths AND US military deaths , Obama expanded the unconstitutional Patriot Act , and more than doubled the size and scope of the intrusive socalled Dept of Homeland security . Obama even took it upon himself to maintain a private kill list in the the oval office , and would order kills on people American citizens included with no oversight , or judicial review allowed . NEVER before in American history has an American president just allowed himself to killatwill fellow American citizens with no legislative or judicial oversight or review . Not to mention , we currently are involved in armed conflicts in 5 countries right now and growing . The wars go on and on under Obama , and yet , the same leftist protesters who were against the wars under Bush , are silent to obama ' s warmongering ways silent about Hillary I ' ll use nukes on Iran and voted for every war funding bill that comes before me Clinton ' s warmongering ways . The protesters are now just trashing , looting , beating and burning about Trump who knows why ? perhaps because he said a rude comment a decade ago ? . Trump has never been a politician , has never sent even one young man to die in a needless war , and he has never taken tax money from out of our pockets , under threat of law , to pass a law because some lobbyist bribed him you can not say that about obama or hillary . I ' m not saying that I know that Trump will be great , but controlling our essentially open border , reducing taxes and renegotiating bad trade bills if he can do all that seem like a better idea than anything the establishment of either party has been up to . I say we give him a chance . In january he ' ll be our President , lets see what he does , and then based on his actual actions as President , we can make judgements . Until then , he has my support . I ' m not saying anyone else has to support him , but at least give him a chance first . Oh , and lastly , this whole you voted for him because youre a racist , or because you hate women or gays etc thing is just silly . I voted for him because he was less corrupt than the opposition , and because his policies were better . In fact , as a Hispanic immigrant myself , I am told that I m supposed to hate him , but I dont . I love America , and I think that we have the best shot under him than the crooked , bribetaker that opposed him . I hope he succeeds .