I ' m sure Russia is terrified . <| sep |> Absolutely , and I wish more liberals realized that . or even realize it now . I ' ve tried explaining it a lot , and some people tentatively get it , while others don ' t . However , I will say , related to your point , that I was listening to NPR the other day and Tom Ashbrook I believe was talking to a former GOP senator whose name escapes me was a lady . She talked about this and how we needed to keep people here who were brought in as kids , protect the women and the elderly , deport the dangerous criminals , etc . She had a long list of the things we ought to do and they ' re all things that Obama is already doing . Tom asked her how what she is describing differs from Obama ' s policies and she just started talking about securing the border . To me , and maybe others , this feels like a constantly moving goal post because nobody ever says what they mean by this . What does it mean to secure our borders ? More border patrol ? Because Obama ramped that up as well . Fewer people crossing the border ? That is true as well . Our net immigration from Mexico is effectively zero from what I understand because people are choosing to return home or selfdeport . I ' ve definitely heard a lot of Trump supporters call in and some are people who are fed up and well reasoned , but there are others who just flat out don ' t believe any of these things . One person didn ' t believe that Obama is deporting people at all , nevermind that he has deported far more people than any other president in history . It ' s seriously so bad that it ' s one of the things liberals have really been soured by . That ' s not to say that I think everybody thinks like that who supports Trump . I think he has a few cohorts . The standard bearer republicans of course , who just wouldn ' t vote democrat ever . There ' s the impassioned white middle class voter who feels left out , and then people who are just throwing a hail Mary . I hesitate to make any predictions , but I don ' t think the voters behind him are as fervent as he thinks they may be . I think that a lot of people are taking a chance on him and the hope to see results . If they don ' t get them , then what they do next is anybody ' s guess . Will they be wooed by the Dems ? Become disillusioned and not vote ? split their tickets ? I think it ' s going to be interesting to see it play out . I ' m not excited , and I ' m not terribly optimistic , but I ' m also not all doomy and gloomy like most liberals . When NPR has pundits on who are saying that Roe v . Wade will be gone within a couple years I think that they underestimate the Court ' s deference to precedent and that Chief Justice Roberts wants a legacy others aspire to , one not marred by partisan ideologues . He won ' t want to be known as the Justice who overturned decades of progressive case law on partisan grounds . Hopefully that came across well and not angry , angsty , or otherwise sour internetting doesn ' t always translate well