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The mainstream media "fake news" has created a caricature out of Trump. They have taken what he has said out of context, taken soundbites, and not accurately reported what he's said and done. Therefore, it is no surprise to me that you, and many, feel the way you do. I'd be on your side if I believed the caricature version.
Look, I've talked to enough people to realize that we have more in common than not. And what's dividing us are the filters. I listen to Alex Jones, Tucker Carlson, and Joe Rogan. Others (speaking in generalities, not specifically you) may read and listen to MSNBC, Salon, The Atlantic, The Rolling Stones, etc. Fair to say these two categories are not even reporting the same basic information, let alone opinion on the matter.
May I suggest listening and going to these sources that don't agree with you (or you even find very offensive), and see what they have to say. That's why I'm here. I want to connect with people, and see what people I don't necessarily agree with are saying. I don't care what you believe or where you came from.
I realize I didn't exactly answer the question you asked, but if you really are interested in what I think (and I'm no one special) reply and I'd be happy to talk to you.
I don't need any talking heads, "fake news" or otherwise, to tell me what my own eyes and ears saw and heard in the months between election night and January 6th (and in the years since, my conviction has only been strengthened honestly)
Donald Trump is easily the largest threat to American democracy in the 150 years since the civil war, because he's tricking millions and millions of people into not believing in the democratic process itself, and is responsible for the first time in our country's entire history that the peaceful transfer of power (ie, a candidate gracefully losing, which is a core component of a stable democracy) was threatened
I don't give a shit about his policies, his clips, his soundbites, whatever other things you think are being used to unfairly paint him in a bad light, this fact alone makes him wholly unfit to be the leader of the free world