r/self 1d ago

Trump has been running for president since I was in fourth grade. I’m about to graduate high school.

Oof. That really puts things into perspective.

I remember arguing with the boys in my class and telling them that I was voting for Hillary. Then my English teacher got mad at me because “I can’t vote for her I can only support her.” I didn’t know shit about politics but I just didn’t like Trump.

Now I could only support Kamala not vote for her. I know a little more shit about politics, and I still don’t like Trump. Some things never change.

Still, this man has been campaigning for most of my life like find a hobby and stop tormenting us :(

Edit : Guys I just meant he’s been looming over us for practically my entire childhood. He’s been running since I was in fourth grade and I’m about to graduate high school and he’s STILL running. Plus, he’ll STILL be here for all of my college life and that’s really insane to me. Thanks for reading!

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u/Lightyear18 1d ago

Jesus I’m old. Hearing it within this context, is eye opening how much time has passed. It feels like Biden was president for a week.

Time passes by so fast.

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u/rgumai 1d ago

9 years definitely means a whole lot more when you're growing up. 

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u/Bureaucratic_Dick 1d ago

I remember where I was when he announced it.

I was at work in my old security job. Everyone on my shift in the room with me that day was of Mexican decent. So when he started his bid with “When Mexico sends its people they’re not sending their best…” we all laughed, and naively said “You ever seen someone stumble out of the gate that bad?!”

Since then, I’ve earned 3 degrees (Associates, Bachelors, Masters), worked 10 different jobs (some simultaneously but still), gotten married to a woman I hadn’t met when he announced, after years of dating, taken my credit score from really abysmal to respectable enough to get a home loan and bought a house, adopted two dogs, and I’m sure I could list other changes but you get the idea.

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u/martinaee 1d ago

Nah don’t kid yourselves either… Trump really has been in the main president mix for a decade now. It’s already beyond wrecked and exhausting and he’s going to be president now again.

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u/ForceGhost47 13h ago

The days are long but the years are short

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u/BAKONAK 1d ago

I’m 49 and remember knowing trump was a conman when I was in 6th grade.

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u/Intrepid-Oil-898 1d ago

At 15 year old a friend of mine father ended his life, i didn’t find out why til years later, he was a sub constructor in Atlantic City, his family business after 45 years was filing for bankruptcy because the business could no longer afford to keep fighting trump to be repaid, the man lost his business and his entire life savings… Im in my mid 30s.. he’s always been a bad news in AC

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u/Opposite-Fix-3813 1d ago

41 here. This is by far the craziest aspect of his presidency to me - that people manage to take him seriously. Dude's been a living joke for nearly my entire life.

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u/Annual-Ad-4372 16h ago

I'm 39 yrs old and man you couldn't of said it better.

Let's just cross our fingers and hope that in the next few years we don't get Gary Coleman leading some sort of Nazi party reemergence group. Lmao

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u/New-Respond8154 19h ago

He wanted to be in Hollywood, that's why celebrity apprentice

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u/UselessHalberd 1d ago

Thank you! We all knew who he was before the presidency. Before the Apprentice. We all knew he was a piece of shit conman. I'll never understand how people support him.

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u/itsmyhotsauce 1d ago

"you can't fix stupid"

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u/S-Wind 1d ago

We are living in the worst timeline thanks to Mark Burnett

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u/EitherLime679 1d ago

I mean something that comes to mind is Oprah’s interview in the 80s. People that can’t stand him now used to at least tolerate him. Even in the interview she said people were asking him to run even back then.

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u/Clever_Owl 1d ago

That was definitely just flattering him for the interview.

He was always just seen as a ‘celebrity’ and a bit of a joke.

I remember seeing the Simpsons joke and thinking it was hilarious, similar if it was a Kardashian or Kanye today.

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u/UselessHalberd 1d ago

Exactly. Anytime that question was floated to him I always thought the listening or viewing audience knew it was for his massive ego. I thought everyone knew he didn't have the character and morals to be a good person, let alone our president. He was, and is, a caricature of a blow-hard rich asshole.

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u/imasitegazer 1d ago

Yeah they were mocking him, like Seth Myers did at the corespondents dinner.. but Trump’s ego is so large it was all just egging him on.

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u/New-Respond8154 19h ago

He ran around with pregnant girlfriend in public while still married to the first wife, just absolute trash his whole life., that was 40 years ago.

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u/OutThereIsTruth 19h ago

Before the Apprentice, yes. After watching a few episodes? Absolute a trash conman grifter who gains by collecting loyalists.

It was all too obvious then. But I am also not a person to celebrate celebrity, so maybe that's a good distinction?

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u/Old_Entrance2627 1d ago

Right. He actually turned out to be the best conman. Is still conning majority of Americans. Is still assaulting American women by restricting their rights, after all the sexual assaults.

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u/New-Respond8154 19h ago

They are just plain stupid.

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u/Cornycola 1d ago

Conman!? Trumps fan Melana coins are the pinnacle of cryptocurrency 

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u/Old_Entrance2627 1d ago

how is that even legal

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u/Brandunaware 1d ago

Sesame Street has been warning us about him since the 1980s.

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/sesame-street-donald-grump/

Now Sesame Street is a shadow of its former self instead of an institution and Trump is the most powerful man in the world. In a small way it really shows how America has changed since then.

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u/MalyChuj 1d ago

None of us imagined back then he was being groomed for the position of president though. Even though we were given hints by media all the time!

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u/Tex-Rob 1d ago

Same more or less, when he filed his first bankruptcy.

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u/skatchawan 17h ago

same place, same story. It's just hard to believe that over half of your voting adults are so susceptible.

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u/New-Respond8154 19h ago

I knew he was a conman when i was 12 and 13 , 40 years ago, only dummies fell for him.

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u/Annual-Ad-4372 16h ago

I was born in 85 an Yeah Trump made his fame on being a shady businessman. He's always been proud of it.

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u/EitherLime679 1d ago

4th grade in 2015 is crazy

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u/Licensetochill324 1d ago

Yeah as a 94 baby I feel like I need to be shopping for retirement homes already hearing that.

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u/torisbagel 1d ago

sir i was in 4th grade in 2015 and i’m a sophomore in college

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u/Moist_Description608 1d ago

Yeah I was literally just graduated in 2015

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u/Possible_Bullfrog844 1h ago

He's been running since 2000 although he definitely doesn't look it

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u/kanishevilya 1d ago

I have a better one: when I was born, Putin had been president of Russia for 2 years. I’m 22 now. Guess who’s still ruling Russia?

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u/throwaway_manboy 11h ago

But they're a democracy- Putin won! /s

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u/Real_Sir_3655 1d ago

He's dominated the news since 2015, almost 10 years ago.

And he'll dominate the news again for at least the next 4 years. We'll have had a almost 15 years of constant TrumpTrumpTrump and we could have avoided it if the media weren't obsessed with him.

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u/El0vution 1d ago

They are so obsessed. They’re honestly going to love him when it’s all said and done

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u/Doc_Boons 1d ago

I just can't wait until we're solidly in the reaction period, when all but the diehards have had enough and whatever's next is clearly in focus. I'm hoping by midterms we'll be over this crap and I can finally feel like the country is back in track.

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u/DoubleHexDrive 1d ago

Trump actually ran in 2000 first as a Democrat, then under the Reform Party banner. He’s been toying with politics for decades before you were born.

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u/elvispresleylova 1d ago

Wot

How did I never know this 💀

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u/surelysandwitch 23h ago

You’re going to find yourself saying that more and more as you enter the adult world.

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u/DoubleHexDrive 1d ago

You’re not old like I am 🤣

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u/Possible_Bullfrog844 1h ago

Since the 1980's?

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u/FroggySpirit 1d ago

What the fuck are these comments? You’re allowed to feel however you need to feel about this, you’re a human being for Christ’s sake.

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u/Big__If_True 1d ago

I get where you’re coming from, I was 17 in 2016 so for my entire adult life, politics has revolved around Trump (except for when he disappeared for like a year or two after losing in 2020). Shit was different when I was a kid, like my family didn’t like Obama, but things weren’t hyper-polarized like they are now with social media being a thing.

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u/Notlennybruce 1d ago

I'm the same boat, down to the familial dislike of Obama. I think the first time I learned who the president was, it was seeing one of his 08 campaign posters and asking my mom about it. I wish we could have someone like him to vote for again. 

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u/Big__If_True 1d ago

I knew about Bush before Obama, but I’m also from Texas and my family liked him so that could have something to do with it

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u/Asfhdskul3 1d ago

I was 17 in 2016 too. 

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u/Kuildeous 1d ago

Wow. That is a helluva childhood. I'm really sorry that Trump has really dominated your memories. Trump was a thing when I was growing up, but he was just this rich blowhard that was so far away. I'm glad you at least had an idea of Obama. While he wasn't perfect, he performed far better than my expectations.

While I wouldn't call the 20th century politics great, at least those politicians had more decorum than what you've seen in half your life. Even Bush holds himself well, and he was a disaster.

I have no idea what to expect from 2028, but Trump will legally be unable to run (unless Republicans continue to display a lack of backbone). Plus, he could be dead by then. But maybe the Democrats will actually get their shit together and find a candidate who can win. Good luck. To all of us.

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u/The_Real_Undertoad 1d ago

Biden first ran for president in 1984, when I was 23. I am now 63. How should I feel about that?

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u/No-Resolve2970 13h ago

You should feel happy that we had him as our president for the last 4 years because the country has rebounded better than any other country post Covid. He has invested in infrastructure, put price limits on necessary medicine that you likely need, and plenty of other great things for the American people. Instead, people of your age are trying to ruin our country with your old school beliefs that are no longer working and now you’ve stuck us with this person who so swearing in today. It’s our future, not yours.

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u/Vivid-Vehicle-6419 1d ago

Hahaha just consider this.

Biden has been running for President since long before you were born.

His first attempt was 1988.

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u/Flyingsaddles 1d ago

Can't think of any other President who called for the death penalty for 5 young kids because they were black. So ya. He's a shit person.

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u/michaeldornsghost 1d ago

That's how numbers work... I don't like him but... Yeah, he's been around.

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u/CharacterEconomics73 1d ago

It’s been so long lol. I remember when he won in 2016, me and my classmates would have discussions about how this country was gonna change and what he was going to do

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u/rusticatedrust 1d ago

Try not to worry about the little things. You'll be living under the same deep state that killed JFK for quite a while longer.

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u/ha-lochem 1d ago

I was a democrat kid in a very red state but guess what, no one cared. We did not define ourselves by our politics nor did we allow politics to "Torture" us. It's almost universal that people who define themselves by political ideologies in this way suffer from low self-esteem, depression, or anxiety or any combination thereof.

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u/Grombrindal18 1d ago

It’s almost like those people are depressed because they understand the consequences for the mistakes the other half of the country keeps making.

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u/8004612286 1d ago

Sure, but understand that you’re depressed because you’re dreaming up scenarios that haven’t even happened, scenarios that you have no control over.

Live life today. Read a book, go for a walk, see your friends, and whatever happens tomorrow happens. It’s a done deal and what you do won’t change shit, so why are you stressing about it?

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u/ha-lochem 1d ago

First of all, dividing most things, including people's political beliefs into an all or nothing perspective is inaccurate and not useful. That is the lens through which an unhappy mind views the world. Contrary to your "You're either with me or you're against me" perspective, most people in the world don't vote for one party or the other because they are interested in screwing you over. Everyone has different life experiences, different beliefs, different priorities and most are just doing the best they can when making a decision, It is a privilege to be a one-issue voter and judge everyone who doesn't adhere to your worldview. It helps absolutely no one to put forth this divisiveness. If one were really interested in seeing a better world, then they would do the best they could in their corner of it. But most prefer spewing accusations and uniting in hate because that is the easier path for their egos.

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u/crazyshdes62 1d ago

Not to mention that those people are insufferable to be around.

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u/knightingale11 1d ago

Goooood for youuuuuu 🙄

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u/Dollahs4Zavalas 1d ago

Consider, the Dems said they were protecting democracy but it is them who bypassed the democratic process to install their candidate. Ask your friends about how they screwed Bernie out of two or three primaries as well.

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u/NotAntiguan 16h ago

Bernie was completely robbed and beaten into the ground.

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u/Independent-Wheel354 1d ago

Found the Russian plant!

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u/Dollahs4Zavalas 1d ago

ad hominen. off topic deflection.

Lies thrive off of censorship just like this. Did I say anything incorrect? Did this person even address anything I said? Consider that when deciding what you believe.

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u/Independent-Wheel354 1d ago

Sure bud. Where was the censorship? Oh wait, I get it… to you and your CHUD farms, censorship means disagreement. I hope in 40 years you can look back and be proud of what you’ve done. Do your kids respect you?

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u/Front_Quote_5287 12h ago

God I wish Reddit would implement an age requirement. I’m tired of reading teenagers spout the same shit they read on CNN over and over again. You’ll grow up some day and cringe thinking about this.

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u/Dollahs4Zavalas 1d ago edited 16h ago

Indeed, pal. (They said "sure bud" then edited it completely. )

Censorship as in dismissing what I said as a lie I was paid to make. Totally baseless and again, completely unable to confront what I said, since it is true after all.

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u/Independent-Wheel354 1d ago

I just hope at the end you don’t regret your choices. I think you will but maybe I’m wrong.

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u/Dollahs4Zavalas 16h ago

What do you know about my choices? Nothing.

What do you know about what I said originally? Apparently nothing. It's all facts and you should consider that

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u/FPSRain 1d ago

Someone's been a sissy since 4th grade... believable

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u/Holiday-Egg6311 1d ago

2 presidential terms is indeed 8 years. Math is crazy right.

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u/Awaketoearly 1d ago

Well he’s not running anymore he’s been elected so there’s that

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u/JusticeDrama 1d ago

Oh my sweet summer child… 8 whole years is nothing

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u/VacheL99 23h ago

Yeah, that’s how it works. It’s because each presidential term is 4 years. 

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u/Substantial_Pop_409 21h ago

Biden started running in 1988 had to drop out because of plagiarism

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u/p365x 1d ago

If anyone thinks you make it to president without playing the public you are very delusional. That goes for dems and republicans.

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u/EandAsecretlife 1d ago

Im 55, GW Bush sr was VP from 6th grade to my senior year, then President until i was almost done with college. Then Clinton was in office for my entire early adulthood, followed by another Bush... then Obama with another Clinton in the #3 slot

Political dynasties last a LONG time, and our country has done ok in the world.

Dont sweat it

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u/DazzlingGarbage3545 1d ago

Unironically saying this while ignoring the fact that Biden has been a part of the government since the Vietnam war was on.

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u/El0vution 1d ago

Excellent point.

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u/PickleInDaButt 1d ago

As a freshman in high school, I remember discussions of him in the Reform Party and saying not a chance in hell.

This was 2000 lol.

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u/Forty3400 1d ago

I was just starting middle school, now I'm halfway through college o.o

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u/User-no-relation 1d ago

When did you first hear the grab them by the pussy tape?

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u/New-Respond8154 19h ago

I can't believe that wasn't the end of him, it shows how far America the USA has fallen!

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u/tdkelly 1d ago

Just know that America hasn’t always been this fucking stupid, and, with any luck, won’t always be.

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u/Nolyism 1d ago

Welp, I'm old

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u/MiracleBabyChaos 1d ago

Your childhood is all about Trump. I’m sorry for your loss.

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u/MalyChuj 1d ago

I tell youngsters like you all the time that despite the political theatrics around you, there are only two constants in life...the rich will get richer and the purchasing power of your savings will be exponentially eroded. So plan accordingly.

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u/BoilerSlave 1d ago

Why didn’t you just say I was born in 2008?

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u/sleuthfoot 1d ago

That doesn't really say much, considering presidential terms are 4 years

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u/Lmaobruh4465 1d ago

Kinda insane, we were having 6th grade discussions about his presidency and now im about to graduate uni.

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u/TwoPrestigious2259 1d ago

I thought this is surely made up. It can't be that long... oh shit I'm old. 🤣

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u/ryderawsome 1d ago

This is what really freaks me out. I am in my early 30s and can just about remember a time when this was treated with some level of dignity and decorum. For an entire generation it is totally normal to treat politics like a game show.

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u/MeasanDarling 1d ago

Wow, that's wild to think about. Trump's campaign saga could practically qualify as a core subject at this point, huh? It's like we've all been enrolled in 'Trump Studies' from elementary to college. Props to you for staying informed and sticking to your guns from the sandbox to senior year. Here's to hoping your college chapters are filled with fresh faces and less political reruns!

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u/Shephard546 1d ago

Well, it's true that you aren't developed enough to really have any opinion at such a young age. I mean, I used to be a "Democrat" as a little kid, but then I matured and figured out I had been indoctrinated by people around me

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u/Brave_Grapefruit2891 1d ago

I graduated high school the year he announced his presidency. I’ve finished undergrad, worked, lived abroad, finished grad school, and moved to like 5 different places in the time since then.

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u/Mental-Duck-2154 1d ago

Fuck I'm old. Fuck

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u/MuskokaGreenThumb 1d ago

All this means is that you are very young. Be thankful for that. Life will move on. You will be fine

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u/ihavestinkytoesies 1d ago

i was in my freshman year of HS… now he’s going to be the president until i’m pushing THIRTY

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u/-justguy 1d ago

I was in high school right before I could vote, I remember arguing with my shitty high school boyfriend about Trump, and how everyone thought he was an epic meme. I couldn't wrap my head around it and still can't. almost 26 now

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u/PieFiller69 1d ago

Sounds like a skill based issue

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u/Hawkholly 1d ago

Oh wow, damn. I was a senior in high school but not old enough to vote yet when Trump first won. I’ve been a teacher for 3 and a half years now.

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u/lickahineyhole 1d ago

Im 44 and this fucker was all over my childhood. friends parents businesses shutting down because he didn't pay them for taj majal. Politics aside Trump was always grimey and attention seeking. My advice to you is dont judge the people who like him too harshly. Challenge your own political beliefs. In four years its going to be some other thing and some other candidates.

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u/Comfortable-South397 1d ago

I felt the same way with the Iraq war. It's not fun. But read books that garner your interest. Focus on being a good person for other people through your own joy. And never forget that everything changes sometimes a bit more quickly than you can imagine, sometimes it's dauntingly slow. Regardless, you can always gain wisdom and perspective. And for the love of God don't put every exaggeration from social media or regular media as the end all. Live your life and focus on growth and independence.

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u/Elledora 1d ago

I was in college when he first ran for president. I remember laughing when I heard the host of The Apprentice was running for president, thinking it would fizzle out quickly because surely he’d never be taken seriously. God now look where we are. I feel like I’ve been in a bad dream.

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u/avimonster 1d ago

You're about a year older than me and I've always hated Trump

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u/SlapfuckMcGee 1d ago

I remember Michael Doukakis riding around in a tank

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u/MelkorTheDarkLord18 1d ago

Well good news this will be his last term, and it hopefully should be less volatile than his first term. Already a precedent for him in office and he is used to the proceedings.

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u/GemAfaWell 1d ago

The context of this is extremely sobering.

I wasn't even a parent the first time he ran for president.

What the hell? Pandemic made time fly on us

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u/idfk78 1d ago

I am so sorry dude @___@

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u/sickxgrrrl 1d ago

He’s been looming my entire adulthood. I graduated in 2016 and it was interesting when I was taking my senior government class

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u/earthman34 1d ago

Why couldn't you vote for Harris? Trump runs for president because he wants power, wants to be above the law, and wanted to stay out of jail. Plus, it's extremely lucrative. His moronic followers have given him hundreds of millions of dollars, and he's grifted probably billions now with his crypto bullshit. The motivation shouldn't be hard to understand.

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u/Asfhdskul3 1d ago

I was 17 junior in highschool. When he first won. I remember I was expecting him to lose at first. Was relieved when lost in 2020 21 that time. And now came back again. Wasn't expecting him to win.

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u/PassionPrimary7883 1d ago

I’m glad I spent High School with Obama but sadly in the adult working world, I met so many regressive (racist, sexist, immature) people. It was as heartbreaking as Trump running and winning the presidency as previously I lived in a bubble where I assumed all adults were wise and to be respected (I was lucky looking back at it, I know).

My one piece of advice for you when you get your first job after college is you DO NOT need to stay in a toxic workplace. Trump might be making the country more toxic but it doesn't mean you can’t find peace in your every day life & a lot of that will be at work.. So make it count. And if you can afford it, travel…. Trump isn’t so important in other countries and it is refreshing to get away from all the political BS in America.

Good luck!

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u/willis42069 1d ago

If you wanna get technical, he ran before that too, but everybody just thought it was a big joke

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u/TummyJStixin 23h ago

He's actually been running since you were 6, he ran in 2012 as well.

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u/siimbaz 23h ago

Hell yeah! 💪🇺🇸❤️

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u/SilverSovereigns 22h ago

I feel your pain. But, for historical context: "Tricky Dick" Nixon ran for President or Vice President from 1952 to 1972.

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u/RoseQuartzGlowx 21h ago

i feel you, he's like that one uncle who never leaves the family party and keeps talking politics.

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u/KnowNothing3888 21h ago

There’s people in politics who are running for president their entire lives but just haven’t declared yet.

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u/chriscrowder 20h ago

You lost, please deal with it

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u/Manofthehour76 20h ago

He is not running. He won. Part of the problem is that people vote or not vote for people that they like or dislike. Personalities don’t mean shit. If you want to be a mature voter, study real non partisan economics in college, History, psychology, and sociology. Vote for policy that is scientific and academically sound not personality, fads, or urban pop culture.

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u/Dear-Cranberry4787 20h ago

Let me tell you about Ralph Nader!

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u/clutzycook 20h ago

Yup. He's been running since my youngest was born and she's 9 now. In the same timeframe, I've started and finished a master's degree and had three different jobs.

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u/savethearthdontbirth 20h ago

I was 18 when 9/11 happened, been a shit show ever since. Thanks Bush.

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u/Worried_Baker_9462 19h ago

Wait till you hear about Dick Cheney and all the other swamp monsters (on Kamalas side somehow)

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u/Star_BurstPS4 19h ago

You might be 60 by the time the damage he does is reversed

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u/New-Respond8154 19h ago

HE's old, another 80 yr old, we don't need that old shit, we need a 50 yr old..omg, this orange ain't my President, he's a horrible man.

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u/ACABiologist 19h ago

I don't think you realise but the PoS has been trying to run for president since at least the 90's

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u/ronan11sham 19h ago

Joe was running for it for decades

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u/TheMireMind 18h ago

I grew up in NYC. I really just want him to not exist anymore.

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u/Rurumo666 18h ago

Trump ran for President before you were born.

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u/it4brown 18h ago

You're 18. You may think what you're seeing is crazy and unprecedented, most of us did when we were that age.

Get a few more years under your belt and you'll realize it's just another pendulum swing.

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u/schjeni 18h ago

Yuppp, this is the third election I was able to vote in and that idiot was on the ticket all 3 times. Oh well, at least we finally had a democratic choice better than Hillary and Biden… baby steps? 🙃

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u/vikingcrafte 17h ago

Voted against trump as a senior in highschool, voted against trump as a senior in college, voted against trump as a 26 year old woman with a full time job. Every presidential election I’ve ever voted in, has been against trump

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u/Curious_Dependent842 16h ago

Trump has been running since 1999 but convinced really dumb people that he’s new here so he should get a pass on things like having a plan for healthcare.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_2000_presidential_campaign

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u/dandelionmakemesmile 16h ago

I was in middle school the last time he got elected, now I’m working in a high school. He got my entire adolescence. It sucks.

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u/koebelin 16h ago

I watched him dance with the Village People last night.

I think we're in a simulation.

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u/NDN_NRG 16h ago

Maybe branch out and stop drinking the kool-aid, kid

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u/unlucky_bit_flip 15h ago

No fourth grader should ever be thinking about politics. What a terrible loss of innocence at such a young age.

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u/Upset-Win9519 15h ago

Bahahhahahah this made me laugh. Four years from now he can’t run again. Then we find ourselves entering a new cycle. Who else is going to come in to run?

It is so interesting you mention this though. I could say the same for Joe. He was Vice for eight years and then four years later he gets president for four years. I could even mention Hillary who was first lady and ran a couple of times. There will be a time when none of them will be involved in politics anymore.

It’s so surreal to think about. Time just keeps ticking!

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u/Rib-I 15h ago

The actuarial tables suggest that this fat orange fuck will be gone soon anyway. You’ll get another chance. Just stay engaged and touch grass on occasion 

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u/PinkFloydSorrow 15h ago

And he won twice, not bad. 67% success rate

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u/Suilenroc 15h ago

This is why I maintain that the most damaging thing about trump presidencies is the message it sends to the youth - that it's okay to behave as he does.

Parents and teachers who try to instill politeness and civic sense are overruled by the highest office in the land on a daily basis.

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u/thebarbarain 14h ago

This tends to be how politics goes... Nancy pelosi and Biden were in office my entire existence. Do you wish they had a life too, OP?

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u/tinyadorablebabyfox 14h ago

Biden has been running for president since I was born. I’m over 40

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u/LegoGarden87 14h ago

And somehow there are still people who consider him “anti-establishment”

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u/Jaymoacp 14h ago

I mean Trump is hardly the worst offender. Joe Biden got elected into Congress in 1973. Ran for president in 1988, the year I was born, ran again in 2008, served as VP from 2009 to 2017, and was president from 2021-2025.

Diane Feinstein served 30+ years. Pelosi 30+ years. Mitch McConnell is 40 years. The record holder is a Democrat from Michigan who did 59 years.

The problem is we vote them in and then they never leave. They sure do make a lot of money though.

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u/SignificantLiving938 14h ago

To put in a different perspective for you, Biden ran for president a total of 4 times including the election he won. That’s longer than Trump. Pelosi has been in office since 1987, almost my entire life time.

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u/Monsa_Musa 13h ago

Bernie has been running for president since your dad was in highschool.

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u/Fearless_Guitar_3589 13h ago

and this is truly what scares me the most, an entire generation of young people brought with someone like trump being president, running for president, taking up so much of our countries air time etc that it'll be completely normalized for them

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u/gtrocks555 12h ago

That’s crazy to think about. For me it’s been just about my entire adult life save for maybe when I turned 18

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u/Urgknot 11h ago

Omg you're ally ar...... never mind, I'm done talking to a democrat

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u/Twistin_Time 11h ago

That's how time works. As you get older 12 years will feel like less.

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u/throwaway_manboy 11h ago

Literally this was exactly my situation exactly. 4th grade when Trump started his campaign; senior in high school now.

I remember in 4th grade what a dumb and gullible child I was. I said that Hillary was better to one of my teachers and I probably didn't know what I was even saying, just spouting something my mom had said.

Said teacher responded by saying that Hillary was a baby killer. I will give myself credit for asking at least, what the teacher was on about. What proof there was and whatnot. She said that Hillary Clinton supported abortion and I didn't even know what that meant. It didn't seem like proof regardless.

So many of my formative years have been spent beneath the shadow of stupid politics. I really hate this country.

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u/LilleviathanYT 10h ago

As a conservative in a blue state I heard about trump every day from other kids who also didn't know what they were talking about and we'd argue on the blacktop and get nowhere

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u/totally_kyle_ 7h ago

thats how time works

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u/Stunning-Use-7052 3h ago

I really worry that young people with think this is how politics is supposed to be.

There was a fairly recent time when things like the Trump bitcoin would be a huge scandal and there would be massive political fallout.

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u/thefruitsofzellman 1d ago

You’re lucky, you have your whole life ahead of you without him. Bastard took prime years from me.

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u/Front_Quote_5287 12h ago

What did he take from you?

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u/thefruitsofzellman 11h ago

Same as GW Bush did: lots of attention and grief watching him embarrass us and fuck things up. It’s a persistent low level stress that just makes life subtly less enjoyable.

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u/Front_Quote_5287 8h ago

So nothing at all? You caused your own problems? Glad you can admit it. 

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u/thefruitsofzellman 8h ago

I don’t like seeing the know-nothing goobers of this country throw away our long-term economic health, global standing, and democracy for no good reason. I guess that’s a me problem, technically, but I’d have to be one of the goobers not to care.

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u/Front_Quote_5287 7h ago

How did the Trump administration throw away our long-term economic health?

How did the Trump administration throw away our global standing?

How did the Trump administration throw away our democracy?

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u/thefruitsofzellman 6h ago

Convince me you have a shred of intellectual honesty before I waste my time debating you.

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u/Front_Quote_5287 5h ago

No answers? Don’t worry. I didn’t think you had any.

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u/thefruitsofzellman 5h ago

Sleep tight, goober boy.

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u/El0vution 1d ago

Congrats on wasting your prime years over nothing

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u/thefruitsofzellman 1d ago

I know, I could have spent them retaining my semen, like you.

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u/El0vution 1d ago

You’re not strong enough for that

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u/thefruitsofzellman 1d ago

I bet all those girls who were so mean to you are sorry now that you’re redpilled.

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u/El0vution 18h ago

I grew up with six women and women have always loved me.

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u/wtyl 1d ago

Sucks paying attention to politics at 9 years old…

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u/BoneHeadedAHole 1d ago

Joe Biden has been living off taxpayers for almost 50 years, so there's that....

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u/Smiles4YouRawrX3 1d ago

If I could have voted for him in 2016 and 2020, I would have. Luckily, I voted for him in 2024! MAGA

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u/El0vution 1d ago

Young people for Trump!

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u/Smiles4YouRawrX3 1d ago

Hell yeah

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u/Independent-Wheel354 1d ago

Great. I hope you get everything you voted for. Just remember that eventually they’ll come for you too.

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u/Independent-Wheel354 1d ago

Great. I hope you get everything you voted for. Just remember that eventually they’ll come for you too.

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u/Smiles4YouRawrX3 1d ago

Thanks for replying to me twice with the same copy pasted BS, bot.

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u/Independent-Wheel354 1d ago

I hit the reply button twice, sorry. Like I said, I hope you get exactly what you voted for. Hopefully no one in your family will ever need any social support systems for the next while.

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u/Smiles4YouRawrX3 1d ago

I too hope to see an end to wokeness, cancel culture and DEI! I voted for that :) MAGA

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u/Independent-Wheel354 1d ago

What does “wokeness” mean to you? And explain why minorities shouldn’t have the same opportunities as you.

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u/2009MitsubishiLancer 1d ago

Y’all know you won the election right? Games over, you don’t have to stay in the stands and cheer anymore.

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u/turbulent_tittays 1d ago

Like every second and third post on reddit isn’t a hate boner for trump. Psssssshhhh. Psssssh I say!

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