“Stockholm, Wisconsin Syndrome”
Hey Americans, It’s Safe to Leave Your Abuser
I wasn’t going to write about the election since it gets exhausting. But if you’re like me, you find it increasingly difficult to understand how some of your friends, co-workers, and family members continue to support President Trump. Not because of policy disagreements over everything, although there’s plenty to go around, but because of who Trump is.
Stockholm, Wisconsin is a town of 88 people last time I checked. Almost 70% of them voted for Obama in 2008 and 2012. But most voted for Trump in 2016.
Four years later, it’s time to take an audit of this president before you vote again.
It’s not that everything Trump’s ever done is horrific, although there’s plenty of that to go around, too.
I’m not oblivious to the fact that he got NATO to pay their fair share of expenses defending Europe, despite decades of American presidents asking deaf European nations to pay more. Trump defeated ISIS in Syria. I mean, when’s the last time you even heard of that group since Trump. He brought Israel and numerous Arab countries together. UAE and Bahrain to start, but I have no doubt that we’ll see another four or five peace agreements follow soon. Maybe more.
