How do the Republicans in your life rationalize what Trump and MAGA do?

I can’t understand how Trump can say and do one thing one day and the next do the complete opposite while his supporters adapt their new talking points/beliefs.

He’s the candidate of No New Wars and lowering grocery prices. Now we’re justifying why he had to rename it the “Department of War“ and bombing Venezuela is good because of drugs. Tariffs and higher prices are worth the pain because we’ll have more manufacturing or no income tax or whatever the argument is that day.

How do the Republicans in your life deal with completely contradictory positions while still supporting Trump? It would be too much cognitive dissonance for me to rationalize it, but there are still millions who do that I don’t understand.

Posted Dec 6, 2025, 6:25 PM UTC

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