"I don't stand by anything."

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(05-05-2017, 10:12 AM)Matt_Crimson Wrote: I guess the question that needs to be asked here is how much do people actually care about what Trump said about Obama? A common statement made by people who voted for Trump was that they wanted to see what he could do for them and their families and didn't care all that much about his personal life and all the crap going around in the media about what he said about "whoever". They cared about him "shaking up Washington".

This whole Obama thing is really a non-issue in my opinion. It's an issue in the sense that he accused Obama of a crime, but I don't believe it's an issue in the sense that those who voted for Trump really care so much that this challenges his credibility as a president. I believe Trump is going to be judged on what he actually gets done as president and issues like this will not be at the forefront.

I feel this is the very thing the left failed to understand during the election and fail to understand now. People didn't vote for Trump because he was a really nice guy that said really nice things. He was a guy that said he'd get things done, and voters took the chance on that.

This is true of his base yes.  And the left didn't have a grasp of this, sure.  But there are independents who voted for Trump and as I mentioned in my post, Trump's credibility there will erode when he doesn't hold himself accountable to his words.  It's not about saying nice things, but actually saying true things.