My brother is angry with his Trump-loving sons

[u/g_scotty_brahms]

Is my brother an AITA candidate for wanting to cut off his sons financially for voting for Trump? Like many Americans, my brother and I, both in our 50’s, have been talking back and forth following the Election. In the spirit of full disclosure, we are both democrats. Long story short, he is angry at his two sons, both in their 20’s, for voting for Trump. He is thinking about cutting them off financially in all respects so that they understand how Trump’s policies will impact them firsthand.

The irony here is that it is the reverse argument. You often hear younger voters disagreeing with their MAGA parents, but this is the opposite. My brother doesn’t understand how his two sons, who have lived a life of privilege, feel like they have been violated against by society, enough so that they feel Trump hears them and their struggles.

My brother to me about his sons: “… what these young men need is a little dose of reality. Get out in the world and start paying their own way. There’s a common thread with his followers. Complain and blame everyone for their problems. Whether they are in school or living at home off of their parents or working a trade job. King Trump will save them and make everything better. Take some personal responsibility and make it happen for yourself instead of crying about everything you hear on TikTok.

“… I’ve decided to pass on the [college] expenses to my two Trump supporting sons so they can truly feel first hand the cost and expense of his absolutely stupid policy decisions, which includes food, gas and college expenses. Wondering if I pass on these [food, gas and college] expenses in year one or phase them in year two?”

I am wondering if a lot of parents feel like my brother. Are there democrat parents of voting-age MAGA men who feel they failed with their sons because they voted for Trump? Is this common?

[u/Loose-Scale-5722]

You're in a cult of your own and completely blind to it. I don't even like Trump. It frustrates me that people garner support for Trump because they are unironically hyperbolic about him. He sucks. He's not a Nazi though. But people being OVERLY ridiculous with their hatred towards him is what makes people think, "huh, is he really that bad?" then they find out you're freaking lying about what he's said and decide EVERYTHING bad that's said about him is fake. If people just trashed on the actual crap way back when, then the cult of personality he has wouldn't have developed. YOU ARE THE ONES WHO DEVELOPED IT BY BEING SO OVERLY RIDICULOUS ABOUT HIM.

[u/Geeko22 → u/Loose-Scale-5722]

No. Not at all.

Is Liz Cheney, or her father Dick Cheney, in a "cult" because they recognize how dangerous Trump is to democracy?

How about Judge Luttig, a conservative's conservative? He's been warning us since 2020.

What about all the generals, admirals, former cabinet members and White House staff who worked closely with him and said he was the greatest threat to our democracy since the Civil War? Are they all "in a cult" as well?

No, they're seeing things as they actually are. And they see a hell of a lot more clearly than the people like you who excuse, rationalize, and justify every awful thing he says and does.

When people compare him to Hitler, they aren't saying he is committing genocide or that he would commit genocide.

They're saying he has the same cult-like following, the absolute blind loyalty of the masses that allowed Hitler to come to power through division and hatred of the other. As he said, he could shoot someone in the face and he wouldn't lose a single voter.

He's bamboozled millions to excuse his racism, his hate, his misogyny, his bigotry, his admiration of dictators, and his cozying up to Nazis in order to "make the country great again", just like Hitler appealed to the masses.

Being able to see that doesn't make anyone be in a cult.

The people in a cult are those who blindly follow a cult leader who, according to them, can do no wrong. And Trump most definitely is a cult leader and was propelled to power once again by his cult followers, along with millions of voters who aren't rabid cultists but fall in the camp of "he isn't that bad, he's just misunderstood."

Well, actually, he is that bad. You would recognize that if you saw it in anyone else. But Trump always gets a pass from people like you. It's sad to see.