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Philadelphia – We both had an early dinner in Center City, so we met Greg about my age. And our conversation is calm and friendly, and as a progressive Democrat, he is very scared and angry in the way President Donald Trump appears to me fiercely at the top.
“If I had to pull a gun on a Republican, that’s what I have to do,” Greg told me. “This is our biggest crossroads since the civil war.”
It wasn’t particularly threatening. He knew I was a Republican who voted for Trump, but I thought he didn’t mean me.
But he meant something like hell.
Greg, who I met in Philadelphia, can’t believe Republicans are happy with President Trump’s performance. (Fox News Digital)
Later that day, we spoke to three students in the sleepy West Philly, a large house on the left so far, where Center City has become more like Texas. I was curious if they had experienced tense relationships with friends and family regarding politics.
“Yes,” one young woman told me, “But I think I’m a good judge, though not often.” The clear message was that anyone who votes for Trump isn’t someone who has anything to do with her or her friends.
Our conversation went short after I asked after telling me that Trump’s Day cut was a big problem for them. At that time they moved to another table. Again, it wasn’t uncomfortable, but it was pointed out.
The pure pace of change under Trump brings his supporters to a thrill, but one bookstore owner seemed terrifying. (Fox News Digital)
Down the block at a charming local bookstore, the owner John was kind enough to find Mary Beard’s book I hadn’t read and talk about a bit of politics.
“It’s a lot of change at once,” he said ominously, reflecting what I’ve heard from many voters.
One thing that almost every Democrat I have spoken about in the City of Brotherhood seems to believe is that there is a big strip of Trump voters out there who must certainly regret voting for Trump.
I saw this attitude “in real time with Bill Maher” over the weekend. Guest Bhatia Unger Sargon shocked him by saying he was not only regretting his vote for Trump, but also pride him.
I was faced with a similar sense of distrust from Greg. This assumption is that Trump’s actions this time are very dramatic, based on something specific from slim.
Flashback: Philadelphia is Kamala Harris’ Alamo, and the neurodemocrats here know it
Or they believe it.
A lot of this comes down to bubbles, and no, it’s not just progressive that they live in. In my small West Virginia town, seeing a Maga hat at Walmart is completely normal, and few people think Trump’s presidency is at stake. So what exactly are the people in Philadelphia and other blue enclaves responding so dramatically to?
One thing I felt from everyone I spoke to was that this repetition of President Trump seemed completely uncontrollable to them. This time there’s no Republican like John McCain who shows he’s lowered his thumb to Trump. There are no members of the Cabinet to encourage detention. This is Trump being unleashed.
The outcome of Trump’s policy does not exist yet, so it is not about the outcome. It’s about the actions themselves.
Even the layoffs of federal workers, tariffs on our allies, friendly approaches to Putin, deporting illegal immigrants, renaming waters in a particular body of water, the “Gulf of America” feels like a personal attack on many Democrats. And there’s nothing they can do to stop it.
At least in the short term, there doesn’t seem to be anything that can burn all the hair on the left side of the progressive.
But amid the overwhelming, unhinged response to Trump among Philadelphia Democrats, I met a Republican, a tourist, who provided a bit of a warning sign for the Trump administration.
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“I’m a Republican and I’m proud to vote for Trump,” he told me outside our hotel with a late-night cigarette. I pushed him the reason, and he said, “I’m a salesman. I don’t know what to do if everything I sell from Mexico is filmed at the price.”
“Well,” I asked, “How long do you think it will take for that manufacturing to move to the US?”
“For a few years,” he said. “But I don’t handle it in two or three years. I do it in two or three months.”
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One thing everyone agrees is that Trump is moving fast. For some, it causes fear. For others, it’s thrilling. But even a little nervous, Democrats are far too wrong if you think Trump voters are expressing their regret.
After all, Donald Trump is doing exactly what he promised.
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