17 "Red Lines" That Trump Supporters Say Would Make Them ACTUALLY Stop Supporting Him

We're implicit a twelvemonth into Donald Trump's 2nd presidency, and things are...well, "awful" is an understatement. Between ICE, the "Big Beautiful Bill," and each the unspeakable actions that ne'er effect successful immoderate existent consequences, it's beauteous overmuch been atrocious quality cardinal 24/7.

A portion back, Reddit idiosyncratic u/Yo-boy-Jimmy asked, "Trump supporters: what is simply a reddish enactment that, if crossed, would marque you halt supporting Trump?" Users who cognize radical who enactment Trump and erstwhile Trump supporters themselves some chimed successful with answers for this one. Here's what they had to say:

Note: Some of these responses person been edited for magnitude and/or clarity.

1. "My granny was a Trump protagonist for a agelong time. Her reddish enactment was erstwhile helium filed for immunity for the crimes helium committed portion successful office. In my granny’s words, 'No 1 should beryllium supra the law, particularly the president.'"

2. "I asked my mom, and this was honestly her answer, 'If they commencement putting teachers oregon children with ADHD successful attraction camps.' She said she would sojourn me. What a large MAGA, Jesus-loving mom!"

—u/Happy-Entertainment6

3. "My member said if Trump tries to widen his word oregon tally for a 3rd clip helium volition gully the enactment astatine that. I consciousness him coming astir earlier that — helium benignant of already has, actually."

—u/SL33MANS

4. "My ma is simply a Trumper, and I deliberation the lone happening that volition perchance marque her rethink her stance connected Trump is messing with Medicare. She’s going done crab treatments present and needs adjacent much treatments."

5. "I utilized to beryllium a Trump protagonist and voted for him successful 2020. January 6 was my reddish line. He and his supporters showed contempt for ideology that day. Since then, I’ve deconstructed overmuch of my religion and politics. I present see myself a mean Democrat."

6. "I didn’t ballot for him successful the past election, but I did successful 2020. For me, the January 6 lawsuit was a large deal, but it didn’t rather propulsion maine implicit the line. What did was proceeding idiosyncratic I respect greatly — Darrell Davis, a Black blues instrumentalist — saying connected a podcast that Trump's rhetoric reminded him of leaders successful the KKK and however they radicalize people. The information that this astonishing antheral said that Trump reminded him of each of the racists that helium has talked to implicit the past decades truly planted a effect successful me. I couldn’t telephone him 'woke.' I couldn’t conscionable disregard him. All it takes is for a effect to beryllium planted."

—u/673NoshMyBollocksAve

7. "The Ukraine happening has wholly changed immoderate enactment I person for him. Yeah, I’m astir apt an idiot for casting a ballot for him. I didn’t recognize it would beryllium this bad."

8. "My youngest nephew was benignant of a 'soft' Trump supporter, depending connected however overmuch BS his begetter had been filling his caput with. He's not anymore due to the fact that of however hateful radical person been emboldened by each this anti-trans stuff. His member is queer and dresses precise effeminately — 1 could easy presume he's trans, and my younger nephew is truly frightened that idiosyncratic mightiness wounded him."

—u/Iztac_xocoatl

9. "My reddish enactment was Agenda 47. I wasn't overmuch of a Trump supporter, but that woke maine up. I person a transgender kid. I'm not supporting a antheral who, done deprivation of aesculapian care, wants my kid dead. I'm fiscally conservative. I deliberation reforms request to instrumentality place, but I'm unwilling to commercialized our Constitution for it."

10. "My dada is simply a immense trump protagonist who watches Fox News 24/7. He started to consciousness similar things were going incorrect erstwhile the onslaught connected national workers started. He went from 'the authorities is bloated' to 'they are not acrophobic astir however this is going to wounded each American people.' He said he’s already feeling the quality successful attraction astatine the VA installation helium goes to."

—u/Due_Cress_5104

11. "Trump’s disrespectful and demeaning code toward Zelensky successful the Oval Office was the straw that broke the camel’s back. Zelensky conscionable wants his radical to beryllium escaped of warfare and not suffer immoderate of their borders and rights. I don’t consciousness bully astir immoderate of this."

12. "My parents are die-hard Trump supporters, and they person been since helium began his crusade against Obama's administration. I asked them this question, and the reply astir apt won't astonishment anyone: Their reddish enactment is socialist/liberal argumentation — nationalized healthcare, wealthiness tax, supporting unions, national regularisation of media, adjacent rights policies, elector protections, etc. To my folks, liberalism is simply a disease, an evil that needs to beryllium wiped retired of the state by immoderate and each means necessary. Their values present are precise clear: Not everyone is created equal."

—u/PartionneofGarth

13. "My reddish enactment was the infinitesimal Trump said helium wanted to usage economical unit to annex Canada. I americium a dual US/Canadian citizen. I unrecorded successful Canada. I beauteous overmuch instantly knew I would beryllium doing a 180 and would perfectly beryllium supporting Canada."

14. "My dada is simply a Trump supporter, and the ONLY happening that would ever marque him question thing is if helium himself was directly, personally affected. For example, if Trump took distant his subject status oregon beingness benefits. My sibling has chopped disconnected each connection with him, and his effect was, 'Well, he’s not acceptable to beryllium rational yet.' If nary further connection with your ain kid isn’t capable to marque you rethink things, past determination is nothing."

—u/mytwobarefeet

15. "COVID changed my governmental perspective. I had ne'er voted Democrat until COVID hit, but I went down ballot D successful 2020 aft that sh**show. After January 6, I continued down-ballot D votes. I'll beryllium voting against tyranny going forward. This is not the America we knew earlier 2016."

16. And lastly: "Ending birthright citizenship."

—u/rem082583

If you person immoderate Trump supporters successful your life, what's the "red line" that would marque them really halt supporting him? Tell america successful the comments. Or, if you'd similar to enactment anonymous, usage the signifier below.