I had not decided for sure….kept trying to discern who really had our best in mind and a plan to accomplish it. After Trump announced, I purchased The Art of the Deal so I might learn more about how he thinks and operates.

I thank the GOP of Colorado who took away the opportunity for me to cast a ballot in the primary that year….on an obscure rule….that gave them the right to make the choice for all GOPers in the state, a move everyone knew was insurance against Trump.

That behavior confirmed to me that Trump was the real deal = outside the status quo; a man with a plan.

I never thought in my country that my vote would be taken from me in such a manner, for such a reason. It began the ball rolling on a new pathway…one that inlcuded finding places like CTH.

When he came down escalator……I got on the Trump train………and will ride it to the end.

Decades before the escalator ride in 2015, Donald J. Trump was an enigma when I was growing up in New York.

Many of us followed along with him for years and lo and behold when we got involved in the Tea Party Movement in NYS; there was Donald J. Trump helping in the cause.

It was a different time, an exciting time and most of us continue to communicate and stay united in our movement from way back then.

We were for President Donald J. Trump, long before he made that final decision in 2015.

Thank you, Sundance!

I was on the fence until the third debate. When Hillary said she would place no limits on abortion at all, I flipped and haven’t looked back since.

I was one of the manufacturing engineers who struggled during the ‘80’s, 90’s and 2000’s during the manufacturing outsourcing. I was on board when he came down the escalator and made his speech. It spoke to my heart and I was fully on-board.

Once Trump knocked Ted out

I was a Cruzzer till then

Loved him unconditionally after that till this very day

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So, when did you join the Trump train?

1984.

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I was totally unsure of him until Septembers 2016 when a Trump friend of mine encouraged me to listen him speak and that’s all it took!!

I was slow to get on the Trump train. I had never seen a politician succeed with an in your face style of politics. I liked him, but I couldn’t see how he could beat the DC Swamp with his incendiary political style. I voted for the sad sack Senator from Texas in the primaries. But, once it was a slam dunk that Trump would win the nomination, I got on board because the choice was Trump’s boisterous behavior or Hillary Clinton’s Communist playbook.

There was, as usual, no choice and over the last three months of the campaign I began to read between Trump’s lines and discovered he was not only on my side but he was also adept at playing Common Sense politics in a full blown era of political nonsense. I was fully onboard for the 2016 election. Trump won it easily until they counted enough imaginary ballots in California to make it look like Clinton had gotten the majority of the popular vote. She immediately declared that Trump had stolen the election using the Electoral College. The media was all in and Hillary Clinton still brags about winning that ridiculous consolation prize.

Then the Deep State launched the all out campaign to force Trump out of the Oval Office. By then, I was screaming at Trump to replace the entire band of DOJ legal beagles as Bill Clinton had done back in early 1993. Trump was under so much fire from sources he didn’t initially suspect that he lost all of his political capital for that type of a move. Mike Pence and Mitch McConnell became his worst nightmare when they both should have been his closest allies.

Things became ridiculous when China, the DOD, and Anthony Fauci perpetrated the biggest worldwide hoax in human history in March of 2020 and Trump was suckered like seemingly everyone else. I knew the 2020 election was going to be stolen before it happened and I watched it happen late in the night on election night before my disbelieving eyes. Virginia, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Nevada, Colorado, and Arizona began fixing their outcomes after most of the country was sleeping. California made sure blundering Joe Biden would get a record 81 million votes before the counting stopped over three weeks later. This for a senile bozo who hid in his basement and called that his campaign.

Then came the J6 fiasco and I have been a Demcommie hater and someday I will die while I am still a Demcommie hater. I am pretty sure I will be cussing that bunch of totally ridiculous Communists for the rest of my life.

While I still say Trump makes some mistakes with his appointments, he is now the unquestioned hero of the Common Sense crowd and is our only chance to survive as a Republic. MAGA

Took me about three days. I didn’t think he was serious. Then, as he weathered the “murderers and rapists” attacks from the media, I realized how much they hated him. (Well, somebody was doing the murdering and raping.”

Pivotal for me was the Billy Bush recording that they married to some innocuous video, I thought Trump was doomed. But then I recalled what was done to Herman Cain (But Mr. Cain, you know I have a boyfriend.) by Gloria Allred and Bannon pulled off his beautiful stunt. The rest is history.

I was researching and following various worldwide (UK, USA, AUS, CAN, EU) blogs from about 2008 to learn more about the global warming scam, when the US elections hoopla started. Had heard a little about this person Trump but never actually seen him. I saw the ‘escalator scene’ and then tuned into the first of the debates. I wrote a piece for The Gateway Pundit in support of him. What hooked me in was his sense of humour. I needed a laugh at the time and tuning in to all his rallies laughing and admiring his techniques was a great escape for me. I’m still laughing. Oh also Melania’s first speech impressed me too.

I looked at the 17 who had thrown a hat in the ring and saw any of them were better than Hillary, but that set the bar too low. (I really couldn’t think of anyone worse than her) I watched some of the debates and other news, and then paid attention to who was opposed to each candidate. Trump won that in a landslide. Charlie Sykes, a fake conservative on Milwaukee radio, Paul Ryan bailing after the NBC bus video, Ted Cruz going after Ben Carson and Trump defending him. Then one of my favorite scenes was the Bill Clinton victims in the front row of a debate with Hillary.

Sundance convinced me to join on this day ten years ago. I started lurking in the Treehouse during Trayvon. When Sundance laid out the GOP splitter strategy in 2015 to rig the primary for Jeb!, it suddenly all made sense. I watched PDJT go down the escalator and I climbed on the Trump train. What a wild ride it’s been. I knew Trump could beat Jeb, but I wasn’t sure about Hillary. But I knew Jeb would never beat Hillary. At the time I was more Never Hillary then pro-Trump. That changed the day protesters in California blocked his motorcade, and Trump simply got out and walked, like a boss. It was shown live on tv via helicopter cam. At that moment I knew Trump could not only beat Hillary, he could go up against the Uniparty and do what needed to be done. I was no longer just Never Hillary, I was Always Trump.

A lot of mistakes made and lessons learned along the way, but also more winning then I thought possible. God bless PDJT and his family, and may they be blessed for the sacrifices they have made for our great nation.

Immediately. When he said they aren’t sending their best, talked about the drugs and rapists coming over the border, I knew he not owned by a political party or their backers.

I realized that Trump was the exact candidate needed the day he came down the elevator. So I was on board that day. I rarely watch TV (we don’t even own one at this point); I vaguely knew he was a celebrity for his show about firing people although I had never watched it. I also knew he owned casinos and that he had (pre-Melania) been a ladies’ man and was divorced several times. These facts would have normally caused me to not have any interest in his candidacy, however, I surprised myself by knowing that Trump was right for the presidency from the beginning. I think it was mostly intuition together with being aware that the country needed a conservative-non-politician. I announced this to my husband that day and he was somewhat surprised (for the aforementioned reasons) that I was firmly pro-Trump so quickly. He became MAGA very soon after.

It was August 2015. I believe Trump was overseas and he had stated that he intended to fly his helicopter to the Iowa State Fair and give kids free rides. I heard about it on WHO 1040 radio. A reporter contacted a person in charge of such things at the fair and asked them about it. He said he had not heard from Mr. Trump, but even if he did he would tell him no. I was furious. I thought to myself, if our first half-white president were to make the same request, they would ask him where and when he would be landing and would see to it that nobody got squished. Anyway, the fair came along and guess who asked for permission from a private landowner near the fair to land his helicopter and give kids rides? Yes, DJT. Huge middle finger to the establishment. That was the moment for me!

I joined the Trump train as soon as he announced – I wanted a President who was NOT a politician but understood how they operate (think: world’s oldest profession). That is why a majority of them on both sides of the aisle do not care for him, and continue to undermine him.. He is a man of the people while those in DC have sold their souls, ours and our grandchildren’s to boot.

I became aware that Donald Trump was a serious contender for the 2016 Republican nomination in late June of 2015 after reading several of Scott Adams’ commentaries describing Trump’s talents as a master persuader.

By mid-July of 2015, Adams was predicting that Trump was the likely 2016 Republican nominee. And possibly even the winner in the November 2016 election. An opinion for which Adams was catching holy hell from all directions.

About that time, one of my friends living in Long Beach, California, told me that Trump would be speaking at a campaign event aboard the museum battleship Iowa tied up in Los Angeles harbor.

I watched the speech on YouTube a few days later and quickly realized that this man was the only straight-talking candidate for president I had seen since the days of Ronald Reagan.

Having fought some number of bureaucratic battles within the MIC, it became readily apparent that Donald Trump was in fact a master persuader, and did in fact have a good shot at becoming the 2016 Republican nominee for president.

And so I was on board with Trump and MAGA from mid-July of 2015 on forward — to the chagrin and eventual disgust of my many progressive left relatives who thought in 2015 and 2016 that Donald Trump was a clown at best and a latter-day Adolf Hitler at worst.

In the ten years that have passed since then, their TDS-driven opinions and attitudes haven’t changed one iota.

President Trump has given us courage to believe there are ways to fix things. There hasn’t been anyone like him. Because of him I have paid attention to what is going on here in the USA and around the world. I don’t take our freedoms for granted or ignore the threats we face. Our history and Constitution have come to life in a way that I treasure and will never forget. He has been a human graduate course in perseverance, love of country and love for the MAGA citizens who live here, no matter who we are. He keeps his promises. I have supported him from his first speeches and will continue to hold him up in admiration and in prayer.

Voted for him 3 times, supported him with my time and my money and will always be grateful to God for saving his life. He makes our country better just by being in it!! What a man!! Just like Sundance!!

I never paid attention to Donald Trump before his escalator entrance. Never saw his show, or any of his appearances in movies or tv shows. He hooked me during the speech when he announced his candidacy. I have never regretted it.

I started praying for the personification of President Trump the day John Kerry threw his medals in the Potomac River. Before that day I was uneasy about both how the Viet Nam war was fought and our county’s reaction to it. After I realized how much danger our country was in. When President Obama was elected I thought he was unqualified but I supported him. His Re election stunned me and I realized elections were fixed(stolen). Then when the 2016 Republican Primary candidates announced I thought things looked until Trump and Melissa came down that elevator. The way the media and president Obama reacted I knew my prayers had been answered. The next four years were really tough keeping the faith and with the way the 2020 election was run I was furious and scared until I saw the prophecy about Trump and realized if he had continued his presidency then he wouldn’t have support of the Legislature. The rat Paul Ryan was gone but his crimes and the FBI corruption not exposed. The delay of Four years and how Joe Biden, corrupted the judicial branch over Bork and making for the first time choosing judges politically not by merit or competence. Finally America Woke up in the true sense and now realized President Trump could save our way of life.

For me it was after the first debate. Everything he said was so “refreshing” to hear.

When did I join the Trump movement? When he came down the escalator and as part of his announcement said he would CLOSE THE BORDERS and DEPORT ILLEGAL ALIENS.

He sounded like he meant it; I have long known that the non-stop invasion would, if not interrupted, spell the end of our Constitutional Republic.

Nobody else was following through on this supposed Republican platform, why not Donald Trump? Never looked back.

That very day…

September, about the third week if I recall correctly. Really, it was nearly a voice (hard to describe) inside my head that said, “This man is going to be President.” I turned to my husband and said, “We are going to vote for Trump.”. Ted Cruz had been our strident choice until then.

Not saying I was on the train back in 88, but this is when I knew he should run.

I’ve been in DJT’s corner since 911 and seeing him on TV and his response in the immediate aftermath. Then, when The Apprentice series started, that’s when I realized he had some serious skills sizing people up. Granted, he created on “The Donald” showman persona during this series run, but if you paid attention to the Boardroom sessions in that show, you realized he can see right through people. He can see past the image people present and straight into their weaknesses. Fast forward a decade later to him dismantling Jeb Bush during the debates for Term 1.

Before Trump and the 2016 election even kicked off, I told a friend of mine that if a true traditional American who was charismatic would ever run for POTUS, he would win in a landslide drawing votes from Both Parties as well as from a large group of people who have not been voting. I think he did that but their cheating skewed the results.

As soon as I heard he was running for president, I knew I would forever be a fervent Trump supporter. But then, I had indirectly experienced a side of “The Donald” relatively few others had seen. I’ll let the couple of articles linked to below provide the details. However, the described events are known to me personally and happened to personal friends of mine in the Georgia county I grew up in. I went to school with the oldest son and knew the entire family through church activities.

That time when Donald Trump saved a Georgia farm

Burke County residents remember Trump’s farm rescue (Not sure the reason for the typos in this online version. They were not in the original print version of The True Citizen…)

Same time you did, Sundance

Not immediately…I’m not a New Yorker, I had admired him from business and read his books but wasn’t sure if his choice of running was for him or the country?

But when Rush started talking of him, I focused on him and away from the usual stable of loser no energy Republican names…

Funny but when i hear the term “escalator” today… I think of our Lion and Melania on it…

With him from the beginning but disappointed Hillary was above the law, never persecuted.

Trying to wipe away the media smoke screens, I decided to watch a Trump rally in Biloxi, MS on January 2016. Ten minute in, I said he’s going to lead our Country. Never looked back. I didn’t know exactly what his policies would be. And I didn’t care. I just knew for a certainty that the media could never break him. After 8 years of media pandering for Obama this was his most important attribute. After that everything I learned about him just exploded into Hallelujah!!

When he announced. I read Plato’s Republic around 1986. Ever since then I wanted a non-politician.

I was a Ted Cruz supporter all the way, until Trump came down the golden escalator. I was an avid fan of The Apprentice all seasons and loved his style of communication and true sense of care to the apprentices. But he also was brutally honest with the players and had no regard for slackers. As a side note I was a lifelong Republican but became an Independent after the treatment the Republican Party gave to him. Just recently switched back to the party prior to his
winning. If DJT could keep hanging with the party I was gonna hang too.

From the Day he Declared and the Fact
He Was Not a politician
Was All it Took for me to Jump on the Trump Train !

The Rest is a Sweet Dessert 🍦🥧🧁

Thank You , President Trump 💘

Topic coming up on The Five of exactly this thread. LOL. “10 years ago and the Golden Escalator Ride.”
Karma has a coincidence step-brother, lol,

I read your article on another web site. I think it was titled “ Why I am voting for Donald Trump and it’s not what you think” or something like that.

The trip wires explained made sense of all the BS we were fed by the GOPe.

When my husband and I voted. In the first state primary I was conflicted but stuck w Ted Cruz ape cause my hubby said he was voting Trump. After the second debate I was all Trump! My support has only strengthened over time!

I had given up on anything political by early 2016. And I considered a HildaBeast reemergence as the sure sign that it was an end to our country and culture as I knew it.
But my brother convinced me to look at Trump. I looked, I listened, I said I like this kid. He has moxie. He fights! But I didn’t think he could win. I stayed in there and voted for him anyway.
I was wrong. He did win. And he’s been winning to this day. I have been with this kid to this very day. And as he fights, I will be here fighting with him. I ain’t going nowhere. I’m here till the end, or the good Lord calls me home!

I was not on board immediately. I used to live in New York and remembered Trump as a smart guy but a big time Democrat. So I was skeptical of him since I’m a never Democrat. However, during the debates, I slowly came to realize that he was for real and was making sense.

I’m 68 years old, and I waited my whole life for a non-politician presidential candidate. And Trump was exactly what I wanted. He’s a great patriot…he loves America…he’s a great businessman…he’s crafty and has great intuition…he knows how to make a deal with pretty much anyone…he doesn’t need money…he can be ruthless, but when you watch him with his family you can see that he’s a pretty nice guy. All of these qualities make me a total fan! When he announced 10 years ago, I was ecstatic!

Saw him live twice in Richmond Va (2016) and was very impressed.

Video does not adequately convey the presence he radiates when he enters a room and starts speaking.

I took a good look at Trump when Sarah Palin came out in support of Trump. I trusted Gov Palin, and her recommendation was enough to make me research Trump. I liked what I saw.

June of 2015 I was sold. He had a package of policies and ideas never available before in one candidate – and some (trade protectionism) not available in any national candidate. The closest we’d been to him ideologically was Dennis Kucinich in a Democrat primary, Ron Paul and Pat Buchanan in Republican primaries. Then-candidate Trump wasn’t just saying the same things Republicans had been saying for years. He said the things aligned with what the actual voting public wanted.

I joined the Trump Train AFTER I voted for Ted Cruz in Virginia’s primary. Ugh. Hadn’t been paying that much attention, to be honest.

Then Trump said something (can’t recall anymore) that struck my ears as sounding very much like President Reagan. I’ve been with him ever since and would crawl thru fire, over broken glass to vote for this PDJT. Voted for him two times in the primaries and three times in the general election. It has been an honor and privilege…..(PS: I share my birthday with him, the American flag, and the US Army 🙂

Also – I remember going into the late summer/early fall arguing with a co-worker who was a Cruz fan. I explained Cruz wasn’t constitutionally eligible, and eventually I realized Cruz was a candidate for people who branded themselves “conservative” and in many instances believed they were smarter than most people.

I had always voted Democrat. For me it was simple once it became clear Hillary Clinton was to be installed as the DNC’S candidate. There was no way I would vote for that despicable excuse of a human to lead our country. Since then, watching the BS the left has thrown at Trump over the years…well, let’s just say I’ll never second guess my decision!