Trump Trucks (Political? Nah not really)

"atfsgeoff" (atfsgeoff) 11/02/2020 at 11:35 • Filed to: None

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These ongoing parades of Trump Trucks flying oversized flags could probably sustain the textile industry of a small country on their own

HammerheadFistpunch > atfsgeoff 11/02/2020 at 11:38

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I was trying to explain these parades to my wife the other day (golf carts, boats, trucks etc) and I couldn’t.  The best I could come up with is. “They are trying to let everyone know they have...things and support trump?”

For Sweden > atfsgeoff 11/02/2020 at 11:38

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Blocking roads is bad and also good and also bad

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > atfsgeoff 11/02/2020 at 11:39

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All praise Donald Jesus Trump Christ.

atfsgeoff > HammerheadFistpunch 11/02/2020 at 11:41

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somethingsomething consumerism, somethingsomething economy...?

Milky > atfsgeoff 11/02/2020 at 11:41

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They all have 5 and half  beds or shorter.

facw > For Sweden 11/02/2020 at 11:42

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So true, so true...

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > atfsgeoff 11/02/2020 at 11:42

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Did you watch the video of the truck that ran into another car on the highway? Sounds like the FBI might be getting involved.

MonkeePuzzle > atfsgeoff 11/02/2020 at 11:43

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probably are sustainin g the textile industry of a large country instead though
#MadeInChina

atfsgeoff > Milky 11/02/2020 at 11:44

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If everyone had long beds, they wouldn’t be long

Just Jeepin' > atfsgeoff 11/02/2020 at 11:44

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Is my memory failing me, or is Trump the first politician for whom flags were a popular way of showing support? I don’t remember anyone flying Obama flags on their homes or trucks.

atfsgeoff > MonkeePuzzle 11/02/2020 at 11:45

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You are not wrong sir

Jb boin > atfsgeoff 11/02/2020 at 11:46

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Trump’s tariffs don’t apply to American flag imports from China .

ttyymmnn > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 11/02/2020 at 11:46

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The FBI is getting involved. This happened in my neck of the woods. Of course, Trump is decrying the FBI investigation. Sounds like the cops weren’t much help either.

https://www.kxan.com/news/local/trump-decries-fbi-probe-of-supporters-surrounding-biden-bus-in-central-texas/

facw > atfsgeoff 11/02/2020 at 11:46

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But probably not China’s which is where I assume these are all made? (a quick look at Amazon makes that seem likely, the first four in my search results all were ) I mean I suppose someone could have realized it’s a better look to have them made in the US, but who knows if we even have factories with the equipment. I worked with a textile company that said they were importing a certain type of knitting/weaving machine which no one in the US had operated for ~35 years. And then it seems like they ended up moving back to making almost all of their fabric, even for premium products overseas.

For Sweden > HammerheadFistpunch 11/02/2020 at 11:47

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It’s a yard sign with extra steps

SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > HammerheadFistpunch 11/02/2020 at 11:47

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It’s an interesting phenomenon...

I can’t tell that it’s “orchestrated”. It seems to be genuine enthusiasm, even if it’s manifested in an odd way. There were thousands of vehicles lined up in Minnesota the other day, even though only 250 people could get into the actual event.

atfsgeoff > Just Jeepin' 11/02/2020 at 11:47

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No, the last time I saw such a prevalence of flags on cars & trucks was right after 9/11. The one good thing about that event was that it really did unite the nation in solidarity.

hike > atfsgeoff 11/02/2020 at 11:48

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I don’t understand this at all. Is this supposed to convince more people to support Trump? If an undecided vote tried to cross the Cuomo bridge and a bunch of trump trucks blocked it, I don’t think that vote is going for Trump!

I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker > HammerheadFistpunch 11/02/2020 at 11:49

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I know I haven’t been on this planet very long but I haven’t really heard of any president with rallies, parades, flags, and other regalia supporting the individual in any year other than an election year. It’s... weird. Creepy. At a minimum, cultish, if not fascist.

I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker > Milky 11/02/2020 at 11:50

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That’s because they don’t work, because Obama sold all their jobs off, don’t you know?

HammerheadFistpunch > SBA Thanks You For All The Fish 11/02/2020 at 11:51

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they are clearly enthusiastic, but I can’t define the message other than they are pro trump and own things that allow them to not use their feet if desired.  I guess part of the problem is that I’ve never really understood the idea of a car parade making some kind of statement.

atfsgeoff > facw 11/02/2020 at 11:53

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A lot of these flags are available from US-made sources:

https://www.uspatriotflags.com/collections/6x10-trump-flags-on-sale

But you gotta pay a premium obviously. Close to $300 for a 6'x10'

Milky > I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker 11/02/2020 at 11:53

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Man I hate how that guy is still controlling all of the negative parts of the economy.  

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > ttyymmnn 11/02/2020 at 11:53

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Glad they are - scary scene. Hope several of the drivers are prosecuted. It’s one thing to be out on the road behind or alongside the bus, but to attempt to stop their progress or endanger them or others is flat criminal.

UnderSTeerEnthusiast - Triumph Fanboy > atfsgeoff 11/02/2020 at 11:54

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Yeah I mean, I don’t know. Those supporters will get mad about protestors blocking roads, and then they will go out and block roads, cause motor vehicle accidents from lack of awareness, etc. but it’s okay then.

I was inadvertently caught in the main ring highway of Cincinnati and saw all of the above. But again it’s only okay when it benefits you, I guess. 

CobraJoe > MonkeePuzzle 11/02/2020 at 11:55

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It’s pretty common to see those Trump flags (and other branded items) sold on facebook marketplace locally.

I’m also fairly sure the flags that were listed at $30 each are the same ones sold online at $10 for a pack of 3.

Milky > atfsgeoff 11/02/2020 at 11:55

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Trucks with long beds dont have to project anything out to the world.

atfsgeoff > UnderSTeerEnthusiast - Triumph Fanboy 11/02/2020 at 11:55

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Hypocrisy is human nature, no matter what horse you back

B/Xmrrmvr > atfsgeoff 11/02/2020 at 11:59

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Yeah pretty sure I saw them in NYC. Non-stop honking for 30 minutes. I t dissuaded more than encouraged.

Thomas Donohue > MonkeePuzzle 11/02/2020 at 12:00

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I hope there was a tariff on these, too!

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-china-flags/made-in-china-trump-re-election-flags-may-get-burned-by-his-tariffs-idUSKBN1KF1D6

I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker > Milky 11/02/2020 at 12:02

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Sort of like how Biden didn’t stop the pandemic. Selfish!

Roadkilled > Just Jeepin' 11/02/2020 at 12:05

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Well, there was George Wallace...

SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > Just Jeepin' 11/02/2020 at 12:07

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I hate myself for citing Michael Moore-- but he’s got the best take ever on the man and the enthusiasm.  It’s real, even if manifested in “unusual” ways.

SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > HammerheadFistpunch 11/02/2020 at 12:08

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Michael Moore absolutely has the best take on this...  

Mid Engine > For Sweden 11/02/2020 at 12:09

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Bad if first responders can’t, you know, respond

ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) > I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker 11/02/2020 at 12:13

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Nothing “if” about it. This IS outright fascism. 

MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s > atfsgeoff 11/02/2020 at 12:17

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But those were just American flags, not Bush flags. Watching the GOP become a cult of Trump has been so weird and concerning to watch.

404 - User No Longer Available > CobraJoe 11/02/2020 at 12:20

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Further processed in the USA to switch the tag from Made in China to Made in USA.

404 - User No Longer Available > MonkeePuzzle 11/02/2020 at 12:23

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With trucks made in Canada and Mexico.

fintail > atfsgeoff 11/02/2020 at 12:23

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Knowing this movement, that country is Gyna or Mexico.

facw > atfsgeoff 11/02/2020 at 12:23

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$300 seems like a lot, but then 6'x10' is pretty big flag. Have to watch out for low bridges if you put that on your truck.

fintail > Just Jeepin' 11/02/2020 at 12:24

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Snowflakes love stickers, flags, etc.

Also, I can think of a few Russian (Soviet) and German leaders who loooooooved flags and related paraphernalia.

A Boy and His Longtail > For Sweden 11/02/2020 at 12:24

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Makes sense

fintail > I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker 11/02/2020 at 12:25

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It’s a cult, that much is known.

MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s > UnderSTeerEnthusiast - Triumph Fanboy 11/02/2020 at 12:26

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Also, didn’t a few GOP controlled states just passed laws that basically made it legal to run over people blocking the road?

krustywantout > atfsgeoff 11/02/2020 at 12:32

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I was listening to BBC news this morning and they had an auto worker in Michigan that started crying because he truly loves Trump.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w172x2z0y3f7b8b

Political groupies are like boy band fans , it doesn’t matter the quality of the song, they only care that the band exists .

As far as the these rolling rallies, they are just like when cities have parades when a team wins a championship, these people want to support their team. But it’s dangerous just like when the BLM people stopped traffic on the highways or when people clogging streets near hospitals, police stations, and fire stations . Humans get really passionate about their team and then they resort to what humans do best: act irrationally and emotionally without any regard for logic or empathy for your fellow human .

ttyymmnn > HammerheadFistpunch 11/02/2020 at 12:39

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I think it’s more about intimidation. 

fintail > UnderSTeerEnthusiast - Triumph Fanboy 11/02/2020 at 12:41

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Protesters are fine so long as they are of certain political beliefs and probably ethnic backgrounds.

fintail > ttyymmnn 11/02/2020 at 12:42

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Armed and polite society lol.

And you just know nothing will be done.

ttyymmnn > fintail 11/02/2020 at 12:43

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Armed and polite society lol.

One outta two ain’t bad?

Saracen > HammerheadFistpunch 11/02/2020 at 12:51

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It’s just Ya’ll Qaeda trying to be intimidating.

Jayvincent > atfsgeoff 11/02/2020 at 12:53

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down here in little old NC, the postal service got a nice boost in revenue from the most expensive campaign in history. I got 5-10 pieces a day for the last MONTH from both parties. Strangely, today, there was none...

ZHP Sparky, the 5th > MonkeePuzzle 11/02/2020 at 13:16

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Exactly...was going to say it’s a small country named China. Pretty ironic given the politics of the guy they’re supporting, and surely these very peoples’ own supposed beliefs.

Dead_Elvis, Inc. > hike 11/02/2020 at 13:22

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No one is accusing these people of being critical, nuanced thinkers.

Of course, an “undecided voter” - if there is such a person at this point - isn’t much of a  thinker, either.

ZHP Sparky, the 5th > hike 11/02/2020 at 13:22

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Sshhh, you’re assuming they’ve thought this through. It’s as if blocking freeways and huge signs somehow magically turn in to more votes.

But then you see people say stuff like “look at the size of Trump’s crowds vs. the size of Biden’s crowds” as evidence that if Trump loses it must be voter fraud. Face palm. 

hike > Dead_Elvis, Inc. 11/02/2020 at 13:28

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They might be offended if you called them a nuanced thinker... not knowing what nuanced means.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > ttyymmnn 11/02/2020 at 14:02

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Unfortunately, I think we have the wrong one. I don’t hate firearms, but I find myself getting closer to infringing on the “shall not be infringed. ”

I barely trust myself with firearms, let alone people willing to chase down a bus. Like come on what.

This is what we'll show whenever you publish anything on Kinja: > atfsgeoff 11/02/2020 at 14:02

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There was a Trump parade here last month as well, much to my surprise at the time.

I went out for breakfast yesterday morning after working the graveyard shift. Hit up a small local diner. There were 3 other occupied tables besides my own, a couple of people sitting at the counter seats, plus the cook/owner and the waitress. Maybe 15 people in total.

They were all vocal Trump supporters. Every last one of them. In Washington.

...and breakfast was delicious.

*Shrug*

Dead_Elvis, Inc. > hike 11/02/2020 at 15:05

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“thinkin’s fer < racial/ethnic/ gendered slur of choice here >! ”

PatBateman > B/Xmrrmvr 11/02/2020 at 15:17

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In my experience, non-stop honking in NYC is the norm during daily traffic.

PS9 > facw 11/02/2020 at 15:34

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No they don’t. If the flag strikes something, just keep driving. They’re on their way to run over protestors and try to crash campaign buses, right? So they won’t care if they risk the safety of other motorists on top of that.

facw > PS9 11/02/2020 at 15:38

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I assume they’d at least want to keep their flag from getting knocked off though, regardless of whatever their other intentions are.

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > Just Jeepin' 11/02/2020 at 16:27

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Sane people don’t have to become American Taliban. 

camarov6rs > atfsgeoff 11/02/2020 at 16:30

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All I gotta say is that the story about the Trump  trucks and the Biden bus may have been quite different had Biden actually been on there. Last time I checked Secret Service doesn’t take too kindly to being impeded.

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > 404 - User No Longer Available 11/02/2020 at 16:30

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You can’t bring logic into it, those people are crazier than a pack of Elon/Apple worshi pers.

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker 11/02/2020 at 16:36

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Yeah all the examples I can think of were fascists and were either killed or committed suicide.

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > HammerheadFistpunch 11/02/2020 at 16:39

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Those people never go outside their communities, they think whatever they are doing in their county is all that there is. Probably brought up by people who were either very racist or casually racist and have no problem voting to keep it the way it is.

DC3 LS, Fuck Hyundai, now and forever > This is what we'll show whenever you publish anything on Kinja: 11/02/2020 at 17:31

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Washington DC or state? Because I was in WA in 2016 and pretty much every where that wasn’t near the Puget sound was very pro Trump.

I remember going to Yakama close to the election and people had made their own little billboards on their property along the roads with Trump signs on them.

This is what we'll show whenever you publish anything on Kinja: > DC3 LS, Fuck Hyundai, now and forever 11/02/2020 at 18:13

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State, Whatcom County.

From farmers with stacked hay bales turned into campaign signs, to actual billboards on private businesses and near-billboard size signs outside of people’s homes. Restaurants selling homemade Keep America Great gear. Vehicle parades. The Trump support is in full effect.

I see a fair number of Biden/Harris lawn signs as well, but the other side is much more enthusiastic it seems.

This is what we'll show whenever you publish anything on Kinja: > ttyymmnn 11/02/2020 at 18:26

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I don’t think so. I think it has more to do with them having spent the last 4 years hearing the other side continually yell and shout and demonize anyone who disagreed. Instead of being put into the position of having to defend themselves they clammed up for a time, but as the election nears they’re speaking up loud and proud to show their support.

Or so I'd rather believe anyway.

ttyymmnn > This is what we'll show whenever you publish anything on Kinja: 11/02/2020 at 18:44

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By blocking in a bus on the interstate? By vandalizing the Harris County Democratic Party headquarters? Clammed up for four years? I’m finding it really hard to accept that these folks are the victims here, no matter how much they’d like you to believe it. They’ve been told they are the victims enough times that they believe it. 

This is what we'll show whenever you publish anything on Kinja: > ttyymmnn 11/02/2020 at 18:58

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I obviously do not endorse nor condone any of that, but merely wearing a Trump shirt or hat has the very real potential to get one physically assaulted in many areas. That doesn’t really seem to be the case for democratic supporters, by and large anyway. Even Oppo, excellent as we are, effectively caused our favorite Republican to cut themselves out of the community as it had become inhospitable to him and his views.

Neither side is innocent and in fact both are largely  terrible when you get right down to it. At least Kayne was just batshit.

I’m still voting for Giant Meteor.

DipodomysDeserti > SBA Thanks You For All The Fish 11/02/2020 at 21:18

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There were some dudes with AR-15s, tac vests and cargo shorts waving flags around the corner from a school in fucking Scottsdale today . I think some of these people are just trying to out- moron the other side.

DipodomysDeserti > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 11/02/2020 at 21:22

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DipodomysDeserti > This is what we'll show whenever you publish anything on Kinja: 11/02/2020 at 21:23

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I don’t think IM would consider himself a Republican. Unless you’re referring to AtlasVP.

This is what we'll show whenever you publish anything on Kinja: > DipodomysDeserti 11/02/2020 at 21:30

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I’d ask IM, but he bounced. That’s who I was referring to though. You don’t think he’d self identify as a R epublican? I always got that impression, mostly based on the vitriol some of his posts received,   but perhaps I read it wrong.

Maybe he'll pop back in and clarify. ;)

DipodomysDeserti > This is what we'll show whenever you publish anything on Kinja: 11/02/2020 at 21:41

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I just don’t think he’d lock himself into a specific party like that. He was a bit more nuanced in his beliefs. AtlasVP was more of a straight up Republican.

This is what we'll show whenever you publish anything on Kinja: > DipodomysDeserti 11/02/2020 at 21:48

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I wouldn’t want to mislabel IM so I’ll concede to your assessment . It seems a good one.

What h appened with Atlas? I missed his departure.

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > This is what we'll show whenever you publish anything on Kinja: 11/02/2020 at 22:55

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making callout posts

https://oppositelock.kinja.com/attn-jersey-ben-fintail-svt-jayhawk-and-im-sure-im-1827562882

and then callout posts on the callout posts

https://oppositelock.kinja.com/hey-oppo-1827563694

and if I;m not mistaken there were a few incidents in the preceeding few months. 

MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s > This is what we'll show whenever you publish anything on Kinja: 11/02/2020 at 23:10

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I debated with IM to the point of finally getting the most intelligible support  of Trump I’ve heard so far. IM is hardcore libertarian if I had to put a label on him. He basically boiled down his support of Trump to being that an incompetent government is less effective and thus essentially less government.

fintail > This is what we'll show whenever you publish anything on Kinja: 11/02/2020 at 23:28

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Amusingly enough, when the opposition screamed incessantly from late 2008 through 2016, those backing the party in power didn’t have cult meetings with firearms and real man patriot hero brave warrior pickups in order to show their support.

fintail > This is what we'll show whenever you publish anything on Kinja: 11/02/2020 at 23:31

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Lynden? Ferndale? Definitely wasn’t Bham lol.

I am in Spokane now - purple here, but get outside the city limits by 5 or 10 miles and it’s probably closer to the deep south in many viewpoints (or Hayden Lake in the 80s).

fintail > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s 11/02/2020 at 23:37

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I think IM just didn’t want to pay taxes :)

I don’t buy the “cut out” narrative, either. He had Trumpian thin skin and liked to poke people, but when it created too much heat, there was an explosion. Not exactly a victim.

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > atfsgeoff 11/02/2020 at 23:47

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Tristan > This is what we'll show whenever you publish anything on Kinja: 11/03/2020 at 03:17

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I mean, this is a very large part of why I don’t come around Oppo all that much any more. I’m very much on the right side of the political aisle, and admitting that around here is just opening myself up to being called a racist, misogynistic, homophobic, blah blah blah blah blah. Oppo is excellent until someone has a non-left political outlook. I’ve had more productive and civil political discussions with family members at Thanksgiving than I’ve had on Oppo. 

SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > This is what we'll show whenever you publish anything on Kinja: 11/03/2020 at 07:58

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I think there’s a lot of truth to this— And, I think Michael Moore does capture this. “These are beaten down, forgotten people. And all they’ve heard for the last four years is how stupid they are for wanting a decent job and what they used to have.  For the first time ever, at least for decades, they feel like somebody ‘gets’ their plight. ”.

B/Xmrrmvr > PatBateman 11/03/2020 at 09:03

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You haven’t been here in a while apparently.

duurtlang > fintail 11/03/2020 at 09:06

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Also, I can think of a few Russian (Soviet) and German leaders who loooooooved flags and related paraphernalia.

Which is why people in Europe frown on flag waving of any kind . Even ‘normal’ American flag waving from 2-5-15 years ago is odd to us, due to ‘specific’ historical events . What’s happening now in the US, mostly on the Trump side, seems very deeply disturbing to most of us . The US already had a strongly outdated and flawed democratic system, the addition of fascist traits and voter suppression   is making it worse.

This is what we'll show whenever you publish anything on Kinja: > fintail 11/03/2020 at 10:49

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Blaine. 

fintail > This is what we'll show whenever you publish anything on Kinja: 11/03/2020 at 11:28

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Fun, that county is a study in opposites. . I graduated from WWU and lived in Bellingham for about 10 years. I love the area, the country roads in Whatcom and Skagit are great for old car cruising. Unfortunately, the local job market wasn’t enough to keep me there, and nowadays real estate in Bellingham anyway has gone so apeshit, that even with WFH it can be nonsensical.

fintail > duurtlang 11/03/2020 at 11:33

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American nationalism is a bizarre and dangerous thing. I too am cynical about the flag plastered on absolutely everything. When I see it on an ambulance or fire truck, I think “is this in case we forget what country we are in?”. The national anthem at sporting events is also dopey, in my not so humble opinion. And nowadays, the flag with a blue line added takes the cake for a lack of self-awareness.

An old quote or paraphrase from someone or other:

“ When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross.”

Don’t get me going about those flaws - electoral college lol. It’s a wonder this experiment has made it this far. Eventually there might be more autonomous parts of a “union”, probably based on simple geography. Canada might join in, too.

But I suppose all of the flag waving “great again” bullshit is a good distraction from the slowly but surely declining quality of life enjoyed by the masses compared to their counterparts in other wealthy nations.

duurtlang > fintail 11/03/2020 at 14:51

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Over here we use the national anthem at sports when a national team plays a national team from another country. Or, at the Olympics or world cup or something like that. Where teams or individuals are defending the honour of the nation, if you will. And that’s about it.

I do find the obsession with nationality odd for a country where a huge percentage of the population have never been abroad and have no point of reference.

fintail > duurtlang 11/03/2020 at 15:22

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Oh yeah, for national teams, I can go for it, as all teams will do it. But when a privately owned for-profit tax-dodging team from Denver plays a privately owned for-profit tax-dodging team from Chicago, I don’t see the need. These are corporations.

I’d wager a significant amount of Americans have never ventured out of their time zone.