It baffled me that anyone thought that Trump was going to somehow be better than Kamala in regards to Palestine.
I could understand voting for a third party, but Trump outright tried to impose a Muslim ban in his first time, and said that his son in law was going to quickly solve the Middle East conflict single-handedly; seems unlikely that he would be sympathetic to people in the Middle East.
> baffled me that anyone thought that Trump was going to somehow be better than Kamala in regards to Palestine
I was in Phoenix in April 2024 when an otherwise-intelligent friend remarked on whether Trump was pro Israel. She wound up remembering his first term eventually. But at that moment I realised that the checkmate Democrats thought they had Republicans in with abortion, Republicans had Democrats in with Palestine: move to the left and you lose moderates and Pennsylvania. Move to the right (or fail to message) and you lose Michigan and your base. Message at all and you lose swing voters who don’t want to hear about foreign policy.
I'm not sure they thought that Trump would be better.
It seems they think that voting is a test unrelated to the likely outcomes. So you should vote "right" rather than compromising and voting for the better among the possible outcomes.
I could understand voting for a third party, but Trump outright tried to impose a Muslim ban in his first time, and said that his son in law was going to quickly solve the Middle East conflict single-handedly; seems unlikely that he would be sympathetic to people in the Middle East.