Why are so many Trump supporters attracted to the JFKA?

[John Corbett]

You are spot on but I don't think the midterms matter.  My best guess is that the Dems take the House.  Perhaps it's not the massacre many predict but enough to flip it.  Trump has relied very little on congress even with republican majority.  The Dems will spend their time trying to impeach Trump.  They have no real policies except opposing Trump.  That is likely good news for Vance or Rubio in '28.  They can blame the Dems for spending their time undermining Trump over the next two years.  The Dems fall into the same trap over and over.  Their only objective is to oppose Trump.  They always overplay that hand.

I agree with most of that. I think the midterms do matter as far as Trump's legacy goes. It will affect what he is able to accomplish. Right now I would put the odds at 60-40 that the Dems will take the House. If the election were held today, I'd put it at 80-20. The Dems would have to run the table in the toss up states to take the Senate. That is the crucial battle because there is a good chance Trump will be appointing one or two SCOTUS justices in his final two years. There's little chance the Dems would approve those unless there's a 51-49 split and Fetterman approves of a Trump nominee.

Right now Trump's approval is being dragged down by the high gas prices which will bleed over into other commodities due to rising transportation costs. If he can wrap up the Iranian war and get the Strait of Hormuz opened, that will not be much of a factor come November. If the economy takes off in the second half of the year, I could see the GOP hanging on to both chambers.

[Michael T. Griffith]

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James DiEugenio and Oliver Stone are not "MAGATs" and people like them are legion on the left-ideology side of the JFKA research base, and they excuse Putin everything.

True. Sad but true. 

They excuse North Vietnam everything, Pol Pot everything, Viet Cong everything, Castro everything, Beijing everything, Hamas everything, the IRGC everything, and so on. On the JFKA left, the bad guys are only Americans and Israelis. Maybe some Brits.

Yes, exactly. You can add Jefferson Morley to the list of JFKA leftists who excuse Communist and Jihadist murderers and who bash Israel while whitewashing Hamas. Morley has sent out several emails that argue for Israeli involvement in JFK's death and that paint Israel as the bad guy and Hamas as the victim of Israeli aggression. Absurd and shameful.

I do not understand the MAGA supporters, or Biden supporters, who tolerate 1 million dead in Ukraine as a passing thought.

No. The vast majority of Trump supporters do not share this view but want to see the Russians expelled from Ukraine.

Trump has failed the Free World on the Ukraine issue. Biden was squishy.

Oh, no, no. Not true. Trump has ramped up the flow of weapons to Ukraine, including fighter jets.

Trump and NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte established the Prioritized Ukraine Requirements List, which allows Ukraine's Western partners (like Germany, Canada, and the Netherlands) to pledge funds to purchase U.S.-manufactured arms directly for Ukraine.

Trump has facilitated huge Foreign Military Sales (FMS) to Ukraine. For example, Trump authorized a $652 million weapons sale and previously approved $310 million in FMS agreements to provide advanced air defense and munitions to Ukraine.

Trump briefly paused certain direct U.S. military shipments in March 2025 to compel European nations to shoulder more financial responsibility. However, following negotiations—such as the agreement to strengthen protection of Ukraine's skies—supplies were resumed.

Trump has ensured the continuation of support in satellite communications, and American intelligence on Russian troop movements remains highly crucial to Ukraine's defense, though U.S. funding and direct aid allocations are higher than they were under Biden.

[John Corbett]

True. Sad but true. 
 

Yes, exactly. You can add Jefferson Morley to the list of JFKA leftists who excuse Communist and Jihadist murderers and who bash Israel while whitewashing Hamas. Morley has sent out several emails that argue for Israeli involvement in JFK's death and that paint Israel as the bad guy and Hamas as the victim of Israeli aggression. Absurd and shameful.
 

No. The vast majority of Trump supporters do not share this view but want to see the Russians expelled from Ukraine.

Oh, no, no. Not true. Trump has ramped up the flow of weapons to Ukraine, including fighter jets.

Trump and NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte established the Prioritized Ukraine Requirements List, which allows Ukraine's Western partners (like Germany, Canada, and the Netherlands) to pledge funds to purchase U.S.-manufactured arms directly for Ukraine.

Trump has facilitated huge Foreign Military Sales (FMS) to Ukraine. For example, Trump authorized a $652 million weapons sale and previously approved $310 million in FMS agreements to provide advanced air defense and munitions to Ukraine.

Trump briefly paused certain direct U.S. military shipments in March 2025 to compel European nations to shoulder more financial responsibility. However, following negotiations—such as the agreement to strengthen protection of Ukraine's skies—supplies were resumed.

Trump has ensured the continuation of support in satellite communications, and American intelligence on Russian troop movements remains highly crucial to Ukraine's defense, though U.S. funding and direct aid allocations are higher than they were under Biden.

Based on what I have seen you write about the JFKA over the years, I would have guessed you were part of the TDS crowd. I must say I am pleasantly surprised you are not. It does show what I've said for years. One's political affiliation is not a good indicator of their views on the JFKA. The staunchest defender of the WC was Vincent Bugliosi who was very much a leftist. But there are also many leftists who are CTs and rightists who are LNs. If anything, a CT's political views might be an indication of whom they believe was behind the assassination. LNs don't have that problem. Both the leftist and rightist LNs blame the same guy.