Why Donald Trump Is So Hated, by Michael Brown

By Michael Brown, The Stream, April 12, 2024

Dr. Michael Brown is the host of the nationally syndicated Line of Fire radio program. He is the author of more than 40 books, including Can You be Gay and Christian?; Our Hands Are Stained With Blood; and Seize the Moment: How to Fuel the Fires of Revival. You can connect with him on Facebook, X, or YouTube.

There is no neutrality when it comes to Donald Trump. On the contrary, he is arguably the most polarizing figure in America, if not the world, and at the mention of his name, temperatures automatically rise. To his loyal supporters, he is a courageous hero of superhuman proportions. To his fervent detractors, he is the incarnation of evil itself in exaggerated form.

Why does Trump elicit such extreme reactions? More to the point: Why do his detractors hate him so much?

The first and most obvious reason is that Trump has been, at various times, nasty, cruel, crude, and vicious, and his detractors are responding in kind, giving him some of his own medicine. …