Why would a Sanders supporter vote Trump? I don't get it.

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Trump has said absurd things in the past. Very non-Presidential.

He has very little prestige in the world. Prestige is more important than one thinks. We have interests around he world. A large bloc in the English Parliament even sought to exclude him from the UK--that's unprecedented.

1. He stated it was THEIR fault that Prisoners of War were captured. Where the hell did he get that from?

2. He seeks to exclude Muslims AS A WHOLE from the United States. Unprecendented! What is this: the Inquisition?

3. He seeks to have a judge thrown off his case involving his "college" merely because the guy's Hispanic. In this case, he would have Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor recused from hearing any of his cases.

More will come. More evidence of "foot-in-mouth" disease.

I wouldn't be really scared if he happens to be elected. We have an excellent system of "checks and balances" in place. Congress would probably block most of his program.

I do feel Trump would know he is "in over his head," and would hire people who know what they are doing to head most government departments.

Have Sander's supporters never heard of the Libertarian Party? Gary Johnson is their candidate. He's the former governor of New Mexico, and among other things he is not shy in admitting that he enjoys smoking pot, but promises to forego smoking it, if elected. How would this choice not be more appealing to them than either Trump or Hillary?

Revenge, of course.

If I was a Supreme Court Justice, I would feel that Trump's views threaten that institution. He doesn't seem like he wants an independent Judiciary. If a judge doesn't agree with him on a particular case, he would advocate recusing that judge from that case. This reeks of dictatorship, frankly.

Fortunately, like I said, we have "Check and Balances." Trump's Supreme Court appointments are subject to the scrutiny of Congress.

Which brings up the follow up question:

How could anyone holding the values that would prompt them to vote for Sanders then vote for Trump knowing the next president will be nominating anywhere from one to three Supreme Court Justices? He's already shown his contempt for judges.

My other question for Trump supporters is this:

How can you claim to even know what his values are? He changes them from one day to the next, from one reporter to the next? Doesn't that...bother you even the least bit? What about the constant overt lies?

Trump seems to be a purely "ends justified the means" kind of guy.

So were people like Hitler and Stalin.

(not that I would compare Trump to either of those two).

We need a person with SOME principles and consistent ethical values.

I sense that many people (e.g., the Pentagon, Republicans, Democrats) fear what would happen if Trump is allowed to run amok.

Trump and Sanders are on the same page when it comes to the sh*tty trade deals that Clinton loves, deals that are sucking the decent-paying manufacturing jobs right out of America. Sure Trump is a loud-mouth, a buffoon, and a racist, but the people need economic security before they have the luxury of worrying about things like that.

When Trump starts inserting his tentacles into the Supreme Court (if he is able to), I think people will really start to notice WHY he shouldn't have been given the chance to do so.

This sort of thing threatens the freedoms which we have maintained since 1776.

It threatens the principle of "checks and balances," which, I believe, is a paramount reason why we've never have had a coup d'état.

When Trump starts inserting his tentacles into the Supreme Court (if he is able to), I think people will really start to notice WHY he shouldn't have been given the chance to do so.

This sort of thing threatens the freedoms which we have maintained since 1776.

It threatens the principle of Checks and Balance--which, I believe, is a paramount reason why we've never have had a coup d'état.

Then again:

Maybe Trump will realize that he is "in over his head," and become primarily a "figurehead" President. In this instance, he would be merely a delegator, and allow people who really know what they are doing to run the Executive Branch.

I agree with keeping manufacturing jobs here, and restricting outsourcing.

But that's not a good reason to vote for somebody like Trump. Find somebody else who exemplifies those ideas.

It is instructive to remember that economics was the primary impetus which landed Hitler the Chancellorship of Germany in 1933.

I would scrutinize the man as well as scrutinize the idea.

If Trump threatens an independent Judiciary, he threatens the system of Checks and Balances. Most likely, though, should he be elected, the system of Checks and Balances will not allow Trump to fulfill his objectives in this area.