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Original Question

I see many people that say, in effect, Trump is a racist, a sexist, and a homophobe in addition to being stupid, mean, crude and a narcissist.  Anyone would be better as President than him.  What are the fallacies in this argument?

Comments on Question

I don't see any fallacies because there are no arguments being made.

Non sequitor, doesn't follow that if Trump is all those things everyone would be better than him. Machiavelli would even say some of those things are good qualities in a leader.

Agreed: there is no fallacy here. Who and how Trump is or is not has no bearing. 

There are no fallacies.  Trump has repeatedly demonstrated himself to be all of this and far worse.

Answers

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Ad hominem argument unsupported personal attacks.

These are Ad Hominem (Abusive) arguments personal attacks to support the assertion that anyone would be better than trump.  Really,  think about that for a moment.  


I see many people that say...



Appeal to Popularity The way this is worded, it attempts to give credibility to what follows by the fact that "many people" are saying it. Granted, what follows may be true, but not because many people say it is.


 



Trump is a racist, a sexist, and a homophobe in addition to being stupid, mean, crude and a narcissist.



This is a claim without support, but not fallacious since many premises in arguments are claims that are debated. But keep in mind, to accept the conclusion, one would have to accept this premise.


 



 Anyone would be better as President than him.



There is some ambiguity here. How do we judge how good a president is? What are the criteria? If character is most important, then assuming all those things about Trump are true, this conclusion would follow.

I would say that its a non sequitur fallacy. Because the conclusion of "anyone is better than Trump" does not follow the premises. 


Or its possibly a Hypnotic Bait And Switch Fallacy. All of those traits might be truth statements, but then its followed by a controversial non truth statement being that "anyone would be better." 


Also, the first part "I see many people say that" is an appeal to popularity fallacy. 

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