You just can’t go willy-nilly.”
People who have had their messages shared from the Trump Regrets account have quickly been pulled into debates with people who reject Mr. Trump’s policies,
and tend to get a deluge of criticism after their tweets are shared by the account.
In an interview, Mr. Watson, 40, said he was never wild about Mr. Trump — “I really thought he was going to fizzle out
and drop out” — and now regrets his decision to vote for him “as the lesser of two evils” after watching some of the decisions he’s made early in his presidency.
“I learned that the population is a lot more diverse than I expected.”
Jon A. Krosnick, a professor at Stanford University who studies the psychology of voting, said
that he was struck by how many of the Trump Regrets messages seemed to focus on Mr. Trump’s brash leadership style over his policies.
“I voted for you but you’re still acting like a baby,” one supporter from North Carolina wrote on Sunday, the same day Mr. Trump insulted the billionaire Mark Cuban by saying
that he was ‘‘not smart enough to run for president.’’
“When are you going to act Presidential??
Ms. Nelson reluctantly voted for Mr. Trump — “because of Hillary’s lies” —
but grew disillusioned with Mr. Trump’s behavior, which she thought would change after the election.
And, contrary to the name of the Trump Regrets account, not everyone who has lodged a complaint regrets voting for Mr. Trump.
