“There is a bank of 12 TVs and you can see Fox, MSNBC and CNN often on several of them,” he wrote in an email. “Sometimes I notice who changes to Fox,” he wrote, adding that “it’s fairly collegial.”

But Mr. Hagendorf said he no longer feels that collegiality is working.

He’s being more blunt now, delivering brusque takes on left-wing politics that have lead his friends of all political stripes to call him “Larry David,” a reference to the comedian and star of “Curb Your Enthusiasm” whose shtick is speaking without a filter.

“I am not concerned at all about alienating” Trump-supporting friends, Mr. Hagendorf wrote. “They don’t know anyone who’s affected, and the market is doing well,” he said. “They are willing to look the other way.”

‘I would suggest you open your eyes’



Everything, and I mean everything, this man [Mr. Trump] does is for his and only his benefit. If you are fortunate enough to benefit from that, I would suggest you open your eyes to the great majority of those fellow Americans who are not.

Gutting health care, separating families, passing tax cuts to the benefit of the wealthy may be advantageous or neutral issues to you, but the people who rely on social programs and a social conscious of their government are being sacrificed. Your comfort comes at a cost.

— Richard Lloyd, 62, Chandler, Ariz.

Richard Lloyd lives in a gated community in the Phoenix suburb of Chandler, part of Maricopa County, which voted for Mr. Trump in 2016 by a narrow margin.

A former navy pilot who has worked for a commercial airline for 32 years, Mr. Lloyd wrote in an email that he tries to keep his political discussions less emotional and more issue driven.