There are two ways to defend the support of Donald Trump for president this November:
1. Promoting another four years of improvement of the state of the nation.
2. Preventing another four years of destruction of the state of the nation.
Either presents a legitimate argument, a logical argument, a fact-based argument.
As regards point #1, Trump's record as president begged for a repeat performance in 2020, and he was denied by all manner of fraud, interference, irregularity which resulted in the election actually being stolen from him. His detractors pretend otherwise, as if his record of achievement wasn't enough. As if his manner and eccentricities drove away intelligent voters. Pseudo-sophisticates and the sanctimonious assert he was not presidential material, while those like me maintain that his record proved he indeed was, and then some.
That record included tax and regulatory policy which resulted in a thriving economy, with growth beyond what the impotent Obama said was no longer possible. We were told the weak growth rate was the new normal to which we needed to get used and that a magic wand was required to do better. (Then of course, when better came to be, this same worthless bastard dared to claim the booming economy was due to his efforts.)
It also included oil flowing like Niagara Falls to the extent that our costs were low and our exports were high. And with his support for Keystone and other pipelines, jobs were as plentiful as the oil. It also included a more reasonable cost of living for all, and inflation was low. It included more and better paying jobs to the extent that the unemployment rate for black Americans was the lowest ever since they began tracking that, and the lowest in the nation since the early 1960s, and thus liberated nearly seven million people from food stamps. He lowered drug prices for the first time in 51 years.
It included actual work toward reigning in the number of illegal invaders flowing across our borders. A wall which border agents confirmed was impeding the ability of illegals from crossing, making their jobs easier.
It included pulling out of the Iran Nuclear Deal. The former put a huge financial hurt on Iran and mitigated their ability to finance nuke production as well as terrorist activity (whereas both Obama and now Biden choose to fund both). On that issue, Trump took out an Iranian military leader, Qassem Soleimani and ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi...two vermin responsible for all sorts of terrorist attacks.
It included the Abraham Accords which brought together Israel and Arab states as well as with us. In doing so, he made it clear that the Jew-hating Gazastinian/West Bankers were not necessary to advance relationships in the region, and did not have to be a veto to every such attempt. It included moving our embassy from Tel Aviv to Israel's capitol in Jerusalem where it should always have been.
It included supporting ASEAN over Chinese expansionism and fighting China's aggression toward its neighbors. Even Vietnam professed its gratitude toward Trump in this regard.
This is a really short list. Trump's achievements, again, justified a second term. There's no thinking person who voted against giving him one. No thinking person would presume to assert he wouldn't continue on that path he started in his first term as there's no rational argument to suggest he wouldn't. Some wish to speak of the debt increase during his presidency. But as I provided for Craig, the debt has no only increased with every president since Nixon, it has increased in the second term of every two-term president. That is, where the debt rose for Obam's first term, it rose again during his second. And as I said, it was the same with every two-termer...Reagan, Clinton, Bush 43 AND Obama. Thus, to hold it against Trump as if it mitigates all of the above good is inane.
Another criticism is the COVID "vaccines" and Trump's seeming continued support for them. This is a legit gripe, but it fails due to the fact that so much is known about its inefficiency and harmful potential that it's doubtful too many are making their jab decisions based on his support of the "vax" alone, if at all. And while detractors insist they aren't insisting on perfection in a candidate, it's these imperfections they scrape up to lament him as the GOP nominee and to rationalize withholding votes.
A far more egregious bit of nonsense is Trump's manner, his "mean tweets" and other such "stupid" things he says or does. Let's forget all the good things he does and pretend none of it counts for judging his character. Let's just focus on bullshit instead. The "character" argument fails against his record of beneficial achievements. This is serious shit here and whether he's cracking wise about some woman's looks or "hawking" a Bible, to pretend anyone should give this crap any real weight belies their claims of being sensible voters. They aren't, and the future of the nation is too important to concern one's self with crap when real destructive policies are a guarantee with another four years of Dem control of the White House.
And here's another thing which speaks to Trump's plus side: He loves America in a tangible, substantive way which manifests in his willingness to take all the shit haters are throwing his way just to ensure America is Made Great Again. The lawfare, the obstructions...none of it will stop him from doing right by us. Those who pretend he only cares about himself have to be some of the stupidest assholes in the world in the face of all that. He hasn't been enriched by public service as has most every other president and member of Congress. Yet he continues on our behalf.
It's not Trump who is Trump's worst enemy. It is those who say this kind of crap when they should be assuring folks of why he should get their support, too. But they are his worst "baggage" as they pretend anyone should be concerned about his less than perfect ways as if they matter against real issues which do.
ADDENDUM: As luck would have it, today's edition of AmericanThinker.com provided the following article which aligns well with what I've begun with this post:
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/04/the_compelling_case_for_trump.html
