Go Trump!!
This Presidential election is the USA's last chance to resist massive illegal immigration. If Trump turns out to be the only candidate who might resist it, then we should ignore all his faults.In my estimation, that Trump is also a world-class sleazoid puts him a distant second to Cruz.I was supporting Walker, but when Trump posted his position paper about immigration -- saying they he opposed even birth-right citizenship! -- then I switched from Walker to Trump immediately.
I was appalled by Trump's rambling rhetoric, his incoherent political philosophy and his gratuitous insults, but I had become a one-issue voter.
Since then, however, Cruz has adopted enough of a hard line on immigration that I have switched from Trump to Cruz.
However, I have come to understand that -- whereas Trump intends to build a barrier along the entire USA-Mexico border -- Cruz intends to complete merely the 700 miles that Congress has funded. Since 620 miles of the 700 funded miles have been constructed, only 80 funded miles remain. Some interviewer should challenge Cruz publicly about this point. Cruz has created a false impression that he will extend the barrier along the entire border.
Although Trump is much better than Cruz about building a border barrier, Cruz is good enough on immigration for me -- considering Trump's many faults.
Trump is much better than Cruz also about promising to bargain more effectively about international-trade agreements. Trump's promises might cause all the Rust Belt states to switch from Democrat to Republican in the Presidential election. However, I believe that free trade is more advantageous to the US economy in the long run. If such promises help Trump to win the Presidential election, though, then I will be happy to reconsider my position on that issue as I watch a President Trump bargain.
I think that a huge portion of the electorate has -- like me -- become single-issue voters on immigration, and that is the reason why this election is so unusual and difficult to predict.