[boycott]

I am in deep red Alabama. Most people I know don’t want Trump to run again. Most prefer DeSantis. I’m not sure I know anyone that wants Trump to run.

[central_va]

You know one. ME!

Trump is running in '24. Desantis will get crushed if he tries to go against Trump.

You will be voting for Trump in Nov. ‘24.

Get used to the idea.

Where else are you going to go?

[Tell It Right]

I, too, am in deep red Alabama.

Before we diss Trump over his ego, at least appreciate one side-effect of his ego that we've taken for granted. He pointed this out in 2016, I believe after he won the primary.

Trump said that from that moment on he's taking most of the heat from the freedom-killing Dims. That most of their fiery arrows will be shot at him instead of their fellow Americans who were routinely being targeted for simple things like running a business without forcing their female employees to share locker rooms and restrooms with men.

To be sure, the left is still going after some of us, as the Jan 6 protestors in jail can attest. And they're still going after Jack Phillips (the baker in Colorado). But for the most part, they've left the rest of us alone and put most of their focus onto Trump.

So before you discard Trump over his ego, make sure you're ready for the left to go back to focusing their cross-hairs on us average Joes if we nominate a Desantis or Paul.

[Chgogal]

Under Trump the US enjoyed the following:

Gas price per gallon was about $2.30;
Inflation about 1.4%, mortgage,rates were half of what they are now;
Unemployment was low before Covid and before Blue Governors shut everything
down and we were in the midst of a V-shape recovery;
Tax decrease; tax laws promoted small businesses as well as large;
US enjoyed energy independence - No Green Agenda, no war on energy, No Paris Treaty;
No war in Ukraine; NATO paid its way;
China was quiet and we were winning the trade war;
US companies were bringing home the jobs due to tax treatment;
Peace in the Middle East aka Abraham Accords; US Embassy moved to Jerusalem;
Iran was isolated.

Sorry you don't recognize an excellent POTUS when you had one.

[packagingguy]

Was in Chattanooga and met a couple from Georgia. I told them I had been in Alabama at a rally. The wife asked if it was Trump’s and I said yes.

She said she voted for Trump but wanted DeSantis because Trump had too much baggage.

I can see exactly what you are talking about.