“Even I had doubts about Trump in 2016.”
I did as well, I imagine many people here did.
BUT, during the primaries I changed my mind about him. He was working and working HARD for the nomination. I went all in before the convention.
I watched a lot of people change their minds about Trump here on FR. At times, it was the best of FR as one side tried convincing the other, then it got "nasty" (not unlike what Trump did to the Dem's, his Republican opponents, the media, and then finally Cruz himself) as the lines between the two camps on here were drawn.
I can only say this about where I was during the 2016 primaries: I was for Cruz at first. When Trump came down the Escalator in Trump Tower in NYC I honestly was thrilled. We had someone who (a)knows how the economy really works; (b)built a successful business; (c)was an excellent communicator and (d)took his campaign directly to the American people and told us ke knows how hard we work.
That he was a down and dirty street fighter who knew how to take out the competition was a huge bonus for me. That's exactly what I wanted: someone to fight the Democrats in ways they'd never seen before and be relentless in going after the media's bias' tearing them apart at every opportunity.
In short: Trump spoke for me. He still does. I love that man, he fights.
I'm convinced he's running again, and if by chance he doesn't, just look at all the slings and arrows he's taking. If he ends up kingmaker for someone else (DeSantis) I'll back him 1,000%.
Legit President Trump didn't need to run in 2016. He took absolute HELL for almost 5 years (Primaries, election, his 1st term) and that hell continues today. It is undoubtedly political persecution of Legit President Trump, those around him and us, his supporters.
As long as Legit President Trump fights, I will too. Trump is my President.
In closing, if he chooses not to run, I personally would consider the capstone of his Presidency being the affirmation of Second Amendment Rights that the US Supreme Court handed down on Thursday, and the repeal of Roe v. Wade on Friday. We have a Supreme Court that has gone back to the Constitution in its original form. The Democrats have been stopped dead in their tracks. We need to deliver the knockout punch in November and take away the keys to Congress, never to let those left-wing lunatics ever have power again.
Legit President Trump needs us to do that. He can't do that for us, and we have to do our part.