Donald Trump is my favorite President, even more so than Ronald Reagan.
However, I think I’m moving on from him.
I like him in the role of a clarion-calling standard bearer, and his presidency was the best I have ever seen.
I don’t like him in terms of his failure to be a team player. I’m not even sure I like him as a kingmaker. Calling out these numbers in a severely-disappointing election shows me he doesn’t care about the boots on the ground, but only how he looks.
Reagan faced the same Establishment hate and Media mocking, but he had a great way of playful rebuttal, with a twinkle in his eye and a little smile. America loved that. All the attacks mustered against him, failed, because he was able to gently turn it around on his attacker with a witty quip or a well thought out fact.
Reagan was also the author of the phrase, the 11th commandment, which was “Thou shall not attack a fellow Republican.”
Trump, on the other hand, has a serious ego problem. He cannot resist getting into a public verbal fight with anyone who criticizes him. While this was fresh and new in 2016, and propelled him into the presidency, it doesn’t work in 2022.
Also, the way Trump fights back is not nearly as good as Reagan’s style. Trump hasn’t got the charm of Reagan, and it’s beginning to hurt our side.
It is for these reasons that I must move on from Donald Trump. Sir, thank you for your incredibly wonderful service in 2016 through 2020. You made those years prosperous and sane. But it is time to move on.
I’m likely to get a ton of flak for this post. That’s okay, I can take it.
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Hats off to you for daring to admit you’re having some second thoughts about one of your true heroes. And as difficult as it is, you’ll probably swing back and forth in your emotions several more times.
I know because I have been going through these exact emotions myself since the end of the Trump term. There’s times I still love him, and there’s times I still want to fight for him like when his h9me got raided, but there’s many other times I simply can’t agree with what he says or does.
And at some point, the times I disagreed with him began to outnumber the times I agreed with him. That ratio could swing back, but lately he seems to be sailing at pretty high speed away from me.
Posting these concerns will see you immediately called a NeverTrumper suffering from TDS on this site, but I’m asking everyone on both sides to refrain from the name calling and try to rationally discuss the pros and cons of Trump, because he is a mixed bag, for sure.
Whether that will ever happen remains to be seen, but at this point Trump is no longer the clear and only way, in my opinion. He may become the best way, again, but not on his current course.
Breaking out the popcorn! Back in 2016, you ripped into me for raising some questions about Trump.
I voted for Trump twice, but I saw plenty of flaws from the start. Now you’re raising some of the same concerns I raised 6 years ago.
Oh, and you’re really out to sea if you actually think President Trump was better than President Reagan, who should be on Mt. Rushmore, on coins, and so forth.
Bottom line: Trump was an excellent president, the 2020 election was stolen from him, but you have to question the lack of wisdom in attacking DeSantis right off the bat.
BTW, the smart move by DeSantis is don’t run in 2024. If Trump wins, it’s an open seat. If Trump loses to Biden or Harris, it’s either an open seat, or the equivalent.
Then after completing two successful terms as Florida governor, DeSantis can win in 2028 after he mops the floor with The Handsome Empty Suit from California.