That’s a strawman argument. No one is saying the feds shouldn’t own some land. What people are saying is they own too much right now. And tying that into Trump, he doesn’t seem to understand that if a state screws up something, you can move to a different state. But if the feds screw up something, you can’t just move to a different country. And everyone time the feds get their paws on something, they NEVER let go. Trump doesn’t seem to have an intuitive understanding of that like I would argue Cruz does.
I think you have that backwards. Yours is the straw argument, though you didn’t raise it. Someone else did and you’re addressing it.
If this were in the top twenty issues of the day, then fine. What we’re talking about here is about 75th on the list of things that bother me.
Nobody is running on the idea we should return 100% or even 50% of government land to the states.
Should a majority of federal lands be surrendered to the states? I believe so. Is Trump’s seeming disagreement with my opinion a serious issue I need to drop him for? No.
This is just one more nothing-burger that some folks are desperately hoping will sink Trump.
Not buying it.