I’ve been very critical of Trump lately, even if that’s not the popular FR opinion, but this debate is a good reminder on why exactly he has the popularity that he does. No Russian ever called me a privileged white male, to paraphrase Muhammad Ali. Enough with the war rhetoric against a country that never attacked us
I maintain though that I’m looking for new leadership. Trump could have pardoned Assange and Snowden but didn’t, plus COVID lockdowns, plus a pattern of bad hires. Trump absolutely did a lot of good, you can see that from my old posts where I defended him even if I get called a “Soros paid shill” now lol, but nonetheless.
The race now should be Vivek, DeSantis, and Trump. The rest I don’t even know why they’re running. Nikki Haley is extremely annoying with all her feminist leftist girlboss rhetoric. Pence just seems clueless as to the challenges we face right now with his “rah rah America” rhetoric. This isn’t 1980 anymore and our country has serious problems and just pretending they don’t exist won’t fix that.
Very angry that this Democratic perversion of the legal system in conjunction with the MSM to persecute Trump with these indictments just might work to tarnish him and prevent his reelection. Despite his faults, he is still the most preferable candidate to save the American nation. also incredibly frustrated that DeSantis was so foolish to have his head filled with grandiosity by the likes of Karl Rove and the Bush family. He was a rising political star with a sterling record in Florida. He should have been VP in 2024 and would have likely been President in 2028 if only he remained a bit humble, patient and dealt more maturely with Trump’s eccentrics. Vivek may be interesting but much vetting needs to be done. Great rhetoric but who is he really?
When did Trump close down Texas other than the two weeks in March, 2020?
“Enough with the war rhetoric against a country that never attacked us”
...plus never even threatened us, at least until we shoved NATO in their faces.
Everyone on that stage has baggage.
“I maintain though that I’m looking for new leadership. Trump could have pardoned Assange and Snowden but didn’t, plus COVID lockdowns, plus a pattern of bad hires.”
Not that I’m paid to shill for Trump (and no, I’m not), but my understanding of the above is the following:
1. Assange would have gotten Trump removed from office (during the second impeachment), meaning unable to run in 2024. I read that once, don’t remember where = be interesting to find out more about that. Jan 6th was a top-rate operation by the feds.
2. Lockdowns - I don’t believe Trump ordered any, although people under him, who most thought were honest, did push lockdowns.
3. Bad Hires - Trump barely had 50 votes in the US Senate. RINOs combined with Dems had veto power over every pick of Trump. And the Turtle would not even put the Senate into recess, so Trump could not even do recess appointments. Maybe they couldn’t keep Trump out, but they could keep out everyone around Trump.
Trump is Truthing like crazy today, accusing DeSantis of not vaccinating anough people.