In the final analysis, there are three reasons why America shouldn’t even consider electing Donald Trump:
- HE IS LEGALLY, MORALLY, AND INTELLECTUALLY UNFIT FOR THE JOB: Does this really require any explanation?
- HIS AGENDA WILL LEAVE AMERICA POORER, WEAKER, AND MORE DIVIDED: Tariffs, large tax cuts for corporations, and mass deportations will leave our economy reeling. Antagonizing our allies in a myriad of ways will leave us more vulnerable to the revisionist powers. As to the “divided” part, his rhetoric speaks for itself; he views half of America as his enemy and wants to inflict as much pain on it as possible.
- THE PUBLIC IS FEELING NOSTALGIC ABOUT HIS RECORD, BUT IT SHOULDN’T: He basically took the Obama economy and juiced it a bit with tax cuts that were supposed to increase investment, but actually increased demand. His pandemic response was chaotic and pathetic. Hamas’ decision to attack Israel during Biden’s watch had nothing to do with the identity of the American president; it was about the Israelis and their lack of preparation, not us. We don’t know for certain why Putin attacked Ukraine when he did, but he might well have held off during the Trump years because he figured Trump would hand it to him without a fight. Biden didn’t succeed in making fundamental changes to the dollar store economy, but he did bring us out of the pandemic recession much faster, and with less pain, than most people would have predicted in 2020. Did Trump accomplish anything like that? No, he did not.