Never said otherwise. Lame red herring.
The fact is the man is a train wreck. He did not realize the hopes of conservative Christians. He did not clean out the swamp. He did not undo Obamacare. The election was his to win had he handled COVID differently, better, and despite the prowess with which he managed "vaccine" development and delivery he turned out to have been duped like the rest of us. We might even say he was swamped. He managed the economy well in many ways (I do not think I have ever seen the stock market trade solely on someone winning an election) but our money was worthless (and he knows economics and business, so he knew the interest rates needed to be gradually increased and tariffs are not a long-term solution). He managed foreign affairs well in many ways (replaced NAFTA, re-established the US as a world leader, strengthened NATO, nearly bankrupted Iran, recognized Jerusalem), but it's not wise to withdraw troops from Europe (or S. Korea), or alternatively alienate and condone the politics of Arabian Islam. He was petty. He mocked people, called people "loser," "horseface," "crazy," "mad dog, "lyin'," "Pocahontas," or "psycho," and applauded a legislator who assaulted a reporter. It's hugely ironic because I suspect if Trump called any normal person those things, he'd called others he'd be thankful for Secret Service protection.
Many noteworthy accomplishments (reduced illegal immigration, reformed taxation, SCOTUS appointments, created Space Force, defeated the ISIS "caliphate," and if it's true all politicians are narcissists and liars then the left can be full of chagrin Trump Trumped them at their own game - or maybe not because that freak Schiff managed to impeach him twice. He's pro-Constitution, pro First and Second Amendment rights, pro-life, pro (responsible) gun ownership, pro defense, pro open markets and fair wages, pro domestic energy, and many other positions I support BUT he is not truly conservative. Many Republicans aren't. True conservativism promotes principles and applies them uniformly to circumstance. The reason conservatives are pro-life (for example) is not because they are Republicans, but because God is the author of life, all life is valuable (unless it forfeits life by violating another's), there is no constitutional right to abortion, the rule of law should be followed, and the government should be decentralized and limits its control to what is stipulated in the Constitution.
We live in a pluralistic representative republic, not a democracy.
Conservative principles include...
These and other core principles define a conservative, and Trump was weak in many of these areas. It's a huge problem on the Republican side of the political divide. It's bad enough we have to contend with Democrats, socialists, and liberals holing diametrically opposite views. RINOs are becoming a majority on OUR side of the divide.
- the rule of law,
- the Constitution as the preeminent rule of law,
- small decentralized government,
- mistrust of power (because power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely),
- the nuclear family as the basic institution of society,
- the use of all societal institutions to address solutions (not the government as messiah),
- fiscal responsibility,
- the wishes of the majority rule but not at the expense of the minority's rights,
Lame red herring.
This op is about what might happen this coming year. I tend to agree with this op. I am not convinced Trump will lose all these cases, but I am fairly confident much of the left's nonsense will prove fruitless because they've violated his due process and, ironically, acted with seditious intent to undermine an election. I do not think that Trump should be POTUS again because more what has already happened will continue and that is not good for the country. He had his chance and cons are watching with increasing reluctance, and that is likely to grow as the courtroom circus expands. It won't matter that he is eventually free of it (temporarily). If the polls are correct the Haley beats Biden by a much greater margin than Trump (I find that hard to believe) so Trump is not the guaranteed candidate. The single biggest factor may well be Trump does not have Limbaugh to support him nearly around the clock. A lot can happen in the next year.
The cons want a POTUS with greater integrity to conservative values and no one wants a repeat of constant internal attacks and pettiness. The sad thing is the election was Trump's to win and he blew it. All he had to do was tone down the rhetoric and speak more American. All he had to do was practice the verses I quoted in Post 15.
Oh please. What a mess.
He ended Roe v. Wade. He personally showed up to the Right to Life gathering. No other so-called pro-life president did.
