Earlier this week, I watched Donald Trump’s Iowa town hall with Sean Hannity on Fox News. I suspect that most of you didn’t watch it, but there were some important takeaways. The audience was energized, and certainly acted like they were on the “winning” team. Trump was brutal when talking about President Biden and his cognitive and physical abilities. The crowd’s reaction was cruel and malicious. There’s no question that Trump’s campaign against Biden will be unrestrained.
President Biden needs to show the American people that he’s ready for the fight ahead. He needs to travel the country, stand up in the arena and engage with the American people. He needs to talk about the brilliance of Americanism as an idea, as a principle. It’s time for Biden to lead the charge in defense of the Constitution, the peaceful transition of power and religious tolerance.
Here are more of my thoughts on the town hall:
I have said it once, I will say it again . We need to fund schools, school equipment, teachers like we fund the Military. Education is a weapon and we are unarmed. I did not grow up - Disrespecting the President of the United states . No matter if my parents agreed or disagreed with his policies. You just didn't make such crass comments. We just didn't make Crass comments about People in General . Like Trump with his gang at some Mall USA ..the leader of Bullies / making fked up comments about those walking by- Trump is base. Garish, low quality - Slothy, disinclination to exertion , laziness - wants the protection from jail ..and the side money he can make from his favorite dictators, by being president. He has no real desire to be Public servant of our Country.
When did China become this big Enemy of ours? I"m not sure I understand that. Its not like we have to be all Warm and Fuzzy toward China - but, with respect and at arms distance, with monitoring . China is a good trading partner. Our Farmers were really excited about those contracts they had with China ..China is innovative, Creative, open to make deals and make money. they have terrific food. LOL ..In my opinion , China had a lab accident . or someone did. Trump praised them numerous times during the pandemic for their transparency. China also gave us the Genome sequence of the virus in record time. This saved us time in the making of vaccines . They didn't have to do that. What I saw, was trump had a protocol to follow left by Bush, and by Obama ..but he didn't want to follow it. When it was clear that thousands upon thousands of Americans were dying (and trump took no responsibility) China, became the scape goat. The Loss of those China contracts to our farmers was tremendous . Farmers were now bailed out in socialist style payments by our government for 4 years. Many went bankrupt/ many sold / and many committed suicide. And Black Farmers were left OUT of those socialist style bail outs ALL together.
Anywho..I got off on a tangent ..
1) We should be teaching our children to never be that cruel and malicious.
2) We shouldn't elect a fker like trump who is that cruel, that malicious and that evil ..hes like the leader of ..its cool to be cruel ..disgusting
3) Sadly..yes..Biden needs to get across the country - travel - get the message OUT.
Democrats (even in congress and senate ) are not big on the messaging . ..the Rallies ...the fan fare. If you look on X - every single republican in congress comes out with the Message du jour ..
Democrats in Congress ..go for days and days without posting. its a bit frustrating .
I spend a lot of time on X - but i have very few followers because i refuse to import my address book ..
My comments do not get augmented also because i do not have a check next to my name and I refuse to pay for it.
I think you may have gotten bedazzled by the trump town hall bullshit. (a little) I am not taking what he is saying lightly...but Democrats will Vote ..that is the important part..2020 showed us that when Americans CAN vote - they DO vote ..and not for Republicans.
Steve, you make your point elegantly. I fear Trump’s headed for a victory as well. Too many variables all falling into place to ignore that right now, he is the front runner.
(1). Trump has the party in lock step with his draconian agenda.
(2). Trump has an entire ecosystem dedicated to carrying his water. It’s not just Fox and the “usual suspects”: it’s Univision which is the preferred news source for half of all Latino voters and local affiliates like Sinclair Broadcasting that allows Trump acolytes to disseminate farcical nonsense on Trump’s behalf, without allowing democrats equal access.
(3). We have the three stooges running third party campaigns. Kennedy, Stein and West. All could take enough votes away from Biden in swing states to tip the election. Stein, singlehandedly handed two swing states to Trump in 2016.
(4). We have the Israel/Palestinian War, tearing the Democratic Party apart. Young and Muslim voters vow to sit out or vote third party. This could not only hand the presidency to Trump, but both the house and Senate. Democrats already have an uphill battle to keep the senate; this could be the death kneel!
That said, let’s think about Trump’s first term:
Trump put tariffs on China, causing them to retaliate against a $42 billion annual agricultural exports to China. This required the US taxpayer to bail out the agricultural industry for $42 billion a year; the second largest bailout in US history, after the financial bailout of 2008.
Trump canceled the JCPOA; Iran now has the
capability to go nuclear any time they want with enough highly enriched uranium to make at least six bombs. Are we safer today? I think not! It also helped elect the most conservative government in Iran since it took power in 1979. And now Hamas attacks Israel.
Trump betrays the Kurds, and now all Allie’s are suspicious of whether Trump will abandon them, pushing them closer to China economically and for security. He also signs the DOHA agreement releasing 5,800 hardened Taliban and Al Qaeda fighters with American blood on their hands and reduces US forces from 25k to 2.5k, setting up the withdrawal for failure.
Trump almost withdrew from NATO. In a second term, he will and Putin gets his puppet, Russia swallows Ukraine, and NATO not only falls apart, western stock markets plunge. Winner; Putin. Losers: Europe, the western world and America.
Trump adds $8.2 trillion to the debt, threatens the Federal Reserve Chair if he increases interest rates under his administration (so Powell capitulates), and after an incompetent response to COVID, we get a recession and high inflation.
Bottom line: Trump’s foreign policy was a disaster. His infrastructure weeks, a joke. He destroyed a $42 billion farming export industry that still hasn’t recovered. Added more debt in four years than either Bush or Obama did in eight years. And he left office with a recession, 7 million fewer jobs than when he came into office, and an unemployment rate of 6.9%, when the unemployment rate was 4.9%, when he took office.
A second Trump administration won’t be as gentle. He intends to remake government by staffing the entire government with loyalists; he will staff the judiciary with Federalist Society judges; forget abortion rights should they take all three branches of government. He will end Obamacare, drug companies will have carte blanche to raise prices and the world will abandon us. And this doesn’t include his most draconian policy proposals.
Be afraid.....