Strongly disagree that he’s one of the worst people alive today.
Simply put, I trust Trump on the economy and on immigration more than I do Harris. Those 2 issues are core issues for me whereas other stuff is more secondary. I’m pro choice and generally pro gun reform, so it’s not like I’m a huge pro-life or 2nd amendment single issue voter. As far as foreign policy, I’m more of an isolationalist in the sense that I think the United States often gets taken advantage of in some of the alliances we are in.
This package of beliefs leads me to vote for Democrats in some races - for instance, the NC governor’s race has nothing to do with immigration (where national Dems are a total disaster) or foreign policy - two issues I side with Republicans on - but it does have a lot to do with abortion (where I’m pro choice) now that Roe has been overturned.
I appreciate your response. And I figured it had to do w/the "Trump economic policy" thing but for the first year or so at least, he rode the wave of what was already in place. You can't buy an antique car from a person who meticulously restored it and cared for it and kept it in a climate-controlled garage under a slipcover and then claim that you're responsible for the state of the car. You can claim ownership/stewardship of it from that point, but you cannot take credit for its condition. However, if over a couple/few years you leave it out in the rain, don't protect it, and drive it off-road, even though perhaps you keep the interior clean, then the responsibility for the resulting state of the car is squarely yours.
Have you actually looked at 1) what he did economically while in office and 2) what he's saying he's going to do if he's re-elected? Unless you're a very wealthy person - and I doubt you are if you are complaining about the cost of groceries, but I'm okay with giving you the BoD if you claim otherwise - favoring Trump's economic policies just doesn't square with the reality that you and I live every day. Will his proposed across-the-board tariffs on imports make things better for you? Will his corporate and wealthy-person-oriented tax cuts improve your portfolio? I'm not saying Dems are perfect, but we know the Pub playbook by heart now - tax cuts for the rich and corporations, appoint Pub judges (hopefully to SCOTUS), loosen gun control (literally the 1st thing Trump did in 2017), and try to cut any so-called "entitlements" programs.
As for immigration - did you actually read an extract of what was in the bill that Trump ordered to be killed, and like obedient sycophant lapdogs, even though many of them were seething about it, the Pubs did just that? This is a great summary of its provisions:
https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/research/analysis-senate-border-bill
Screen-scraping the bullet-points from that page, this is what was in the bill (NOT popular with progressive Dems, BTW):
1. A “Border Emergency Authority” Adding a New, Restrictive, and Opaque Process until Border Crossings Reach Very Low Levels
2. A Quicker, More Restrictive Non-Custodial Asylum Process for Border Entrants
3. Changes to Detention and Alternatives to Detention
4. A Path to Citizenship for Afghan Evacuees and Allies
5. The First Increases to Legal Immigration Since 1990
6. Congressional Funding for Asylum Officers and Lawyers for Kids
Isn't Trump ordering it to be killed so he could use it as a campaign issue - and your party falling in line and doing exactly that without any kind of discussion - strike you as patently disingenuous and reckless for people who claim they actually
want to do something about immigration? You're correct that there is plenty of blame to go around (and in my view, the same all-encompassing blame as the gross neglect of our national education system), but you can't claim the Dems did nothing this time around.
I think the first sentence though - that you disagree that he's one of the worst people in the world - is much more telling than any of your stated policy positions. Why exactly do you think maybe he's not such a bad guy after all? Do you feel he doesn't deserve the character or other criticism he gets? Presumably you are also a Christian - does it not concern you that he claims to not ask for forgiveness and his favorite part of the Bible is "all of it?"
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