What could Donald Trump do which would make you stop supporting him?
I believe every Trump supporter should at least ask this question? I was raised that I should try to leave this planet and provide my heirs and their contemporaries a better place to leave. More secure, safe, and with better resources than when I was born. It has been a long time since I felt my generation would be successful. So my goal is now to make this planet a better place than it is today.
Do you feel safer today?
I ask my Trump supporters if they fell safer today than when Obama was in office.
- When Donald Trump took office Iran had suspended physically trying to develop a bomb, agreed to inspections, and was on its way to moderation. Yes, there were potential weaknesses, but with trust it was possible. An environment existed where dialog not violence might improve the situation. At the current time, Iran has again begun working on a nuclear bomb and will in a matter of years succeed. It has begun to flex its muscle in a volatile region. It is again a country which could easily support a terrorist act in the United States. Please explain Trump Supporter, how this makes us safer.
- Under Donald Trump, the number of mass shootings has accelerated. While maybe his rhetoric is not totally to blame, it can not be denied his rhetoric is that of division not of inclusion. His stance on gun control facilitates the mad men of our country. Do you feel safer as you walk into mall, Walmart, theater, or attend a concert or have a drink in a public place? Or do you wonder whether your current location will be the next mass shooting? I personally will not change my plans, but I know nothing has been done, which will limit the danger. The only thing Donald Trump has done with his rhetoric is pour fuel on the fire of hate. As explained else where on this blog, the most dirty word in the English language. So Trump supporter, please explain to me how you feel safer as you walk in the mall than you did when he became President.
Military
Donald Trump claims to have strengthened our military. Yet he has weakened the chain of command by over-riding and vacating the conviction of a war criminal. In the future our war crimes could quite well be subjected to action by international courts and not left to the US military action. Our enemies will feel justified to act in manners similar to Ed Gallagher and multilate and display their bodies. I’d like to know how this makes the United States better. I’d like to know how this makes America Great?
Ability to Lead
Our current administration has a vision known only to Donald Trump. What the impeachment hearings made clear is that those individuals in the foreign relations sphere do not either share his vision or he has failed to communicate it in a way that is effective.
Let’s suppose for a minute that Donald Trump was telling the truth when he says he did not withhold aid to Ukranine in exchange for an announcement.
Let’s also suppose for a minute that the witnesses who testified under oath were telling the truth.
The only conclusion one can reach is that Donald Trump has an inability to communicate to his subordinates what he wants, because the differences in what he says and what they felt were his directions clearly shows a disconnect.
Trump’s only definitive statement is “Your Fired” It creates an environment with Yes Men around him. It frees him to be a psuedo dictator. Tell me how I am wrong in this conclusion Trump supporter.
Health Care
I find this discussion interesting. Donald Trump ran on a platform of ending Obama Care. He said he would replace it with something great. The results are undeniable.
Donald Trump has been able to gut Obama Care and has replaced it with nothing. The debate in Congress made it clear that Obama Care while imperfect was better than any of the options that the Republican Congress was able to come up with to replace it. That is the reason it failed. Tell me Trump supporter. How do you feel about your current health care situation? Tell me how it is better?
Economy
Donald Trump inherited a strong economy. Does he give credit to Obama? or does he take all the credit for the economy to himself? Yes, he has maintained a strong economy, but at what expense? His trade war with China has increased prices, inflation is out pacing our raises and impacts the poor much more than the middle class and wealthy. How does greater class division Make America Great? How does leaving the poor behind make America Great? Please explain this to me Trump supporter.
The Environment
- Please Trump Supporter, explain to me how fossil fuels are our future. Yes, they currently help to support a strong economy, but at what cost? Please explain to me how renewable energy resources are not better for our future> Please explain to me what Trump has done in the environmental arena will make our future better?
- My answer is the Donald Trump is willing to rape our environment in order to advance his own agenda. I remember when a brown scum on the Androscoggin River in Maine and a river on fire in Cleveland. How this forced national action with both a Clean Water Act. How acid rain helped lead to a Clean Air Act. Tell me Trump Supporter how does not enforcing these acts make our environment better? How does leaving the Paris accord make our future better?
I don’t understand?
I’ll admit I don’t understand why you support Donald Trump? Please help me understand.
Bullying and Interpersonal Relationships
Here is something I can not forgive Donald Trump. Donald Trump is a bully in every sense of the word. He uses name calling as a staple of his rhetoric. Anyone of significance who disagrees with gets a cute name. It seems to endear him to his followers, but at what cost.
It divides our country. Into Trump Supporters and Never Trumpers. I’ll admit I have been, I am, and will always be a Never Trumper. That does not mean I don’t want to understand what makes Trump Supporters tick. It also doesn’t mean I don’t want Trump Supporters to understand me.
The rhetoric today in our politics has gotten ugly. The rhetoric far from making America great again, weakens our institutions and emboldens Valdimir Putin to state the western democracies are dying. His attacks on our elections are working. Is this what you want Trump supporter?
Maybe, just maybe we can agree that we both want a strong democracy. Maybe just maybe we can use that agreement to have a real dialog into how to move forward and not your against me and I’m against you.
Conclusion
What I want is for an open and honest dialog between all parties. At this point I don’t think it can be face-to-face, but maybe it can be in blogs and eMails.
I’m serious I want an honest and open dialog. The picture of the Preamble of the Constitution was deliberate, for our democracy was founded on dialog and compromise. It is what we must reestablish in order to Make America Great Again.
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