^You don’t get it Wulf.
You’re buying Trump’s versions of America. Which are are false narratives, and lies.
THIS is a “YUGE” reason for why Kamala is surging.
While Trump keeps telling us, how awful America is, and how ruined everything is, Harris is using a positive message.
She’s reminding people like you, that the country is not in the dire straights Trump is telling you it is.
The country sucks to Trump, because he isn’t POTUS.
And it sucks to you, because you’re believing all the lies Trump is telling you, without any filter.
So now, we have a different presidential race.
Trump, Vance, and of course FOX “News,” and conservative Podcasters/radio hosts, are talking about doom and gloom.
They are essentially saying that we are a “shit hole” country.
But people aren’t idiots. The stats and narratives being pushed by the right, are bold faced lies. And you can check the facts. You just won’t. Or perhaps can’t, allow yourself to believe the truth.
We (like the rest of the world,) took a real beating in the Covid era. But. We’ve ultimately recovered fairly well.
In the Covid times, the economy saw the greatest difficulties in our time. Everything from small businesses, to major corporations, went belly up, and many restaurants and bars, still have not recovered.
If anyone was told, or thought, that the economy would just explode in success after that, they had unrealistic expectations. Certainly not a single economist I ever heard, throughout all of this, has EVER been optimistic about our short term growth. All indications, are that America WILL fully “recover” (however that will be defined.) But only an idiot would expect things to come back so quickly, from being down SO far.
I have always gone to great lengths, to opine that we shouldn’t count Covid, as a Trump thing. Apparently, we were not remotely prepared for such a thing (EVERYONE’S FAULT,) and I believe that any president would have been equally blindsided. I am not a fan, of Trump’s weaponization of public safety, for his own gain. It was almost poetic justice, that Trump himself caught Covid, and had a rough time. Although, I am genuinely glad he didn’t die from it.
Other than Covid, Trump only really accomplished his tax cut for the wealthy, and his seeding of courts around the country, and obviously the SCOTUS as well. He WAS able to pull the US from the Iranian deal. A deal that Obama made, (in part to help broker peace with Israel and Hamas, as they were in another scenario where Israel was pummeling Gaza,) that if kept likely would have prevented acts like the Oct 7th attack.
If you want to opine that Iran itself would have always been a problem, I would meet you half way. And say that there would always be an extremist element in Iran. (Not entirely different than large religious groups that are mostly in power in other countries.)
No (useless) wall. No strong economy. No great deals. No help in trade. No low crime.
No emptying of a “swamp.” (Actually filling the swamp much further.) No pulling out of Afghanistan. (Biden had to take the blame for the optics of that nightmare.) No help with immigration.
He also caused most of the world’s leaders to abandon him, in hopes they could work with a different US president in 4 years.
I’m sure we can all remember that infamous photo of Trump sitting down smiling, whilst our allies were all glaring at him.
Things like giving $2 trillion to the wealthiest Americans, are why home ownership is out of reach. As is capitalism, and frankly greed.
Many very wealthy corporations that got the tax breaks from Trump, also reported record profits, during the Covid years…
I think Trump’s supporters are like me, with a bad ex-girlfriend. Sometimes, I only remember the good, although the majority was bad.
Trump’s sheep have rosy glasses, and the memory of a goldfish.
It won’t matter, when Harris is POTUS. There will be a time of struggling and violence from some far-right extremists. But after that, we will ALL be Americans again. I think once we rejoin as a people, we’ll notice that the economy is better, and that the country is actually a great place full of great people.
I think people are tired of Trump’s “America is terrible” bullshit. I think they like seeing all the positivity, and unity, at Harris’ campaigns.
I think they miss, the loved ones they were brainwashed into hating by Trump.
MANY people, have claimed that Walz, reminds them of their father, whom doesn’t talk to them anymore because they are Trumpers.
America, is too good, for the current division. Too diverse.
Too full of hope, and the propensity for unity.
I don’t trust Harris. I don’t know her, yet. But Trump’s message is old, and he has fully embraced the separatist role, highly offending many Americans.
His odd obsession with Kamala’s race, and his obvious difficulties dealing with women of power, are very telling. He’s running from a debate.
Trump wants a us, versus them country.
Then there’s Vance… If I didn’t know better, I’d swear he was a deep state plant, trying hard to completely destroy Trump’s chances.
So.
When you see Harris, smiling and spreading positivity, or Walz, with his big smile pumping up a crowd, it should make sense now.
Contrast that, with Trump’s everything is awful mantra, and look at his crowds. Miserable people, mad at the world. Always calling for violence, or incarceration of Trump’s adversaries. Calling everything a conspiracy (with ZERO facts to back it up,) and playing the victim. Yuck…
Trump would have beaten Biden. Of that, I had little doubt.
I’m not going to be voting.
I’m not sending any money to a politician.
I’m just pleasantly surprised, with current events in American politics. Even if Harris isn’t a superstar, I think the country will begin to heal itself.
Trump will try until his death, to somehow steal the office, or cause a Civil War.
Eventually, he will lose support, as people snap out of the funk Trump always brought.
Thanksgiving meals, will be back to being about family and love.
These things, I forsee.