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Trump was called everything from a narcissist to a moron, yet our country was in great shape with the economy and stock market soaring, energy independence (cheap gas), a secure southern border with illegal immigration under control, taxes going down, no worrisome inflation, and the world’s bad-boy leaders were quiet as church mice. All this despite continual assaults from the Dems, BLM, the alphabet people, woke crowd and liberal media. Covid happened in the last 10 months of his administration, the perfect kitchen sink to be thrown at him. And yet, he was responsible for the fastest development of a vaccine ever. He didn’t really have time to respond to all the doom and gloom being pushed by the liberal media and progressives prior to the questionable election.

On the other hand, we now have Biden, the progressive response to all the supposed and fabricated problems. Well, there’s no point recapping the current situation (which should be obvious to everyone) or blaming voter intelligence, which was pretty much responsible for this dumpster fire, now even dubbed a trainwreck by some of the liberal media. So, in light of this success (not), and 20/20 hindsite, what legitimate excuse could there possibly be to not support Trump in 2024, other than the lame ' I don't like him' of course?
 

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So, in light of this success (not), and 20/20 hindsite, what legitimate excuse could there possibly be to not support Trump in 2024, other than the lame ' I don't like him' of course?

Do you want another list? I could make another one, but I feel like a broken record at this point.

Biden is too old. Get someone else on the ticket. Trump is too Trump. Get someone else on the ticket.
 
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Do you want another list? I could make another one, but I feel like a broken record at this point.

Biden is too old. Get someone else on the ticket. Trump is too Trump. Get someone else on the ticket.
So, I guess you're going with the 'I don't like him' Trump answer.
 
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So, I guess you're going with the 'I don't like him' Trump answer.

No. Once again, I'll make another list of highlights from his presidency.

- He spouted mistruths on a daily basis. Every single day.
- He spread many nutty conspiracy theories far and wide.
- He sabotaged relationships with allies while buddying up to Putin and Kim Jong-un.
- He replaced many professionals in government with know-nothing yes-men.
- He sabotaged the recovery efforts for COVID-19, unnecessarily leading to the loss of thousands of lives.
- He tried to sabotage the 2020 election by making ludicrous claims of massive fraud.
- He further attempted to steal the election by trying to get Pence to throw out electors, and when that didn't work, he motivated his followers to protest a the Capitol Building, leading to a failed insurrection attempt.
- Etc.

Now, it's true that he helped speed up the development of COVID-19 vaccines (which ironically his followers generally opposed), he chose some good Supreme Court justices, and he had some good meetings in the Middle East. But the good points are vastly overwhelmed by the bad. The Republicans can easily find someone better to put on the ticket. Like, just about anybody.
 
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- He spouted mistruths on a daily basis. Every single day.
- He spread many nutty conspiracy theories far and wide.
Would that be things like fake news, Russia collusion, etc.? Now we know… the rest of the story.

- He sabotaged relationships with allies while buddying up to Putin and Kim Jong-un.
Putin didn’t dare pull off what he’s doing today… Trump nipped it in the bud. He wasn’t asleep at the wheel. Little Kim was shooting missiles over Japan, for heavens sake, and then disappeared… found out he had a smaller button than Trump.

- He replaced many professionals in government with know-nothing yes-men.
No, Trump replaced people that couldn’t get it done, unlike Biden.

- He sabotaged the recovery efforts for COVID-19, unnecessarily leading to the loss of thousands of lives.
But, he got vaccines out in record time... doesn't make sense.

- He tried to sabotage the 2020 election by making ludicrous claims of massive fraud.
And you're sure of that???

he motivated his followers to protest a the Capitol Building, leading to a failed insurrection attempt.
That’s not what his communication trail shows.
 
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No. Once again, I'll make another list of highlights from his presidency.

- He spouted mistruths on a daily basis. Every single day.
- He spread many nutty conspiracy theories far and wide.
- He sabotaged relationships with allies while buddying up to Putin and Kim Jong-un.
- He replaced many professionals in government with know-nothing yes-men.
- He sabotaged the recovery efforts for COVID-19, unnecessarily leading to the loss of thousands of lives.
- He tried to sabotage the 2020 election by making ludicrous claims of massive fraud.
- He further attempted to steal the election by trying to get Pence to throw out electors, and when that didn't work, he motivated his followers to protest a the Capitol Building, leading to a failed insurrection attempt.
- Etc.

Now, it's true that he helped speed up the development of COVID-19 vaccines (which ironically his followers generally opposed), he chose some good Supreme Court justices, and he had some good meetings in the Middle East. But the good points are vastly overwhelmed by the bad. The Republicans can easily find someone better to put on the ticket. Like, just about anybody.
and he is simply the worst of the worst.


How big are Donald Trump's legal problems?
 
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Have you looked out your window today?

What is that supposed to mean?

Looking out my window, which I can do from my desk here, I see some of the sky and a couple trees and shrubs, and not much else. Not seeing how this has anything to do with any politicians.
 
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What is that supposed to mean?

Looking out my window, which I can do from my desk here, I see some of the sky and a couple trees and shrubs, and not much else. Not seeing how this has anything to do with any politicians.
Well, turn on the news then.
 
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Well, turn on the news then.

The news is not out my window. (It would be on my laptop or on my TV, those look like windows, but are not.)

Please communicate in a more coherent fashion.
 
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Trump was called everything from a narcissist to a moron, yet our country was in great shape with the economy and stock market soaring, energy independence (cheap gas), a secure southern border with illegal immigration under control, taxes going down, no worrisome inflation, and the world’s bad-boy leaders were quiet as church mice. All this despite continual assaults from the Dems, BLM, the alphabet people, woke crowd and liberal media. Covid happened in the last 10 months of his administration, the perfect kitchen sink to be thrown at him. And yet, he was responsible for the fastest development of a vaccine ever. He didn’t really have time to respond to all the doom and gloom being pushed by the liberal media and progressives prior to the questionable election.

Crisis determines the true quality of a man.

Trump continued the gains to the economy which started rising under Obama, and Trump's numbers were nothing special compared to past Presidents, so Trump enjoyed good times except you think he created the good times.

After the pandemic, he was suggesting disinfectants for the body and UV light. He failed when he was really needed, yet like most Trump supporters, they ignore the bad and only concentrate on his positives....

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/09/05/trump-obama-economy/
 
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Crisis determines the true quality of a man.
Yes, we can see that today.

Trump continued the gains to the economy which started rising under Obama, and Trump's numbers were nothing special compared to past Presidents, so Trump enjoyed good times except you think he created the good times.
Excuse me a few minutes, I'm getting nauseous
 
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Ignore the truth. Ignore the link.
After the Great Financial Crisis of 08 there was only one direction left for Obama... up. We're having another one... coincidence I guess. But, hey, on the bright side for you, the only direction for Biden will be up.
 
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You asked

So, in light of this success (not), and 20/20 hindsite, what legitimate excuse could there possibly be to not support Trump in 2024,

Many books are and will continue to be written about this buffoon of a president. but you will not even take glimpse at them or anything that challenges your devotion. And I don't think much of Biden. But Trump should be beyond consideration.
 
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What did PRESIDENT TRUMP and his cabinet accomplished..... (does not include 2020)
Here you go.
* Trump recently signed 3 bills to benefit Native people. One gives compensation to the Spokane tribe for loss of their lands in the mid-1900s, one funds Native language programs, and the third gives federal recognition to the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians in Montana.
* Trump finalized the creation of Space Force as our 6th Military branch.
* Trump signed a law to make cruelty to animals a federal felony so that animal abusers face tougher consequences.
* Violent crime has fallen every year he’s been in office after rising during the 2 years before he was elected.
* Trump signed a bill making CBD and Hemp legal.
* Trump’s EPA gave $100 million to fix the water infrastructure problem in Flint, Michigan.
* Under Trump’s leadership, in 2018 the U.S. surpassed Russia and Saudi Arabia to become the world’s largest producer of crude oil.
* Trump signed a law ending the gag orders on Pharmacists that prevented them from sharing money-saving information.
* Trump signed the “Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act” (FOSTA), which includes the “Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act” (SESTA) which both give law enforcement and victims new tools to fight sex trafficking.
* Trump signed a bill to require airports to provide spaces for breastfeeding Moms.
* The 25% lowest-paid Americans enjoyed a 4.5% income boost in November 2019, which outpaces a 2.9% gain in earnings for the country's highest-paid workers.
* Low-wage workers are benefiting from higher minimum wages and from corporations that are increasing entry-level pay.
* Trump signed the biggest wilderness protection & conservation bill in a decade and designated 375,000 acres as protected land.
* Trump signed the Save our Seas Act which funds $10 million per year to clean tons of plastic & garbage from the ocean.
* He signed a bill this year allowing some drug imports from Canada so that prescription prices would go down.
* Trump signed an executive order this year that forces all healthcare providers to disclose the cost of their services so that Americans can comparison shop and know how much less providers charge insurance companies.
* When signing that bill he said no American should be blindsided by bills for medical services they never agreed to in advance.
* Hospitals will now be required to post their standard charges for services, which include the discounted price a hospital is willing to accept.
* In the eight years prior to President Trump’s inauguration, prescription drug prices increased by an average of 3.6% per year. Under Trump, drug prices have seen year-over-year declines in nine of the last ten months, with a 1.1% drop as of the most recent month.
* He created a White House VA Hotline to help veterans and principally staffed it with veterans and direct family members of veterans.
* VA employees are being held accountable for poor performance, with more than 4,000 VA employees removed, demoted, and suspended so far.
* Issued an executive order requiring the Secretaries of Defense, Homeland Security, and Veterans Affairs to submit a joint plan to provide veterans access to access to mental health treatment as they transition to civilian life.
* Because of a bill signed and championed by Trump, In 2020, most federal employees will see their pay increase by an average of 3.1% — the largest raise in more than 10 years.
* Trump signed into a law up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave for millions of federal workers.
* Trump administration will provide HIV prevention drugs for free to 200,000 uninsured patients per year for 11 years.
* All-time record sales during the 2019 holidays.
* Trump signed an order allowing small businesses to group together when buying insurance to get a better price
* President Trump signed the Preventing Maternal Deaths Act that provides funding for states to develop maternal mortality reviews to better understand maternal complications and identify solutions & largely focuses on reducing the higher mortality rates for Black Americans.
* In 2018, President Trump signed the groundbreaking First Step Act, a criminal justice bill which enacted reforms that make our justice system fairer and help former inmates successfully return to society.
* The First Step Act’s reforms addressed inequities in sentencing laws that disproportionately harmed Black Americans and reformed mandatory minimums that created unfair outcomes.
* The First Step Act expanded judicial discretion in sentencing of non-violent crimes.
* Over 90% of those benefitting from the retroactive sentencing reductions in the First Step Act are Black Americans.
* The First Step Act provides rehabilitative programs to inmates, helping them successfully rejoin society and not return to crime.
* Trump increased funding for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) by more than 14%.
* Trump signed legislation forgiving Hurricane Katrina debt that threatened HBCUs.
* New single-family home sales are up 31.6% in October 2019 compared to just one year ago.
* Made HBCUs a priority by creating the position of executive director of the White House Initiative on HBCUs.
* Trump received the Bipartisan Justice Award at a historically black college for his criminal justice reform accomplishments.
* The poverty rate fell to a 17-year low of 11.8% under the Trump administration as a result of a jobs-rich environment.
* Poverty rates for African-Americans and Hispanic-Americans have reached their lowest levels since the U.S. began collecting such data.
* President Trump signed a bill that creates five national monuments, expands several national parks, adds 1.3 million acres of wilderness, and permanently reauthorizes the Land and Water Conservation Fund.
* Trump’s USDA committed $124 Million to rebuild rural water infrastructure.
* Consumer confidence & small business confidence is at an all-time high.
* More than 7 million jobs created since election.
* More Americans are now employed than ever recorded before in our history.
* More than 400,000 manufacturing jobs created since his election.
* Trump appointed 5 openly gay ambassadors.
* Trump ordered Ric Grenell, his openly gay ambassador to Germany, to lead a global initiative to decriminalize homosexuality across the globe.
* Through Trump’s Anti-Trafficking Coordination Team (ACTeam) initiative, Federal law enforcement more than doubled convictions of human traffickers and increased the number of defendants charged by 75% in ACTeam districts.
* In 2018, the Department of Justice (DOJ) dismantled an organization that was the internet’s leading source of prostitution-related advertisements resulting in sex trafficking.
* Trump’s OMB published new anti-trafficking guidance for government procurement officials to more effectively combat human trafficking.
* Trump’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations arrested 1,588 criminals associated with Human Trafficking.
* Trump’s Department of Health and Human Services provided funding to support the National Human Trafficking Hotline to identify perpetrators and give victims the help they need.
* The hotline identified 16,862 potential human trafficking cases.
* Trump’s DOJ provided grants to organizations that support human trafficking victims – serving nearly 9,000 cases from July 1, 2017, to June 30, 2018.
* The Department of Homeland Security has hired more victim assistance specialists, helping victims get resources and support.
* President Trump has called on Congress to pass school choice legislation so that no child is trapped in a failing school because of his or her zip code.
* The President signed funding legislation in September 2018 that increased funding for school choice by $42 million.
* The tax cuts signed into law by President Trump promote school choice by allowing families to use 529 college savings plans for elementary and secondary education.
* Under his leadership ISIS has lost most of their territory and been largely dismantled.
* ISIS leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi was killed.
* Signed the first Perkins CTE reauthorization since 2006, authorizing more than $1 billion for states each year to fund vocational and career education programs.
* Executive order expanding apprenticeship opportunities for students and workers.
* Trump issued an Executive Order prohibiting the U.S. government from discriminating against Christians or punishing expressions of faith.
* Signed an executive order that allows the government to withhold money from college campuses deemed to be anti-Semitic and who fail to combat anti-Semitism.
* President Trump ordered a halt to U.S. tax money going to international organizations that fund or perform abortions.
* Trump imposed sanctions on the socialists in Venezuela who have killed their citizens.
* Finalized new trade agreement with South Korea.
* Made a deal with the European Union to increase U.S. energy exports to Europe.
* Withdrew the U.S. from the job killing TPP deal.
* Secured $250 billion in new trade and investment deals in China and $12 billion in Vietnam.
* Okay’d up to $12 billion in aid for farmers affected by unfair trade retaliation.
* Has had over a dozen US hostages freed, including those Obama could not get freed.
* Trump signed the Music Modernization Act, the biggest change to copyright law in decades.
* Trump secured Billions that will fund the building of a wall at our southern border.
* The Trump Administration is promoting second chance hiring to give former inmates the opportunity to live crime-free lives and find meaningful employment.
* Trump’s DOJ and the Board Of Prisons launched a new “Ready to Work Initiative” to help connect employers directly with former prisoners.
* President Trump’s historic tax cut legislation included new Opportunity Zone Incentives to promote investment in low-income communities across the country.
* 8,764 communities across the country have been designated as Opportunity Zones.
* Opportunity Zones are expected to spur $100 billion in long-term private capital investment in economically distressed communities across the country.
* Trump directed the Education Secretary to end Common Core
* Trump signed the 9/11 Victims Compensation Fund into law.
* Trump signed measure funding prevention programs for Veteran suicide.
* Companies have brought back over a TRILLION dollars from overseas because of the TCJA bill that Trump signed.
* Manufacturing jobs are growing at the fastest rate in more than 30 years….. Probably due the magic wand
* Stock Market has reached record highs.
* Median household income has hit highest level ever recorded.
* African-American unemployment is at an all time low.
* Hispanic-American unemployment is at an all time low.
* Asian-American unemployment is at an all time low.
* Women’s unemployment rate is at a 65-year low.
* Youth unemployment is at a 50-year low.
* We have the lowest unemployment rate ever recorded.
* The Pledge to America’s Workers has resulted in employers committing to train more than 4 million Americans.
* 95 percent of U.S. manufacturers are optimistic about the future— the highest ever.
* As a result of the Republican tax bill, small businesses will have the lowest top marginal tax rate in more than 80 years.
* Record number of regulations eliminated that hurt small businesses.
* Signed welfare reform requiring able-bodied adults who don’t have children to work or look for work if they’re on welfare.
* Under Trump, the FDA approved more affordable generic drugs than ever before in history.
* Reformed Medicare program to stop hospitals from overcharging low-income seniors on their drugs—saving seniors 100’s of millions of $$$ this year alone.
* Signed Right-To-Try legislation allowing terminally ill patients to try experimental treatment that wasn’t allowed before.
* Secured $6 billion in new funding to fight the opioid epidemic.
* Signed VA Choice Act and VA Accountability Act, expanded VA telehealth services, walk-in-clinics, and same-day urgent primary and mental health care.
* U.S. oil production recently reached all-time high so we are less dependent on oil from the Middle East.
* The U.S. is a net natural gas exporter for the first time since 1957.
* NATO allies increased their defense spending because of his pressure campaign.
* Withdrew the United States from the job-killing Paris Climate Accord in 2017 and that same year the U.S. still led the world by having the largest reduction in Carbon emissions.
* Has his circuit court judge nominees being confirmed faster than any other new administration.
* Had his Supreme Court Justice’s Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh confirmed.
* Moved U.S. Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem.
* Agreed to a new trade deal with Mexico & Canada that will increase jobs here and $$$ coming in.
* Reached a breakthrough agreement with the E.U. to increase U.S. exports.
* Imposed tariffs on China in response to China’s forced technology transfer, intellectual property theft, and their chronically abusive trade practices, has agreed to a Part One trade deal with China.
* Signed legislation to improve the National Suicide Hotline.
* Signed the most comprehensive childhood cancer legislation ever into law, which will advance childhood cancer research and improve treatments.
* The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act signed into law by Trump doubled the maximum amount of the child tax credit available to parents and lifted the income limits so more people could claim it.
* It also created a new tax credit for other dependents.
* In 2018, President Trump signed into law a $2.4 billion funding increase for the Child Care and Development Fund, providing a total of $8.1 billion to States to fund child care for low-income families.
* The Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit (CDCTC) signed into law by Trump provides a tax credit equal to 20-35% of child care expenses, $3,000 per child & $6,000 per family + Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs) allow you to set aside up to $5,000 in pre-tax $ to use for child care.
* In 2019 President Donald Trump signed the Autism Collaboration, Accountability, Research, Education and Support Act (CARES) into law which allocates $1.8 billion in funding over the next five years to help people with autism spectrum disorder and to help their families.
* In 2019 President Trump signed into law two funding packages providing nearly $19 million in new funding for Lupus specific research and education programs, as well an additional $41.7 billion in funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the most Lupus funding EVER.
* Another upcoming accomplishment to add: In the next week or two Trump will be signing the first major anti-robocall law in decades called the TRACED Act (Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement and Deterrence.) Once it’s the law, the TRACED Act will extend the period of time the FCC has to catch & punish those who intentionally break telemarketing restrictions. The bill also requires voice service providers to develop a framework to verify calls are legitimate before they reach your phone.
* US stock market continually hits all-time record highs.

*Trump did all of this while fighting flagrant abuse and bogus impeachment charges.

These things were a direct result of a President who loved America.
The things happening today are being done purposely to break America down.

I don’t expect those who hate Trump to ever change their minds….that is your choice. But to defend or make excuses for the deliberate destruction in this country today …your hate has blinded you.
 
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Again, Trump handed a winning hand by Obama. Thanks! Obama!

Under Trump’s leadership, in 2018 the U.S. surpassed Russia and Saudi Arabia to become the world’s largest producer of crude oil.

Did The U.S. Become The World’s Top Oil Producer Under President Trump?
Following strong gains from 2009 to 2014, oil production briefly dipped when prices crashed before resumed the climb at the same trajectory. In 2017 and 2018 oil production was increasing in the U.S. under President Trump at about the same speed it did under President Obama (albeit at a lower growth rate, because the overall volumes were greater).

Who then is responsible for what was — at least before the Covid-19 pandemic — the highest oil and natural gas production in U.S. history? President Obama? President Bush? President Trump?

None of the above. The person most responsible is the late George Mitchell, who is generally considered the “Father of Fracking.” It was hydraulic fracturing that enabled the enormous growth rates of oil and natural gas production over the past 15 years. Who was president was largely irrelevant. Hence, we see oil production ironically decline under President Bush and surge under President Obama.
 
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What did PRESIDENT TRUMP and his cabinet accomplished..... (does not include 2020)

It's all well and good to look at the past through rose-colored glasses while completely ignoring all the bad things (which completely dwarf the good things).

But I'm all for replacing Biden... with somebody other than Trump.
 
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