Today is a day of despair for America.
I do not like Kamala Harris. The thought of voting for her made my stomach turn. But she's not Trump, and I would have voted for anyone but Trump. Yes, I dislike Trump. He's not a good person. He says horrible things. He's done horrible things. I voted for him twice, but not this time. After he lost the last election, he and his MAGA supporters went off the deep end. Trump has called the January 6 terrorists "heroes." Sickening! I also oppose a lot of his policies. I read Trump's Agenda 47 and Project 25. I wonder how many people who voted for him did. No, they got their information from Facebook and FOX. They were too busy worrying about who might use their bathrooms.
I now understand how Hitler won over the people of Germany. Instead of Jews, Trump scapegoated migrants (and immigrants), LGBTQs, and other "undesirables." Funny how both he and his running mate married immigrants. But not all immigrants are equal, are they? White vs. color. I bet Trump researched Hitler's rise to power. The Donald ran a masterful campaign, no doubt about that. We'll go the other way in four years, but oh, the damage that can be done in 4 years.
I will benefit some from a Trump presidency. Hopefully, my taxes will be cut and my retirement portfolio will grow. Of course, I wouldn't put it past Trump (and Vance) to raise taxes on me, since I am a single, childless, older woman. I think immigration needs to be reined in, but not in the draconian way that Trump proposes. I'm in favor of a wall. On the other hand, why don't we just keep the migrant children? Vance wants to pay people to have children. Why pay when they're being delivered to our door step? Oops! I forgot. Migrant children aren't white. Immigration was fine when it was white Europeans.
I am disappointed in the American people. Very disappointed. I am disappointed that women don't realize what this administration means to them -- a lessening of hard fought rights. Cuts to programs that benefit children and families. I am disappointed in farmers. This administration plans a trade war against China. Guess who that affects the most? What if Trump appoints Kennedy to the Secretary of Ag position? There's rumbling of that in the press. I won't have sympathy for farmers when these things happen.
Many people probably voted for Trump/Vance because of their positions on abortion. Pro-lifers don't care about human life. They care about controlling women. If they cared about human life, they'd have more compassion for single moms, foster kids, addicts, LGBTQ, poor people, and refugees. They wouldn't support the death penalty. About 60 percent of Christians voted for Donald Trump. I don't want to be a Christian anymore. How can you be a Christian and support someone like Trump? I guess it proves the assertion that the Bible is racist and Christians are white supremacists. I believe in God and Jesus, but organized religion is not for me.
I am greatly concerned about foreign policy. Trump is a joke to the rest of the world. He will favor his buddy Putin (who's the Communist? Trump or Harris?) in negotiations to end the war in the Ukraine. Trump Republicans complain about all the money we've sent to the Ukraine, but don't utter a word about all the money we've sent to Israel all these years. So many double standards. Israel is one of the most violent nations in the world. They don't abide by UN resolutions. Yet we stand behind them 100 percent, with no concern for the atrocities they commit against others.
I'm not a crazy environmentalist, but there's no denying climate change. The science is sound. I'm concerned about the consequences of reversing some of the current environmental policies and ignoring climate change for four more years. Vance likes to say that as a single childless person I don't have much stake in the future. Well, it's his children and grandchildren that will have to live in this world of rising temperatures and extreme weather events -- not me! Justice, I guess.
Can we survive 4 more years of Donald Trump. He's old. He might die or lose his mental capacity (like Biden did -- funny how Republicans were concerned about Biden's age, but not Trump's!). Maybe the next gunman will have better aim. Unfortunately, I dislike Vance just as much. Columnist George Will once wrote that we can survive 4 years of any president. But he wrote this before the likes of Donald Trump. I'm curious what he has to say today.
Welcome to America in 2025 -- the ideal place for white, straight, gun-toting, Christian men, but nobody else. Fascism is here. The constitution is dead.
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