In
Defense of Trump
I am a Trump supporter. Inspired by my posting this on my Facebook page, a friend sent me
this message. I decided to answer in
depth on this blog.
"I was stunned to see your post today! Donald Trump is an
evil, inexperienced, hateful man. How could you support one who supports
keeping all Mexicans out of our country? Mexicans are kind, hardworking and
honest. I have known so many as a person who lived in Texas for 30 years. He is
proposing keeping all Muslims out of our country. My most competent, caring
doctors have been Muslims. He is disrespectful of women. Look at his personal life.
He has no foreign affairs knowledge other than business related. You say you
are impressed with his heart. How does that match up with his mockery of a
disabled man. I, for one, will be voting for the only experienced, qualified
candidate."
Accusation
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Answer
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1. Trump is evil.
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You know him personally? Jerry Falwell, Jr. vouches for his
character citing many instances of individual generosity that don't make it
to the donations column for tax exemption. I would be reluctant
about accusing someone of being evil on what little I know of him personally.
(Perhaps you know more about him.)
I have known too many Bible thumping preachers that talk
the talk but consider themselves above having to walk the walk to make
Christian claims the criteria for my political support. I am voting for a
president, not a preacher.
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2. Trump is inexperienced.
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Trump has the experience needed for making better trade deals
for our country. Making deals is how he made his own fortune. He has dealt
with foreign countries through his own business development and understands
the different cultures of business.
With a degree from the Wharton School of Economics and years of business experience, Trump understands economics, trade, and currency
manipulation much better than any of the other candidates. He will not
hesitate to say, "You're fired," to the incompetents in government,
stifle the graft and corruption in the VA, road and bridge building, government
contracts, etc. That is what he does!
He is only inexperienced in the political arena and that is
one of his greatest qualification. He hasn't been bought and paid
for.
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3. He is hateful.
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Once again, you know him? Filled with hate?
The accusation of being a racist came about as the result of a
hesitation when asked to repudiate someone the questioner connected with the
KKK. His hesitation came as the result of faulty technical equipment. Of
course, the establishment media mouthpieces repudiated his repudiation
because if fit their agenda and that of their bosses. Looks to me like the
hate is coming from an Establishment reluctant to give up their gravy
train.
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4. He supports keeping all Mexicans out of our
country.
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That is a misrepresentation of his words. He wants to keep
ILLEGAL immigrants out of our country. So you dispute that many illegal
immigrants are rapists, murderers, drug dealers? Have you ever heard of the
Mexican Mafia? What about El Chappo Guzman who tunneled his way out of a
Mexican jail and made his way back and forth across the border to visit with
his family in the U. S.. I only hope Trump adds enough technology to the wall to
sense activity underground.
Perhaps if we lived in Arizona and had illegals traipsing
through our back yards we might appreciate someone supporting the border
patrol and enforcing our laws. Even here, in South Alabama and North Florida, we are not
immune to the illegal drugs that ravage our young. As a grandmother I feel
compelled to try at least through my vote to support someone with the
gumption to do something about it!
By the way, Trump supports LEGAL immigration from
Mexico.
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5. He is proposing keeping all Muslims out of the
country.
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Several of my doctors are Muslim as well. I have a very good
friend who is Muslim. I have great respect for them. Trump's stand on
putting a temporary time out on Muslim immigration/visas until we get a
handle on vetting the immigrants protects ALL Americans, including those who
happen to be Muslim. Muslims have been among those killed in these terrorist
activities. Aren't we all foremost Americans and only secondarily a
hyphenation of some sort? It is our success with assimilating our immigrant population that has brought us the unity we are so proud of and the success of our immigrant population. That is why it must be controlled.
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6. I will be voting for the only qualified man.
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Who might that be? I assume you mean on the Republican
ticket.
John Kasich voted for NAFTA, GATT, and the WTO giving away
American sovereignty and endorsing corporate welfare. We now pay American
businesses to relocate to foreign countries. Kasich then took the golden
parachute and went to work as a managing director for Lehman
Brothers making more than $1Million the year Lehman Brothers
went belly up.
Or do you mean Ted Cruz? Cruz now embraces the Establishment
with the fervor of the outcast on the playground who suddenly gets
courted by the IN crowd. Chief among the "IN CROWD" is the Bush
clan.
Considering their track record, I have absolutely no faith in
them.
Jeb Bush, George Bush Sr., and his son Neil Bush have all been
implicated in the Savings and Loan Scandal, which cost American tax payers
over $1.4 TRILLION dollars (note that this at that time that was about one
quarter of our national debt. Interest has accrued since then!).
Between 1981 and 1989, when George Bush finally announced that
there was a Savings and Loan Crisis to the world, the Reagan/Bush
administration worked to cover up Savings and Loan problems by reducing the
number and depth of examinations required of S&Ls as well as attacking
political opponents who were sounding early alarms about the S&L
industry. Industry insiders were aware of significant S&L problems
as early 1986 that they felt would require a bailout. This information
was kept from the media until after Bush had won the 1988 elections.
Jeb Bush defaulted on a $4.56 million loan from Broward
Federal Savings in Sunrise, Florida. After federal regulators closed the
S&L, the office building that Jeb used the $4.56 million to finance was
reappraised by the regulators at $500,000, which Bush and his partners
paid. The taxpayers had to pay back the remaining 4 million plus dollars.
Neil Bush was the most widely targeted member of the Bush
family by the press in the S&L scandal. Neil became director of
Silverado Savings and Loan at the age of 30 in 1985. Neil Bush now heads up
Cruz's financial team.
JEB Bush has endorsed Cruz. JEB would have used his brother's
foreign policy advisors and where did they get us? Why did we invade Iraq
when those who flew the planes into the World Trade Center on 9/01/01were Saudi Arabian?
George W. Bush brought us the never-ending war in the Middle
East that destabilized the area and empowered ISIS. The economic collapse of
2008 was the result of his policies.
You think these folks are helping Cruz because they believe
in him. For altruistic reasons?
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7. I almost forgot....He is disrespectful of
women.
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Personally, I am offended by feminists demanding that they be
treated equally and when they are they whine and pull the woman card. If you
can't take the heat get out of the kitchen. Being a woman should not give you
an advantage or an excuse for bad manners. Michelle Fields should
be ashamed of herself for filing charges for such a minor event. I admire
Donald Trump for not giving in to the pressures of political correctness gone
amok.
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I respect your right to support whomever you
support. That is what is so great about our country. But, I am fed up with the
dismissal of those who support Trump as uneducated backcountry lowlifes. As the result, we see free speech challenged with mob violence financed by the puppet
masters who benefit by controlling the politicians. A young person serves a
sentence for possession of an ounce of marijuana while the Wall Street bankers
who brought America to her knees with their greed were never punished! We see
Americans lose their retirement and their healthcare because legislators with
their golden parachutes "sent those low paying jobs overseas." And we
want to vote those with ties to the past back into office/power?
I agree with Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions, a
leading voice on trade, immigration and executive powers. He urges Americans to
choose their next president carefully because 2016 "is the last chance for
the American people to take back control of their government."