Should Donald Trump run for President in 2024?

I became a Republican with Reagan and suffered through the "thousand points of light" and then came the Bush/Cheney comedy team of stupid and dangerous. Trump was the last straw for me. When looking back at my support of Ron Paul and the Tea Party and Oath Keepers, I realized that our system of government is not suitable for libertarian ideologies: in order for them to work, we'd need to strip down the entire system and build something new.

But our system is what made us the greatest power on earth, so why should anyone want to tear it up? If you want to make America great by looking backwards, then fine: Let's look at things like Unions, which brought about laws that protect workers so that most industries don't even need unions much anymore. Taxes, where the corporations paid for the system of laws that they could rely on to protect their interests, educated workforce to power their engines, an efficient and reliable transportation network to move their goods, a strong military to provide international stability, and a social security system to allow workers some life after work (since the previously ubiquitous private pensions were all eliminated).

The steady march of lobbyists from corporate America combined with the "revolving door" of corporate shills moving into and out of senior government regulatory bodies see regulation as an expense to be minimized regardless of the cost to innocent life. Sure, some regulation may go too far, but ask any company which regulation to keep, and they'll tell you none, because preserving human life or health is not part of their profit calculation. Who cares about Monsanto's evil tactics to bankrupt small farmers under the guise of IP protection over a product that we now are pretty sure causes cancer (even though the Europeans banned it decades ago), and now can be found in nearly ever box of children's breakfast cereal. Who cares that we face chronic diseases in record and increasing numbers, likely caused by other changes in our common environment, like the additives we allow in wheat (again, banned long ago by Europe), the inability to reduce pollution, and the constant deluge of sugar-laden processed foods. The pharmaceutical companies come up with new "treatments" but never cures. When's the last time you heard of a "cure" for anything? There's no money in cures, is there...

The only time corporations support regulation is when it is so expensive that only the largest can afford it, using the power of government by the people as a bludgeon to force out smaller competitors without the resources to meet the rules. Consolidation, merger, acquisition: our choices are becoming an illusion as power is further concentrated among fewer entities.

At this point in history, nothing the Democrats do is more dangerous than the Republicans who are working incessantly at increasing Corporate power (Citizens United), cutting back regulations and protections for otherwise powerless citizens, and dismantling the systems that ensure our democracy is fair (gerrymandering). They are grabbing as much power as they can by any means necessary because they know in a head-to-head contest for the soul of the American people, minus all the dis-information and BS they promote to cloud the water, the new Republican vision loses every time, hands down. The next generation of voters will ensure their demise, so they are hard at work now to minimize the possibility of having a government system that truly represents the will of the people in favor of one that pushes corporate power to the top.

Someday I hope to be a Republican again, if they can ever restore some honor and truth to their ideology. However, it's more likely that Trump's bewildering level of incompetence, unnecessary belligerence toward our foreign partners and their citizens, blatant indifference to the fate of common Americans, and elevation of "taunting" over dialogue as the preferred method of communication has sealed the fate of a Republican party long in decline, probably since McCarthy. It may be easier for a new party to emerge.

What I find truly discouraging is the large swath of historically Republican voters who find themselves unable to switch their vote, as if it was some kind of betrayal of a longtime family member. Their lack of courage, even despite the obvious mean-spirited, anti-Constitutional and nearly tyrannical activities we have seen over the past 10 years, starting with the unjustifiable Iraq war, through the blocking of Obama's legitimate Supreme Court nominations, the endless onslaught against Obamacare with no practical alternatives, and culminating with Trump's gutting of oversight bodies and consensual disregard for principled governance, shows how so many voters think of our country's future more like a football game than a serious civic responsibility.

It's not about your "team" winning: it's about the ability of our country to survive for many generations to come.

These are the exact distractions they want you to focus on. Don't pay any attention to everything that has happened that never should've occurred and I'm not talking about Jan 6. Stop consuming the "talking points" that are being provided to you and start questioning the validity of the information being reported.

Given Gen. Kelly's confirmation about what trump said regarding wounded combat Vets and POWs is reason enough not to vote for that trash. I can't grasp how he gets support from Veterans and active duty members.

No, not for the three mentioned events, nor the two political impeachments, or his speach to Americans on January 6, 2021. The left has politicized everything President Trump has done; they hate him so much! Why? Because President Donald J. Trump is a political outsider! He wasn’t a member of the political elite and he catered to Americans and cares about a Great America; which the left catagorically hates, dispises, and look down upon. The bigot elite globalists would strip the USA of its glorious history and prevent a great future. These elites will give the USA to China. God only knows what horrible plans the leftist have remaining. But we all can see the efforts the biden cabal is pushing on our nation in their efforts to collapse our economy!
As far as age goes, I am probably 18 years young than President Trump; President Trump is a wiley business leader, he’s sharper than biden/harris and obama/biden combined. Not to mention the fact that the left has spent the last eight years trying to defame and slander President Trump to no avail! They have: cheated, covered-up, lied, murdered, laundered money, paid and accepted bribes to foreign countries; biden/harris/rice/garland are following plans to silence the conservative voice, weaken our military to gove China a chance to further their goald and bankrupt the USA.

He put America on a fair playing field. Brought prices down, lots of jobs and oil non dependent on the Arabs. I don't like the guy and would never want him for a friend or fishing buddy. He's a loud mouth egotistical sob, but he gets the job done. And most importantly he is a NONE Professional Politician.

For the life of me, why is this man allowed to run again! Can someone tell me this?

https://youtu.be/LMXjugVLxd8

GOP/MAGA/DeSantis - FACISM


Fascism

Definition

A form of political behavior marked by obsessive preoccupation with community decline, humiliation or victimhood and by compensatory cults of unity, energy and purity, in which a mass-based party of committed nationalist militants, working in uneasy but effective collaboration with traditional elites, abandons democratic liberties and pursues with redemptive violence and without ethical or legal restraints goals of internal cleansing and external expansion.


- From “The Anatomy of Fascism,” by Robert Paxton

a sense of overwhelming crisis beyond the reach of traditional solutions

the primacy of the group, toward which one has duties superior to every right, whether individual or universal, and the subordination of the individual to it

the belief that one’s group is a victim, a sentiment that justifies any action, without legal or moral limits, against its enemies, both internal and external

dread of a group’s decline under the corrosive effects of individualistic liberalism, class conflict, and alien influences

the need for closer integration of a purer community, by consent if possible, or by violence if necessary

the need for authority by natural chiefs (always male), culminating in a national chieftain who is capable of incarnating the groups’ historical destiny

the superiority of the leader’s instincts over abstract and universal reason

the beauty of violence and the efficacy of will, when they are devoted to the group’s successes

the right of the chosen people to dominate others without restraint

SOURCE : https://www.wisdc.org/news/trump-and-fascism

His character is disputable (lies & cheats).

Politics are Politics, old men create wars that young men and women must fight. The commanders and chief must lead by example, because the private and sp4 may never get a chance to know him or her up close and personal. All we really know is policy that are put that effect our every day military/veteran lives. He is not my favorite candidate, but I respect the office of the President. My firm belief is that any leader bad or good is chosen by God. Although you maybe active duty or veteran the quote un quote way to make change is by your vote (I didn't vote until after the military). Sometimes we forget that there are 3 branches when laws are made and the President is the face we see more frequently, but keep in mind he really doesn't act alone. No I would not vote for Donald Trump, because when I raised my right hand I pledged to protect against foreign and domestic enemies. I worked down the street from the Capital and I had to work on January 6th. It was the first time since 9/11 that I felt somewhat fearful for democracy. I actually thought the rioters were trying to take over the government. I had to drive through the mess that was taking place normally I would drive to Union Station and park, but I instead drove and parked at my job sight. What is upsetting is the President could have calmed the crowd. I have worked through many protest, but none were as violent as Jan 6th. I don't know how many of you realize or even care that Jan 6th was the first time that the Confederate flag was flown in the Capital!! Anyone who took the military oath to defend should have been appalled! I am not only appalled because I am a African American woman, but because I am a United States Veteran.