It would be very remiss of me not to discourage anyone from voting for Donald Trump as president on November 5, 2024.
I never vote for someone because of their economic policy because I know it takes a favorable Congress to implement the policies. I pay more attention to foreign policies and character because the commander-in-chief has the codes for our nuclear weapons. That person also has the authority to issue executive orders.
I know Trump likes to excite crowds with bluster because thatòòò½ÊÓƵ™s what they came to see. Heòòò½ÊÓƵ™s a master of that, but heòòò½ÊÓƵ™s not at all curious. Iòòò½ÊÓƵ™ve read several books saying that he does not read intelligence reports. The intelligence agencies had to condense them down to one page so he would have some idea of what to base his orders on.
Joe Biden did an extraordinary job of convincing NATO to form a coalition of those willing to help Ukraine in their fight against Russia. Mr. Trump is no fan of NATO, so, likely, the friendly cooperation wonòòò½ÊÓƵ™t last if Trump is elected. Especially if our country discontinued supporting Ukraine and it falls to Russia.
Iòòò½ÊÓƵ™m afraid if Trump is elected, the Palestinian/Israeli negotiations will be an afterthought for Benjamin Netanyahu and Donald Trump.
Much to the delight of his supporters, Trumpòòò½ÊÓƵ˜s priority will be mass deportation. According to a CBS 60 Minutes segment, it would take $88 billion and 100,000 people to carry that out in the first year. ICE has about a 40,000 force so the rest would have to come from local police forces and other federal agencies. That means that crime will rise due to a lack of manpower. That also means that about 60,000 arresting officers will be unfamiliar with what it takes to properly arrest, detain, and process a whole lot of people. When the person who was going to head up this operation was asked about a plan, he said òòò½ÊÓƵœThere is no written plan that I know of.òòò½ÊÓƵ
I would like to express my sincere, thanks to the local Democrats who put up more signs around Victoria than I have seen in my lifetime.
Those local Democrats did the hard work letòòò½ÊÓƵ™s show our appreciation by casting our vote.