My comments in red... but feel free to ignore them. After-all I'm not an American, just someone from a sh!thole that sees the results of the leftist policies on a daily basis where I live.
You have engaged in this conversation in both a civil and meaningful manner so of course I will not ignore your comments.
Well it boils down to which morals are important to the individual. For me bringing God back into all aspects of America is important, fighting abortion is important, holding corrupt world leaders etc is important to me, not bowing to the swamp is important to me. That is what I consider moral to me. The fact that he might have screwed a porn star BEFORE he was President has little bearing. Since he became president he seems to have curbed his less than angelic tendencies...As mentioned he has curbed his bad personal behaviour BUT I do believe he could vastly improve his presidential persona. But then again if he gets the job done then one shouldn't care if he's wearing a baseball cap with a spinning propeller on top.
We will have to disagree on god and abortion for now. With regard to his past behavior, I find it important to examine his actions, as it is at least somewhat indicative of his moral compass. With that said, there is nothing that shows me that personal moral failings mean that a person cannot be an effective leader. The point I am trying to emphasize is that there are plenty of solidly conservative politicians who live upstanding moral lives and would be far better representation of American values than Trump. Furthermore, I find it extremely difficult to simply brush aside his own admissions of sexual assault, the degrading ways he has talked about women, his utterly repugnant and often flat-out wrong tweets, and his puerile approach to the office of the presidency.
He has kept more promises than any other president that I can remember and would have kept a great deal more if he wasn't blocked and attacked at every turn. Hardly his fault.
He has certainly kept some promises, namely lowering corporate taxes, which I consider to be the highlight of his presidency. However, his failures are the direct result of either not making the necessary compromises to pass legislation or the wholly unacceptable attempts to shirk processes, which has resulted in many of his directives being stymied. His all-or-nothing approach to governance has continued legislative gridlock and worked against his own agenda.
Uuuummmmm no not at all! You will have a whole new set off allies that one wouldn't really want as allies in the first place. The Democrats openly court communist and socalist coutries as well as Islamic ones... are these the the allies you want? As for irking your current allies, they are only bitching because he is holding them accountable. Believe me if they ever got into a fix they would all of a sudden LOVE Donald. So don't worry about them! They know which side of their bread is buttered!
From what I have seen, Trump has courted Saudi Arabia, Russia, and North Korea as allies. THESE are not the allies we want. I agree with Trump that we need to demand more from our European allies as far as defense spending is concerned. However, the real threats we face are from China, Russia, and Iran. We need an international coalition to properly deal with these countries, and that is impossible when Trump does not even try to build such coalitions.
Sorry but this is a load of nonsense! The democrats THRIVE on division, if you can't see that then.... And if by some miracle they don't sow any more division than they already have, they surely will come election time again, especially if they are losing power!
Once again, we will have to disagree on this. What you see as democrats promoting division, I see as democrats attempting to deliver on their promises of social justice and inclusion. I see Trump's failure to show any compassion whatsoever for those who are victims of violence, racism, and oppression as far more divisive. If after the George Floyd killing, he had spoken to the pain that many communities were feeling and vowed to both protect the 1st Amendment rights of peaceful protesters, deliver substantial reforms, and maintain peaceful conditions in cities, he would not be in his current position.
So tell us which are the policies YOU hold dear that you think the Democrats won't mess with. Those policies denote, to a large extent, your moral stand point and what you think is important to your version of America.
Some of the policies that I hold dear are guns, personal freedoms, healthcare, women's rights, taxes, Israel, justice reform, government spending, the environment, and countering Russia/China/Iran/Saudi Arabia. As you can see, I am pretty evenly split down the middle, which means I have to look at which policies I believe are most easily threatened by a Biden presidency vs a Trump presidency. Obviously, my calculations change based on the candidates. For instance, I would vote for Trump over Sanders because I believe that Sanders is a bigger threat to my policy views than Trump.
