Mr Yellow Dog, you can dispense with the same tactics used by Joseph Goebbels, namely, tell a lie....the bigger the better....keep repeating it enough times that it becomes accepted as truth. Keep saying Trump is a "racist", in spite of the verifiable fact that he has done more to actually help African Americans than any president in history. Keep accusing him of being a dumb immature leader. Keep saying he is sexist, even though he has done more to promote jobs for women and promote family leave. Keep saying he mismanaged the Covid19 pandemic....even though the facts support the contrary. I’m going to tell you specifically why I voted for Trump and why I’m going to vote for him again. During the Republican primaries of 2015, I initially misjudged Trump, fearing his flaws too much and appreciating his talents too little. Trump was right about China. Right that its behavior was unprincipled and dangerous. Right that our trade imbalance with them represented a power imbalance that they could abuse. He was right about China when the Democrats and their press were distracting the country’s attention with trivial Russian trolling. And he was right to engage them even though the Wall Street Journal types screamed like a girl in a horror movie over how his “trade war” might affect their portfolios. Do you remember Trump’s inaugural address when he spoke about the “American carnage” of closed factories and unemployment that was already causing an epidemic of deaths by despair? He was right about that, too. Right that it required attention when every Democrat and his pet journalist said it was “dark” to mention it. Right that it could be fixed when Barack Obama said it couldn’t. And right that it was a matter of policy when conservatives said he was interfering with the magic of global capitalism and, anyway, those lazy, oxycontin-chugging crackers kind of deserved it. He was right that globalism could not thrive without a strong self-defending nation state, because nations are not just economic structures, they are also moral entities and some (like China) are wicked and some (like us) are good and deserve favor. He was right that borders must be secured when blithering leftists were ready to virtue signal the west to death and high-minded right wingers like myself were shrugging off a slow-motion invasion, trusting to some imagined protective magic in our creed. He was also right that the American news media has become corrupt and fake and needs to be regularly savaged until they are shamed into reforming and playing fair with the public. In case you haven’t noticed, the term “Fake News” has become part of our lexicon....Trump concocted the term, and the reason for it’s widespread acceptance is that it is an accurate descriptor. The Left, of course, loves it this way, though it destroys any chance of American dialogue. The Right underplayed the problem and was resigned to long-term death-by-culture. The current pandemic has only underscored how very right Trump was: it was unleashed by China, exacerbated by globalism and weak borders, and has been endlessly darkened by the lies of a Republican-hating press. Trump has not always been articulate in his rightness, and often it has been instinctive rightness rather than philosophical, which has made it easy to dismiss. But he has been right so often and about so much that it is time to confer on him what no one but his most mindless followers have conferred on him yet: the benefit of the doubt. Which brings me to the current situation. The idea that Trump ignored warnings or that Trump reacted late or that Trump over-reacted and carelessly destroyed our economy: these are all the whiny assertions of irresponsible children. We are always being warned about everything. Pandemics, pulse bombs, earthquakes. We have business to take care of. We prepare where we can. Trump reacted quickly given the misinformation we were getting from China and WHO. He stopped travel from China when Joe Biden and the rest of the Left called him names for it. Do you recall how the NYT, CNN, the WaPo, and MSNBC ridiculed him for that decision? No? I didn’t think so. Do you remember how your favorite media sources and Joe Biden called his decision Xenophobic? No? Didn’t think so. Even the governors who hate him admit he has responded to their calls....Cuomo, Murphy, and Newsome - all Democrats. And as for over-reacting and uncaringly dumping the economy… What inside info have you got that he’s not seeing? Does anyone with an ounce more sense than the hate-filled half-wits at CNN or the New York Times – does any sensible person believe that Trump doesn’t care about the economy? His political fortunes depend on it for one thing. And he’s rightly proud of his skill at fixing things, the economy above all. The president has had an unprecedented and unknowable threat on his hands. He is following experts and feeling his way – just like every leader on earth. If social isolation leads to a low death toll, and the economy bounces back as quickly as he hopes, will the Twitter Jeremiahs line up outside the White House to apologize? Will they say: “Hey. Wow. That really worked, Mr. President. We doubted you every step of the way but, doggone it, as it turns out, you did a good job.” In case you haven't noticed, the cities most affected by riots, burnings, killings, and looting are almost all exclusively Democrat run, often for decades. The cities in which defunding and disbanding police are all entirely Democrat-run. Wait and see how that turns out. That will be on YOU and your ilk. Who will be the first to wonder aloud if maybe Trump got it right again? Anyone? You? No? Didn’t think so. Now, like I said, I went through the trouble of explaining myself to you, Mr Yellow Dog Democrat. To call you an idiot would provide an excuse for your ridiculous comments. To say you are part of an evil agenda is much more accurate. Now it’s your turn.... | 
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