Why I Continue to Support Trump

Today Trump's numbers have fallen.  Will this mark the end of Trump?  I don't know, but I hope not, and here's why.

The irresponsible press and Islam.  The two are connected.  First, a bit of history.  Sympathy for Hitler's Germany was rampant in the early years of his leadership.  Lindberg, an American hero, loved Hitler.  Father Coughlin loved Hitler.  The American Bund loved Hitler.  British royalty loved Hitler.  American industrialists loved Hitler.  And, then it suddenly changed.  Why?  Because of Pearl Harbor and the brilliant leadership of FDR.  If Germany's ally, Japan, attacked us, what did that say about Germany?

Today, we face a similar situation as regards Islam.  Having had Saudi Arabia  in our corner for these many years in the fight against communism, we have overlooked the terrible form of Islam preached there; namely, Wahhabism.  We can say that Islam is a faith of love, but see how this faith is practiced there, a country where no church may be built.  Where the bigotry against all faiths, other than Islam, is clear and palpable.   Where the treatment of women and gays runs against everything America believes in.  And, it is this government that for decades has been building mosques throughout the world and sending preachers to these mosques to teach the Wahhabi version of Islam.

This gets little, if any, attention in our press, or by our leaders.  Maybe it's because one of Saudi Arabia's early lobbyists in its behalf was Sen. William Fulbright,  whose name is attached to the prestigious Fulbright scholarship.  This was hardly novel.  The path was already beaten by that rampant abuser of Africans, Cecil Rhodes, whose name is attached to the Rhodes scholarship.

Today, we have such forms of Islam as al Queda, ISIS, and Boko Haram.  The press often cites Reactionary Catholicism and Orthodox Judaism as being equivalent to Salafist forms of Islam.  But while we may find such forms of Catholicism and Judaism not to our liking, but it is false to equate them with Salafist Islam.

Then there is the issue of whether Obama is a Muslim.  The answer is clearly no.  You can't sit for 20 years in a church, even one where the Reverend Jeremiah preached, and be called a Muslim.  But, with a Muslim father, Obama was clearly born a Muslim and in his early years in Indonesia he was taught as a Muslim.  But, is he a Muslim?  No.

To sum up, Trump seems to have a clearer grasp of the Islamic threat to America than anyone else in the press or in our political leadership, whether Republican or Democrat.

The immigration issue is closely tied to the religious issue.  Among the thousands and thousands of refugees from Muslim countries, there are obviously any number of fundamentalist Muslims who abhor the American way of life.  Such Muslims should not be admitted.  They clearly present a threat.  And, as we have seen, if they have children in America, those children are no less a threat.  Vetting these refugees is absolutely essential.  But, that's not easy.  It would obviously take a great deal of time and manpower.  So when Trump says that we've got to stop the immigration of Muslims until we get a handle on this problem, I, for one, support him.

Then there's the issue of Trump's attitude toward the press.  That the press has it's bias, mostly favoring the left, is hardly news.  MSNBC, with their Chris Matthews, the racist Rev Al Scharpton, and their other talking heads, clearly promotes the left's point of view.  Joe Scarborough was their one talking head who offered a bit of impartiality.  But, that's now gone too.

It's not that Scarborough has gone left.  Rather it's that he's joined the Republican establishment that's never been in favor of Trump.  Their man was Jeb Bush.  And, if not Bush, then Marco Rubio.  They could probably have lived with Gov. Katich.  But, Trump?  Never.  And, that's another reason, I'm sticking with Trump.  Until Trump came around, the GOP was a party of losers.  I voted for McCain. I voted for Romney.  I know.

Obama's disastrous foreign policy, his wrong headed attitude towards Guantanamo, his crippling Affordable Health Care Act, his cavalier attitude toward controlling America's borders -- all these issues leading us into the wrong direction are supported by the press.  That however doesn't make them right.