Why Trump?

After the less-than-stellar first debate with Hillary, I've been asked why I still favor Trump?

A. How we get our candidates and how have they done?

FDR -- Knew how to speak to the American public and was guided in many of his best works by his wife Eleanor.  We should have helped the British a year or sooner than we did.  Had we done so our actual casualties would have been much, much lower, but the American public wasn't ready until we were hit by Pearl Harbor.

Truman -- A nonentity who rose to greatness.  He saw the world as it was and acted accordingly.  He also integrated our military and did great good as regards civil rights.  (He also properly put Gen. McArthur in his place.)

Eisenhower -- Kept the country on an even keel.  Cut down McCarthy, when he threatened to probe the army for communist.  Built America's highway system.  Kept us out of Vietnam.

JFK -- Loved by Americans who, today, forget that it was he who put us into the Vietnam quagmire.
This was an even greater disaster than the Bay of Pigs.

LBJ -- Couldn't work his way out of JFK's disastrous war.

Nixon -- Was great on civil rights.  Along with Kissinger, he negotiated a rapprochement with China and got us out of Vietnam.  His sin: trying to cover up the Watergate break in.

Ford -- Pardoned Nixon

Carter -- Ineffectual.  No friend of Israel.

Reagan -- Oversaw the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Bush (elder) -- Raised taxes despite his "read my lips" promise.  Again, no friend of Israel.

Clinton -- Worked remarkably well with a Republican Congress.

Bush W -- He signaled the end of the conflict in the middle east when it was far from ended.  He commended the work of a Mr. Brown who proved to be a disaster in dealing with the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.  Bush was largely as good or as bad as his advisors.

Obama -- Worked not at all well with Congress.  Pushed through deeply flawed health care legislation.  Tried to force Israel into what would have been a disastrous agreement with the Palestinians.  Bypassed Congress to sign a deeply flawed agreement with Iran.  Declared "red lines" which were never supported by action.  Saw a sharp deterioration in race relations.


B. So what can we expect from a Trump presidency?   Here are my guesses:

He would negotiate with Congress far better than Obama.  He understands what makes an economy function well far better than do people on the left. He understands governmental flaws which he's observed first hand through his years in the construction business.  I believe he sees the world as it is and would deal with it accordingly.

C. Now let's look at the charges that have been directed at Trump.

1. He used tax loopholes to reduce his taxes --  Consequently he pays little or no taxes.
But that, of course, is what very wealthy business people do.  That's why they hire great accountants, people who can find those loopholes.  Not to take advantage of loopholes is poor business practice.  If loopholes are unfair or work against the interests of the American public, then let's get rid of loopholes.  In pursuing this matter, I believe Trump would be far better than Hillary who is all too ready to accept the money of lobbyists, the very people whose job it is to create loopholes.

2.  Trump makes Trump ties overseas --  As a businessman, Trump has few options.  Who in America makes their ties in the States?  We could, I suppose, manipulate rules and regulations to make the importation of ties uneconomical.  But is that really what we want to focus on?  Don't we have bigger fish to fry?

3. Trump is a misogynist  (his cruel words about a beauty contestant's weight)  -- I researched this charge.  The first thing to note is that this matter is 20 years old.  I then went to You Tube and put in "1997 press conference Trump and Machado."  There was nothing said in that conference that was inappropriate.  Check for yourself.  His past comments (11 years ago) have been deplorable.  But, overall, is he better or worse for America than Hillary?

4. His disparaging of the Khan family who's son died in the service of the American military --
This was just plain stupid.  Granted, it's hard being lectured to by an immigrant who waves about a copy of the Constitution.  But, that's what it's like on the campaign trail.  As stupid as this was for Trump to do, it wasn't disqualifying.


D. Where Trump should focus his attack:

1. Benghazi
2. Hillary's private server and her many lies in her attempt to cover up her emails.  Then too there's the smashing of her cell phones after they were subpoenaed.
3. The Attorney General's cloak of protection that he spreads over Hillary.
4. There is the very real possibility that Hillary would pursue Obama's policies.
5. The risk of Hillary picking Supreme Court judges that would move the Court far to the left.
6. Hillary's use of her foundation to raise money in a way that allows the money to be spent anyway she chooses without oversight.
7.  The raising of hundreds of thousands of dollars to give speeches to banks and foreign countries like Russia deserves to be aired.
8. Hillary's facilitating the purchase by Russia of 20% of America's uranium stockpile.  (She'd do anything to make a buck even if it hurts America.)