It is a welcome change on Getbig to read a post like yours which is rational, and thoughtful. While I don't completely agree with you, I do agree that sometimes a change in political views and government leadership is good. Without this, nothing gets questioned and that is not conducive to suggest and growth. In that vein, I have long been an advocate for term limits in elected offices.
Having said this, reelecting Trump to office isn't change, yes, it is a repeat of what was positive but more worrisome to me is that it is also everything that was negative during that time and possibly even Moreso. Another issue that worries me is that a lot of folks ignore the more outlandish comments Trump makes and the fact that if he is allowed to act on some of them, the damage might be catastrophic.
This country can survive poor leadership and lacking policies for a short while. History has proven this time and again. I am not convinced we can survive four more years of Donald Trump at the helm.
It's funny to me that those who oppose Trump take him at his word when he's talking in generalities or using metaphors, but when he says things that would align with their beliefs, he's called a liar.
A couple examples.
Trump says he's "Going to be a dictator day one", and goes on to explain what he means is he's going to reverse a lot of Biden's policies immediately (just like Biden did to him). The left "oh my gosh, he's going to be a dictator, use the military to lock down and arrest his adversaries, kill black lesbians (this was said on CNN), etc....
Trump says there will be a "bloodbath" in the auto industry if Biden is elected and allows US Cars to be built in Mexico without penalty. The left "Trump is going to lead an armed revolt if not elected"
Conversely, Trump has said repeatedly, he's against Project 2025, it was written by extremists, and he has nothing to do with it. The left "he's going to implement Project 2025"
Trump has said repeatedly he's not going to institute a federal ban on abortion, that it's up to the states, and he belives in the "3 exception rule" lile Regan. The left "Trump will institute a federal abortion ban"
I am on the opposite side, and believe that Harris is closer to the end of Democracy than Trump would ever be. My difference that I believe is that I can actually back it up with tangible things, while anything you post is theory about what you think will happen.
This administration has actively worked to censor individuals and control the media and information. Read about the Berenson lawsuit. Read the Twitter files already. This stuff actually happened and is fascism 101. Please read it.
This admin let legitimate lawfare happen. Read what happened in the Bragg case. Learn how a misdemeanor with an expired statute of limitations was revived and somehow frankenstein'd into a "felony". Read about how the DA ran on "getting Trump, the county selected, the judge, how someone from the DOJ was somehow "demoted" to go work on the DA's team, how the trial went in terms of revealing the charges, and how it will almost 100% be overturned. This happened.
This admin also gaslighted the American public as to the health of our current President, criticized anyone who questioned about it, the forced him not to run because of it. Then, a VP who was hired first and foremost due to her sex and color (the President's own words) gets APPOINTED (not elected) as the nominee to run. That is not democracy. To this day, nobody here or anywhere has been able to give a legitimate, comprehensive argument to justify why she'd make a good leader of our country. It's really only "not Trump"
We will be just fine if Trump is elected, because we already have 4 years of what will happen when he was in office. It wasn't the end of anything, except for the destruction of the veil of secrecy surrounding the bullshit the media, the gov't and big tech had for years.
But anyway, I'm game - tell me what you think will happen in a DJT second term that we "won't survive".
