I recently listened to a social media post saying “while we don’t like Trump’s behavior and language, we absolutely love his policies and agenda”
That raises an interesting question, what exactly are Trump’s policies and agenda?
But a more critical question is what policies and agenda items are in the sustainable best interest of every American and our Country?
If you have an answer to that question, please share it. But consider the following.
Donald Trump has never done anything in his life which benefits anyone more than himself.
In his own mind everything he is doing or claims to do feeds his ego and builds what he sees as a lasting legacy of greatness. He can’t even accept the reality of actual approval ratings or look beyond his ardent MAGA followers, beyond what he wants to believe in the divided nation he has created more than any other individual.
I suspect if Americans understood where is policies are headed, they would not be so happy. In fact, his policies are following the agenda of Project 2025 which is very clear if you read the available portions of that document.
In essence the agenda calls for much smaller federal government, fewer or minimized social support programs, lower taxes and greater reliance on individual responsibility-“empowerment” as they claim.
The problem is most Americans don’t understand what that means in real life.
You can get a hint from Trumps declaring a great new health plan where individuals can take cash and “negotiate” their own health care insurance.
You can see it in the fact that making Social Security and Medicare sustainable has been ignored even made worse by Trump policies when both should be a top priority. Despite him saying he will always support Social Security and Medicare, it’s been ignored so far in both his administrations.
You can see the disregard for individuals-and our country-in immigration (including legal immigration) and tariff policies both of which are not in the long-term best interests of Americans or our Country.
His efforts to ignore or manipulate our laws should be concerning, but some Americans see it more like just git er done and applaud such behavior. That is what undermines a democracy.
Trumps international policies for America are a throwback to the 1940s and 50s when the rest of the world was rebuilding from the devastation of war or still living as if it were the 19th century while America was the exception, but those policies are not in our best interest in the 21st century.
Withdrawing support from the United Nations to feed his ego is not in the world’s best interest. Isolating the US and bullying other countries is not in our long-term best interests. Withdrawing from international organizations and cutting foreign aid is not in our interest and very short-sighted.
But you see, this is how Donald Trump thinks – me first, last and only and this is projected in his agenda for America.
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