Why Trump Will Win

“I don't like Trump, but I'm voting for him.” – Many, Many Americans

America is reeling from the effects of incompetent leadership. Pain and misery from failed economic and political policies have caused millions of Americans to consider uttering the words above.

This critical moment in our history when America's strategic leadership is questioned abroad requires reality based on experience—not promises based on hope. That reality is Donald J. Trump—the promises, that's Kamala Harris.

We cannot afford a status-quo presidency for another four years

We, literally, cannot afford a status-quo presidency for another four years.

About seventy-five million Americans will vote for Donald J. Trump on November 5th. The reason is clear—they realize— our present course is not in America’s best interest.

In college (where logical thought processes occur infrequently), I cared about every idealistic notion current at the time, but I had an “excuse” —it was the era of the 60s-70s, and besides— I was in college.

It wasn't that I was imbued with altruism; I just defaulted to the mantra and narrative of the time—anti-establishment thinking. I would probably have voted a second time for Ralph Nader and the Green Party if Trump had been on the ballot when I was first able to vote.

Yes, it was shortsighted, but as I already told you, I had an “excuse.” Today, things are rather different from 60 years ago. America's precarious foreign and domestic situation demands more from us—all of us—today. There is too much at stake for the “close your mind and hope it works” idealism of modern liberalism to hold sway.

Americans are perceptive people when they need to be. And three issues matter to them in this election: their own hard-earned money, less entanglements overseas and immigration/border concerns. Donald J. Trump has demonstrated his ability to deal effectively with all three.

Their hard-earned money

Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris' economic plans are almost frightening. They are based on socialist ideas like government subsidies for home down payments. Is it just me or didn't we try something like that back in 2008 – remember how that turned out? Banks around the world received about a trillion dollars from the US Treasury to bail them out.

Under Biden-Harris, inflation has surged to a four-decade high of more than 9 percent just two years ago. Grocery lists get shorter because food prices get higher, while rents and mortgage rates continue to climb. Many American families are struggling to pay for just the necessities of daily life.

Think about it – Kamala Harris drinks beer on late night television with Stephen Colbert while Americans deal with economic difficulties she helped fashion.

Trump has commented recently about his plans to impose tariffs on imports from China and other countries. As a free market advocate, I hope his advisors talk him out of that bad idea. But even if they don't, Americans are still much better off in a growth-oriented Trump economy, than the lackluster Biden-Harris disaster many subsist under today. Under Trump, deregulation will again be the law of the land – with an energy sector fostering more jobs and a GDP that generates tax revenue without raising rates.

Overseas entanglements

The Biden-Harris White House pursued a US foreign policy based on ‘containment’ of its perceived enemies. Well, let's see. Syria remains in the hands of Bashar al-Asad. After 20 years, 2,400+ US soldiers killed, 23,000+ wounded, $2 trillion cost and a humiliating withdrawal – the Taliban still run Afghanistan. And then there is the US-led Ukraine proxy war with its $100 billion in aid and vaunted crushing sanctions on Russia. The latter have neither destabilized Moscow's economy nor isolated it politically. The IMF forecasts the Kremlin economy to grow more than 3.2 percent this year, faster than all advanced economies, and the BRICS alliance expands adding 13 new members.

Politics is about power, and the American people perceive Trump as a stronger leader than Harris. In business the former president has a reputation for making deals – putting situations together and making it work. That talent from America is what the world needs right now. The burgeoning influence from the growing alliances between Russia, China, North Korea and Iran must be addressed, and no other country, institution or individual is better equipped to accomplish this than America through the persona of Donald Trump.

Border/immigration concerns

The third issue precipitating Americans to vote for Trump is immigration and border security. Both have become issues of national security.

Under Biden-Harris, Trump-era policies were overturned. A total of 7.2 million migrants entered the United States, as of January 2024. And of that number over 1.7 million entered illegally – evading an understaffed US Border Patrol. And lest we forget, Biden put Harris in charge of this debacle called the southern border of America, which she claimed – was secure.

In a second term, Trump will secure the border and adjust immigration policies towards sanity; the former president will protect America and its citizens.

The Biden-Harris White House spent four years implementing policies that had no hope of improving the lives of Americans. How does my son say it? “They failed!” Gallup released a poll this month revealing that 52 percent of Americans believe their lives are in worse shape than four years ago. Only 39 percent said they are better off – which represents the Democrats’s hard-core base.

In 2024, Americans continue to suffer from unfulfilled obligations promised in 2020 – now is not the time for a status-quo presidency.

Donald J. Trump is “American to the core.”

Millions of voters are drawn to Trump, because the former president reflects a reality of America First and American Strength. To these Americans − a majority of the 74.2 million who voted for him in 2020 − Trump is not a politician but he is a survivor of two assassination attempts.

Certainly, some Americans do not see Trump that way, and that's OK. I can appreciate the views of those who do and do not. What's more, it's important that all those views are seen, heard and especially tallied.

Here's the thing I can't get past. It seems incredibly damaging and insulting to both America and Americans when the current president refers to those of us who will vote for Trump – whether we like him or not – as "garbage."

Harris’s comment was, “stop pointing fingers at each other,” but no rebuttal of the remark was forthcoming from her.

That is why on November 5th over 70 million Americans will vote for someone – they may not even like – for President of the United States. But, you see, Donald Trump doesn't refer to the other 70 million Americans who may vote against him – as just refuse – as “garbage.”

Donald J. Trump is “American to the core.”

It seems to this writer, this is precisely the type of individual America should want, today, as President of the United States.