All recent polls of the highly likely rematch between Donald Trump and Joe Biden show that President Biden may be in big trouble. In crucial swing states, Trump is beating Biden, with voters trusting Trump more on the economy and thinking that Biden is too old. Trump even may be eating away at the usual big lead that Democrats have with minority voters.
Now it's still early, the election is more than a year away, and a lot can happen. But the idea that Americans may be signing on for 4 more years of Trump's chaos and corruption makes me want to bang my head against a wall. Has the country suffered from collective amnesia? Do we not remember that shameful day when Trump fired up an angry mob that beat police officers and stormed the nation's capital? Have we forgotten how horribly he handled the covid crisis? Does the fact that Trump is currently facing 4 criminal indictments mean nothing to them? What about howTrump's guilt in the E. Jean Carroll defamation case, which means that the jury believed that he did sexually assault her? (We can now take the word "alleged" away we call Trump a sexual predator).
Look, I get it, the country is in the post pandemic doldrums. and while the economy is strong (unemployment is actually lower now than it was under Trump), there has been heavy inflation that effects the average person more than economic growth does, and the president, rightly or wrongly, is going to get the blame for those high prices Meanwhile, the crisis on the border continues, with more refugees seeking solace and conservative Governors bussing those refugees to places like New York City or Martha's Vineyard. Plus there's a lot of terrible things going on in the world today, what with the war in Ukraine grinding on and Israel invading Gaza in response to cruel terrorists attacks.
And yes, Biden is old, the oldest president ever, and I do agree that his stepping down and letting someone else run would be a good thing. But he's determined to run, and I think he's mentally sharp enough to handle the presidency. And I'm infuriated that Trump's recent verbal stumbles don't seem to hurt him in this regard, and somehow the fact that he's only 3 years younger than Biden doesn't sink in with the public. (Much of that has to do with the constant media narrative that focuses more on Biden's age issues than Trump's).
So yes, things are stressful both nationally and globally right now. But the idea that Trump will somehow calm all of that is absurd (he can say that the invasion of Ukraine and the terrorist attacks in Israel would never have happened if he were president, there's certainly no evidence of that). Hopefully, the recent interest rate increases by the Federal Reserve will slow the rise of inflation without tipping the country into a recession, and a strong economy will finally be felt by the general public next year, helping Biden's chances. I certainly hope that that's the case, because another Trump term would be nightmarish for this country, from his denial of climate change to his ending aid to Ukraine that would tip the balance of that conflict to Trump's pal Vladimir Putin, to his calls to purge the federal government of any workers who don't share his vision for the country, to so many other horrible things that he would do, another 4 years of Trump is a terrifying prospect.
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