Why Trump must win

Why Trump

In reading Alex Berenson substack piece and Bridget Phetasy explanation on Twitter on why they were voting for Trump, leaves me with the following observation. Whether you like Trump or not, he is the only alternative to modern day failed leadership class and why Ms. Phetasy and Mr. Berenson are moving in his directions has less to do with them moving right than the fact the modern left has managed to combine a hatred of America, hatred of our constitutional government and are just plain nuts.  Berenson and Phetasy has not changed, the Democrat Party and the left has changed.

For them and for others like RFK, jr., Nicole Shannon, Elon Musk and Jennifer Sey, this journey began with the Pandemic in which real science was ignored, the role of China in allowing the virus to escape ignored and the outright loss of freedom during the lockdown and the complete failure of the lockdowns to stem the virus.  No one has ever been held accountable for the one of the biggest health care fiascoes in my lifetime if not one of the worst public policy disaster in my life time.

The results were a censorship regime instituted by the media to censor anything that contradicted the prevailing political narrative that the media and political establishment set up.  Trump institution of the lockdown ended his chance to win re-election as a good friend of mine, Dr. Larry Fedewa, predicted and one of the worse advice ever given a President. Trump had his own second thought according to Dr. Scott Atlas but failed to clean house and Biden administration continued with lockdowns, mandates, and the country suffered inflation, excessive government spending and instituted government censorship.  Even to this day, Tony Fauci is still considered a hero by many of the leadership class despite the disaster he helped usher in.

Berenson outlined his reason for supporting Trump:

“More specifically, here is Trump's analysis of Americanism:

1. He is pro-capitalism, at least as he understands it, and in most respects, he embodies the better elements of standard Republicans, such as limited government, income tax cuts on individuals and businesses, a policy of deregulation, etc.

2. Trump's energy policy can be summed up by his loud, Trumpian, pro-industry cry, "Drill, baby, drill!"

3. He would reintroduce justice to our penal system and, most likely, move to neutralize "Soros prosecutors."

4. He advocates no "reforms" that would destroy America's constitutional system or the nature of the Supreme Court. 

5. As Biden works to protect Iran's oil income and its nuclear weapons program, Trump has promised Iran that he would "Blow your country to smithereens!” should they threaten Americans.

"America First!" is the political version of egoism's "me first." Trump has even implicitly challenged the foreign policy of American self-sacrifice, e.g., insisting that allies pay for their own defense.

Trump will negotiate with potential enemies, but not forever. No pacifist endlessly turning the other cheek, he will use military force when Americans are threatened.

This is the world's only hope for peace.

6. Today, Wokeism teaches that "merit" is a racist concept, "objectivity" is oppression and "logic" and "mathematics" are examples of "white supremacy." The Woke universe resembles a dystopia -- a world in which the individual's mind is helpless -- and words like "boy" and "girl," and "male" and "female," become unintelligible, and the use of pronouns a political debate.

Trump opposes all things "Woke." He opposes the Left's rewriting of American history, DEI hiring practices, biological men playing in women's sports, the instruction of elementary school children in masturbation and unconventional sexual positions, and the push to permit transgender surgery on children.

7. Unlike most of the spineless Republicans of the past, Trump will not shrink from a battle. In the words of columnist Dan McLaughlin, "Trump brand is a guy you might not like or admire, but you know he won't hold back and he's never afraid to go there." Trump is a fighter -- and he can act as a man of principle even if he often cannot state the principle philosophically.

8. Trump's convictions do not rest on being a religionist type of Republican. This is most striking in his opposition to a national abortion ban which many Republicans are trying to push through Congress. He supports IVF.”

Berenson does a good job of outlining Trump position including a good summary of his foreign policy, which is not isolationist. Trump is willing to talking to our enemies but not  appeasement of our enemies.  When Trump was President, the world was safer and more stable, something his opponents will never acknowledge.  He was not looking for new enemies to slay  but willing to stand for American national interest and make it clear to our allies, they have to pay their fair share.    The Middle East was more stable, Iran was in an economic box, the Abraham accord started the process of allowing an alliance between the Sunni’s Arab’s and Israel against Iran.  In Europe, Ukraine was not invaded, and we forget the first invasion was during Obama/Biden policy and the second during  the Biden/Harris administration.   Nato began to increase defense spending and the good news with Putin in Ukraine, this still continued. The world is on fire and the Obama/Biden/Harris administration policy is responsible.  

Berenson details the difference between Trump and Harris. 

“Unlike Harris' assaults on the Constitution, Trump's assertions were a matter of outrage -- he believed that the election had been stolen -- and he saw himself as fighting for America…In contrast, of course, Harris would alter the nature of Supreme Court itself, end the Electoral College, destroy the filibuster, and anything else that might limit the government's power. The threats from Harris to the founding documents are philosophical in nature, not just verbiage, but permanent and fundamental changes, with all of the practical consequences this implies…When, in anger at the bias of ABC News, Trump states that the FCC license of that network be pulled, it is sheer emotionalism. Harris and her running mate have advocated permanent censorship of all media for what they term "misinformation" and "hate speech."

Trump may allow his outrage to get the best of him, but he never assaulted the Constitution in his time in office whereas Harris and Biden not only talked about restricting the right of free speech, but they also did something about it as Alex Berenson was censored over his reporting about the Pandemic and which was often accurate.  Harris told Jake Tapper that social media has to be corralled;  Hillary Clinton has argued for government to have control on stopping “misinformation” by censorship and John Kerry has called for censorship against climate skeptic and let not forget Tim Walz called for censorship in his debate against JD Vance. 

Bridget Phetasy decision is based on what I call the commonsense agenda as she talks about the burning of cities in 2020 and how transgender movement is ruining children by transitioning these children into a different sex that is irreversible.  She makes the point that this is not a right or left but a civilizational battle in which Western culture is under siege and as she stated this is a vote for America. She added that she has been radicalized by being a mother and fears the psychotic notion being promoted by the left.   She made the point she has not changed, “still anti-pharma, anti-censorship and anti-Cheney.”  (I am beginning to think that many Americans have joined her on being anti-pharma and anti-Cheney but as Ms. Phetasy noted, many younger Americans favor censorship regime.)

Ms. Phetasy may be part of a new movement that is moving the present right to the center and making it the movement not of ideology  but of common sense.  Jennifer Sey sacrificed her job at Levi to protest the school closing  and  other insane covid pandemic policies.  For Sey it is about free speech.  Elon Musk is a man who donated to the Democratic Party in the past, but he is also a futurist who looks to explore space and take humanity to places unknown.  He believes in America and rejects the zero-sum thinking that permeates much of our leadership class.   Alex Berenson has been the victim of censorship by the social media colluding with the Biden Administration and knows what is at stake. 

While Musk has been on the Trump bandwagon full tilt,  Jennifer Sey, Bridget Phetasy, and Alex Berenson are people who are not Trumpian but understand America is off the track and govern by a reckless leadership class that keeps an open border to allow everyone and anyone including gangsters and possible terrorist into the country and gets involved in wars they have no clue how to end while putting the world on razor end.  This leadership class thinks eliminating the combustible engine is a great idea while forcing us to buy electric vehicles that are both inferior and more expensive.  We live in a world that has abandoned the idea we should  be judged on our content of our character and not by the color of our skin.   Trump is the imperfect vehicle with many flaws which is why I supported Ron DeSantis in the Iowa Caucus, but Trump is what we have presently standing in the way of civilizational decline.  It is that simple