For my British and European friends who are "shocked" and "surprised", here are 10 reasons you didn't see this coming.
Read this short post and then read the replies from our American friends who will confirm what I'm saying.
1. Americans love their country and want it to be the best in the world. America is a nation of people who conquered a continent. They love strength. They love winning. Any leader who appeals to that has an automatic advantage.
2. Unlike Europeans, Americans have not accepted managed decline. They don't have Net Zero here, they believe in producing their own energy and making it as cheap as possible because they know that their prosperity depends on it.
3. Prices for most basic goods in the US have increased rapidly and are sky high. What the official statistics say about inflation and the reality of people's lives are not the same.
4. Unlike you, Americans do not believe in socialism. They believe in meritocracy. They don't care about the super rich being super rich because they know that they live in a country where being super rich is available to anyone with the talent and drive to make it. They don't resent success, they celebrate it.
5. Americans are the most pro-immigration people in the world. Read that again. Seriously, read it again. Americans love an immigrant success story. They want more talented immigrants to come to America. But they refuse to accept people coming illegally. They believe in having a border.
6. Americans are sensitive about racial issues and their country's imperfect history. They believe that those who are disadvantaged by the circumstances of their birth should be given the opportunity to succeed. What they reject, however, is the idea that in order to address the errors of the past new errors must be made. DEI is racist. They know it and they reject it precisely because they are not racist.
7. Americans are the most philosemitic nation on earth. October 7 and the pro-Hamas left's reaction shocked them to their very core because, among other things, they remember what 9/11 was like and they know jihad when they see it.
8. Americans are extremely practical people. They care about what works, not what sounds good. In Europe, we produce great writers and intellectuals. In America they produce (and attract) great engineers, businessmen and investors. Because of this, they care less about Trump's rhetoric than you do and more about his policies than you do.
9. Americans are deeply optimistic people. They hate negativity. The woke view of American history as a series of evils for which they must eternally apologise is utterly abhorrent to them. They believe in moving forward together, not endlessly obsessing about the past.
10. America is a country whose founding story is one of resistance to government overreach. They loathe unnecessary restrictions, regulations and control. They understand that freedom comes with the price of self-reliance and they pay it gladly.
Former Trump aide @Alyssafarah: “I'm speaking as a former senior aide to Donald Trump who knows him very well. This is the most important election of our lifetimes because he is the most dangerous man to have ever sat in the American presidency.”
San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich just delivered a truth bomb about Donald Trump: "He's pathetic. He's small. He's a whiner...He's a damaged man."
To everyone trying to discredit John Kelly as disgruntled.
1. John Kelly is a U.S. Marine Corps General. Trump is a draft-dodging serial liar. I think we all know who’s telling the truth.
2. John Kelly isn’t alone. 40 out of Trump’s 44 cabinet members said similar stuff.
John Kelly was hand picked by Trump to be his chief of staff.
He was recommended by Tom Cotton.
He is a decorated retired general and a Gold Star father.
He is on the record here w/ the most damning anecdotes.
Not sure how this can be dismissed.
https://t.co/T25fECCqyH
Absolutely brutal split screen for Trump tonight on the CBS Evening News, with Harris barnstorming the blue wall states while Trump is “pushing false claims” after a weekend engaging in “lewd locker room talk” and hosting a “campaign stunt.” https://t.co/YutLcMklDk
The unsealing of the Jack Smith evidence against Trump, is the tipping point, where no honest and competent person, can justify Trump, without admitting to not supporting the rule of law.
This isn’t about “did he incite a mob” or “did he try and get pence to decertify”
This is, he knowingly, intentionally, and in a pre-planned manner, attempted to forge federal documents (which he knew to be false, and knew to be a crime) and to pass them to his own VP unknowingly to over turn a free and fair election.
The bots will say they don’t care.
The Russian trolls will point to how bad Harris is.
The MAGA fan boys will scream fake news.
But, the moderate & fiscal republicans who haven’t publicly endorsed Harris, are silent on it. Why?
Because they know there is no justification.
They know the only way to justify what Trump did, is to admit you are an authoritarian bootlicker, who values your own ideas, more than democracy itself.
To the Republicans of law and order, who never thought they’d find themselves here, I’ll say this:
-Even though I think you should vote for Harris, you don’t have to. But you also don’t have to vote for a man who tried to replace our democracy with his own will. You can just stay home.
But, do not tell me he is a good man, or has redeeming qualities, or is the lesser of two evils.
That ship has sailed.
He failed the very core tenants of the office.
Former President Trump had 44 cabinet secretaries. 40 of them don’t support his 2024 campaign.
Neither does his Vice President nor any of his former chiefs of staff.
@tejfbanalytics Let me also suggest adding @YardsPerGretch to the list of good analysts. Not only does he have terrific analysis (with great results so far this year), but he also shared this exact same thought in the intro to his newsletter this week.
Holy sh*t. This new Kamala Harris ad, which will air on Fox ahead of the debate, will mess with Donald Trump as it uses the words of Trump’s own cabinet & inner circle to show how he is unfit & unable to serve. This is so good. Watch & share it below.
Someday our grandchildren will ask how on earth the perpetrator of this chilling attack on democracy in 2021 could possibly have been nominated for president in 2024.
When asked to compare his game to a non-football activity, Mahomes said it’s most akin to “a top tier lawyer—someone who has to think on his feet, execute at the right time, and deal with high pressure situations.”
If only top-tier lawyers had 10-year, $450M contracts…
Was waiting to see this data because, watching live, it sure felt like the 49ers expected zone coverage on the back end when Kansas City blitzed - which was smart based on tendencies - so Deebo was often the primary read in the dropback pass game.
Problem is, Chiefs played man when sending extra pressure and they have great corners who just stuck to Deebo in those situations.