@tyromper I appreciate your posts. I know that is simple, but your posts make a difference. Keep your head up and keep going. The only way is through. Lean on your loved ones and one day soon this phase will end and you are right back in the game. Never quit. Thanks for all you do.
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.
Kamala Harris is a radical liberal who would raise taxes, take away guns & health insurance, and explode the size and power of the federal gov’t. She wants to recreate America in the image of what’s happening on the streets of Portland & Seattle. We won’t give her the chance.
Trump pulled off a historic masterstroke.
I still can't fathom it.
Elon Musk has agreed to run a Department of Government Efficiency if Trump is elected.
Do you comprehend the magnitude of that statement?
The most prolific businessman and innovator of our lifetime has said... he'll work for the GOVERNMENT!? He’ll work…. for US, the people?
As I said recently in the pinned tweet that has been viewed over 114 million times, I have major issues with Trump's personality. Big time (Bigly?🤷🏻♂️).
But despite that, there is a staggering set of compelling reasons to vote for him.
Trump's best traits? 1.) He loves America and would literally die for its citizens’ safety and prosperity. 2.) He will keep us out of war. He is tough enough and crazy enough that other nations will stand down. No question. He did it for 4 years already and that won't change. No one is messing with this country if that man is at the helm. 🇺🇸
But the “masterstroke” is Trump’s most genius tactical move – he got Elon aboard.
I would literally vote for whichever candidate lured Musk into his or her cabinet. Of course, Kamala wouldn't and couldn't lure someone like Elon. But @realdonaldtrump has done it.
Musk is the richest man in the world. He reinvented the car industry, the Solar industry, founded PayPal, created Starlink, Neuralink, Space-X, and literally saved free speech by acquiring the #1 used and viewed news app with Twitter/X.
Think about that for just a moment when it’s quiet. He doesn't need money, want money, want power, need power, or need anything else to do… if the media tries to tell you he is doing this for some weird power move or financial play, or any other weird motive, that is an outright lie. Period and end of story.
When the government spends, they are spending OUR MONEY! Kamala sees your money as the government's money. But generations of glut and waste and drunken spending and special interests and more waste and now woke priorities and we now have $36 TRILLION of debt. We are on course to be bankrupt as a country. Literally.
@elonmusk will take a monster machete to the deficit by cutting costs in a way no one else has the will or ability to do. He doesn’t care what people think, doesn’t care about re-election or appeasing donors or special interests or media.
No country can tax its way to prosperity. And Kamala giving away her little Halloween goodies of tax credits doesn't fundamentally do anything to fix our economy, to reduce spending or to spark the economy’s growth. That man 👆🏻 Elon, he can do it.
He wants to do it.
If the media refuses to see that or admit it, or if 1/2 the country refuses to see that, hopefully you will. Don’t miss this gift that has fallen in to our lap and don't take it for granted. Elon is giving us a gift. It is THE masterstroke by @realDonaldTrump. Don't let your misgivings about him keep you from seeing it.
I appreciate you reading this Magna Carta, reposting it, and following me. But sharing is the most important of those 3. And voting is more important than all of those. ✌🏻🇺🇸❤️
NEW: CNBC host verbally stunned after billionaire Howard Lutnick explains how Trump's tariffs will be used as a negotiation tactic to make the U.S. a "bunch of money."
Lutnick shot down the media narrative that tariffs would increase inflation.
"It's a bargaining chip. We can't sell a Ford or GM in Europe. You go to Europe, you can't sell a Ford..."
"They're gonna come and negotiate and their tariffs are gonna come down. And finally, Ford and General Motors are gonna be able to sell in these places. How's that sound?"
"This is just negotiating strategically."
"When you're running for office, you make broad statements so people understand you. Tariffs are an amazing tool for the president to use."
"Use tariffs to build in America. If we want to make it in America, tariff it... we need to protect the American worker."
"So which is it? Do we make a lot of money on tariffs or do we bring change behavior productivity here? And we drive up our workers here. So it's a win-win scenario."
Becky Quick: "This is the best explanation I've heard."
I can't stand Donald Trump. He is braggy, he insults people for no reason, and he is just a brutal personality. But my mind is made up. I'm voting for him and here's why:
* He puts Americans and their well-being first. Kamala will not.
* He will bring @elonmusk into his cabinet to be the efficiency czar and get rid of waste. This alone may be the best single reason to vote for him.
* He will bring @RobertKennedyJr into his cabinet to Make American Healthy Again. He will finally get to the bottom of why our food companies are destroying the health of our children.
* I'm sick of the way the media lies continuously about @realDonaldTrump, starting with the incessant racism claims. They are just nonsense. The latest thing I learned? He sent his plane to fly Nelson Mandela home after he was in jail with the U.S. wouldn't do it. Racist? No.
* I'm sick of the U.S. being embroiled in foreign wars. Trump will keep us out of them again. He's just crazy enough that foreign nations will stand down. They have no fear of Kamala. They will fear him.
* Trump sees this country as fundamentally good. Kamala sees it as inherently evil.
* Trump will end the nonsense of the open border which makes our country less secure, less financially stable, and brings in millions of people illegally who compete for Americans' jobs.
* This government has to print billions to care for the illegals. That makes all of our dollars less valuable and makes prices zoom upward.
* He will stockpile Bitcoin.
* He will keep men out of women's bathrooms and women's sports.
* He is a heavyweight personality and negotiator. Kamala is a phony personality and a lightweight negotiator.
* The people who want Kamala Harris to win are the most annoying people in the country. They have pushed for pronouns, masks, endless vaccines, cancel culture, riots, blatant racism towards whites, gender confusion, undermining the U.S. constitution.
* He will upset the current political system. He was nearly the victim of assassination 3x. And he keeps going. He's not the best in interviews, but he at least puts himself out there. Over and over and over. Kamala hasn't done a single press conference.
* Harris and the media trying to prop her up hid Biden's cognitive decline. They accuse @realDonaldTrump of being a threat to democracy. Yet she was installed as the nominee with no votes. She wants to pack the Supreme Court. She wants to eliminate the filibuster. She sued @RobertKennedyJr to keep him off the ballot. And the threat to democracy is Trump? Nonsense.
* Those who support Harris look at Trump supports as vile, stupid, ignorant, and fascists. They disown family members or disinvite them from Thanksgiving dinner of they support Trump. This is disgraceful.
* Every time she talks, I try to give her a chance. But she is the most phony and condescending politician I have ever seen. Ever. I can't do it. I won't do it.
* She and those who support her are resistant to Voter ID and believe requiring an ID is racist. Her Department of Justice is suing the state of Virginia for trying to purge the voter rolls of illegals. Why would we not want 1 vote per 1 U.S. citizen? Is it more racist to believe people from the inner city are perfectly capable of securing a government issued ID? Or to believe they are incapable?
That's it. I'm done. Thanks for hearing me out.
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Earlier today, a reporter standing outside the Senate chamber told me that, after four months of secrecy, The Firm™️ plans to release the text of the $106 billion supplemental aid / border-security package—possibly as soon as tomorrow.
Wasting no time, she then asked, “if you get the bill by tomorrow, will you be ready to vote on it by Tuesday?”
The words “hell no” escaped my mouth before I could stop them. Those are strong words where I come from. (Sorry, Mom).
The reporter immediately understood that my frustration was not directed at her.
Rather, it was directed at the Law Firm of Schumer & McConnell (“The Firm™️”), which is perpetually trying to normalize a corrupt approach to legislating—in which The Firm™️
(1) spends months drafting legislation in complete secrecy,
(2) aggressively markets that legislation based not on its details and practical implications (good and bad), but only on its broadest, least-controversial objectives,
(3) lets members see bill text for the first time only a few days (sometimes a few hours) before an arbitrary deadline imposed by The Firm™️ itself, always with a contrived sense of urgency, and then
(4) forces a vote on the legislation on or before that deadline, denying senators any real opportunity to read, digest, and debate the measure on its merits, much less introduce, consider, and vote on amendments to fix any perceived problems with the bill or otherwise improve it.
Whenever The Firm™️ engages in this practice, it largely excludes nearly every senator from the constitutionally prescribed process in which all senators are supposed to participate.
By so doing, The Firm™️ effectively disenfranchises hundreds of millions of Americans—at least for purposes relevant to the legislation at hand—and that’s tragic.
It’s also unAmerican, uncivil, uncollegial, and really uncool.
So why does The Firm™️ do it?
Every time The Firm™️ utilizes this approach and the bill passes—and it nearly always does—The Firm™️ becomes more powerful.
The high success rate is largely attributable to the fact that The Firm™️ has become very adept at (a) enlisting the help of the (freakishly cooperative) news media, (b) exerting peer pressure in a way that makes what you experienced in middle school look mild by comparison, and (c) rewarding those who consistently vote with The Firm™️ with various privileges that The Firm™️ is uniquely capable of offering (committee assignments, help with campaign fundraising, and a whole host of other widely coveted things that The Firm™️ is free to distribute in any manner it pleases).
It’s through this process that The Firm™️ passes most major spending legislation.
It’s through this process that The Firm™️ likely intends to pass the still-secret, $106 billion supplemental aid / border-security package, which The Firm™️ has spent four months negotiating, with the luxury of obsessing over every sentence, word, period, and comma.
I still don’t know exactly what’s in this bill, although I have serious concerns with it based on the few details The Firm™️ has been willing to share.
But under no circumstances should this bill — which would fund military operations in three distant parts of the world and make massive, permanent changes to immigration law — be passed next week.
Nor should it be passed until we have had adequate time to read the bill, discuss it with constituents, debate it, offer amendments, and vote on those amendments.
There’s no universe in which those things will happen by next week.
Depending on how long it is and the complexity of its provisions, the minimum period of time we should devote to this bill after it’s released should be measured in weeks or months, not days or hours.
Please share this if you agree.