The Middle East - I don't think he has a clue on how to resolve the Israel war against Hamas or work toward a lasting peace between Israel and the Palestinians. I also think he's unlikely to find quality people to help him get a clue. Who's going to help him with that, Steve Bannon?
Eastern Europe - Put aside the nonsense about resolving the Russian war against Ukraine. I think he's most likely to resolve in Russia's favor. His followers are increasingly isolationists, anti-Ukraine and pro-Russia (you don't have to leave this board to see that) and he'd probably be happy to appease them and cut weapons support for Ukraine and look away as Russia slowly takes over Ukraine. At most he'd push for a resolution which likely gives Russia most or all of Ukraine.
NATO - Trump has told the Joint Chiefs that he wanted to leave NATO and was talked into waiting until after the election (which he lost, MAGAs). NATO remains a vital organization in America's interest. More so with Russia looking to take Ukraine and Putin's desire to reconstitute the USSR's territory one country at a time. Taking Ukraine puts him in position for taking the next country in his sights. Continued Russian aggression is not in America's interests. The economies of Europe and America will suffer tremendously.
Families - I have no idea why you'd think Trump would be better for families. On personal example alone, he's the worst possible. He's personally immoral with his history of womanizing, affair with a porn actress, serial dishonesty, incivility, etc., etc. (this could go on for pages
) He does nothing to promote families that I'm aware of. He'd be no better than Biden, who I see more as doing no harm. This one is probably more of a tie.Free expression - Trump is the guy who's actually talked about prosecuting members of the press after he's upset by something they've written about him. It's all about him. He cares nothing about freedom of the press.
Federal Budget - Trump claimed he could balance the budget in eight years. In the three years before the pandemic, he did 100 percent of NOTHING to move toward that goal. Then he took advantage of the deficit to send checks with his name on them to Americans. This is no less of a brazen attempt to buy votes than Biden's first loan forgiveness plan was. In short there is no evidence that Trump would be better than Biden on the Federal Budget. The key to that is control of Congress anyway, and it's very likely Republicans will underperform this year because of Trump and Trumpster candidates. He and they, are that unpopular.
Divisions and Race - There has never been a more divisive President than Trump. The man didn't even pretend to be President for all Americans, he was only President for his base. Everyone else was an enemy. No one has encouraged America's racist faction more than him. He can't even bring himself to truly criticize them because he knows they're part of his base. I don't appreciate the race baiting of the left by any means, but I'm not proud that he's encouraged the White Supremacist and other despicable Americans to openly support him and the Republicans. Sure, they really only support the MAGA Republican Party, since none of them have any loyalty to the GOP. I want them marginalized and that isn't going to happen with Trump as President. Then there's the way he's treating the a$$wipe criminals that participated in the attempt to disrupt certification of the electoral votes on January 6 (Trump lost, MAGAs) as patriots, victims and hostages and promises to pardon them. There could be few things that would be more divisive than carrying out that promise. No thanks.
