Hu? Biden would be supporting a leftist socialist policy? Not that I can read. He is seemingly firmly on course to stay in the middle.
As far as Trump goes, you are not looking at the reality of who he is and what he did. You are looking at what you wish he did and who you wish he were.
- the main thing he did on taxes is to lower taxes for the super rich. Even his covid19 support package has most probably been mostly used to support his billlionaire friends
- he has screwed the economy big time, more than any president before him, by not taking the right measures timely on covid19. The economy is where it is because of him. Look at Germany, China, Japan... the 3 main competitors of the US economically. Countries that did take the right measures in terms of early testing and control, they are all back in business nearly as if nothing had happened
- the US military was not weak at all. The US was already spending more money on weapons than ever before (or at least at the same level as during the Cold War) and way more than any other country in the world
- the trade agreement that replaced NAFTA is a carbon copy, nothing changed
- the problem of immigration in the US isn't illegal immigration... the problem now is that it's super hard for the US leading companies to bring talents into the country. In case you don't know, the US high tech sector is alive thanks to talents from China, India and Europe. There is a minority of US engineers. And those companies are paying your retirrement.
And then of course you are not mentioning the facts that...
- the US is more isolated on the international scene than ever before. If you think that its past successes were the result of isolation, think again. The US was successful when the World liked it
- the "great America" Trump is nostalgic about is that of the 60s, a time where the super rich were taxed at 90% of their income. It's also the time when America was most inventive and most productive
- a large majority of young educated Americans (again, the same people that bring in money, that pay taxes, that fund the military you are so fond about) are ashamed to be citizens of a country led by Trump
Cheers,
Bernard
Yeah the whole Socialist label on Biden is just a Trump talking point to rile up the base and spread fear. It works on some. I would prefer if he were a little more left leaning but I'll take him as an alternative to someone who is willing to burn everything down to suit himself and his friends.
And policy is the main reason I support him but also personality but not just because Trump really seems like a terrible person but because it matters for diplomacy and the connected world we have today. Leaders need to be able to work together and communicate effectively and with civility even if they disagree (and not just Putin).
Also being a Science denier (especially when convenient for him) is an immediate disqualification for any candidate to get my vote. Not because I believe science is gospel, but because it is the best tool we have to find the right answer to complex problems or at least eliminate wrong answers. It also gives a platform to explain a change of stance. Like Fauci's about face on the mask issue. He was making a call based on the best information and analysis he had at the time and when that changed, so did his recommendation. He didn't just change is mind, he had more complete information and he found a better answer which he explained.
But Trump who has over and over gone against a science-based recommendations for reasons he either doesn't understand or doesn't understand well enough to be able to articulate them is a completely different approach. To me it is clearly the wrong one.
I could go on, but I know people who still support Trump are not going to change now. So instead of changing their minds we just need to outnumber them in the election. The biggest positive I see coming from his presidency is a wakeup call for people who didn't get involved or vote last time around. This presidency is like a failed science experiment that identified the wrong answer. Might have been painful but it revealed some useful information. I hope we use that information well.
