Lets run Trump through the vetting machine too

Posted by jp4lsu

on 11/30/22 at 7:46 pm

If we are vetting DeSantis on his record and governing, which absolutely needs to happen, lets do the same with Trump. I've voted for Trump twice and have supported him strongly and the dems, DOJ, investigations of him have exposed the corruption in DC and I'm glad that they have been exposed.

He has done some good things but he has also failed on several really big issues. I have been going back through his term and being more critical of his term and actions.

Good:
-He clamped down on the border, worked with South, Central America and Mexico to stem the tide and help slow the crossings into the US. Not too mention started building the wall
-He put NATO in their place and pushed them to increase military funding.
-He helped foster a historic peace deal in the middle east with Israel, UAE, Qatar.
-Modest Tax Cuts

Bad:
-The Tea Party had been gaining power since 2010 and brought to the fore, the IRS targeting, abolishing Obamacare and pushing 2016 candidates to abolish it.
Trump overpowered them unfortunately and put them to pasture, which is not good for us. Despite all the momentum from the Tea Party, GOP control of houses, he failed in getting Obamacare abolished like he promised. Instead he squashed the idea of abolishing and decided he wanted to abolish and replace. Bad mistake. We got nothing out of this promise even after giving him the Houses.

-He didn't provide any guidance or approval of going after the IRS Targeting scandal and hold them accountable. Perfect opportunity to clean the swamp. I went back and found quotes from Jason Chaffetz who was ready to go after the IRS, Hillary, and Audit the Fed. His quote was that one of the reasons he resigned was the new admin was not really concerned in going after the IRS targeting scandal.

-He didn't replace Comey but bowed to the pressure of the media and DC. Then he eventually replaced him with the swampy Ruby Ridge defender, Bill Barr. We all just made note and said OK, I trust Trump with this selection and looked past his history. Well that was a terrible hire.

-He gave the media way too much ammo to spend days on so they could create additional division in the country. Even though in most cases they took things out of context, didn't tell the full story, etc....but a President has to be better than this.

-With Covid he fell into the fearmongering trap laid by Fauci, WHO, CDC/NHA and put Fauci on all our TVs for months. Many of us fell into this trap. But Trump had people around him countering things being done by Fauci, CDC, WHO. Trump was kowtowed into backing off alternative treatments, and letting Fauci take control and dictate to the states what should be done and spread his fear. We saw the impact that Fauci, CDC/NHA had on treatments, the way Docs and hospitals treated patients, they way the Feds pressured the medical industry.
I can forgive Trump for falling into the Covid trap, most everyone did, but you had states that stood up and refused to give into what the Feds wanted. We needed them in the White House at that time instead of Trump.

So we saw how a term went for Trump. Do we really believe that it would be any different with a 2nd term? Is he really going to clean house? He had a chance to drain the swamp and go after the IRS, abolish Obamacare, Audit the Fed, Go after Hillary/Obama on Libya, and he didn't. Instead he basically squashed the Tea Party who wanted to do all these things, but Trump didn't play ball.
So as evidenced with the above plays he could've made to drain the swamp, I don't think he will drain the swamp in a 2nd term.