What is quite amazing about this U.S. election is the Democratic candidate. Her central theme, to chart a new path forward, begs one simple question, "Where have you been these past four years?" The lady is running against her own self!
"Everywhere I go, in everyone I meet, I see a nation ready to move forward." If that isn't a damning indictment of a government she belongs to... and also begs another question: You have had four years and if this is where your country is -- still waiting to move forward -- why should the electorate put their trust in you again?
She
accuses Trump of threatening to abandon NATO. Far from it. Trump's
threat was based on the US bearing the brunt of the cost to protect
well-heeled Europeans. He wanted them to put 2 percent of their GDP
towards defense and share the cost. When he was elected, there were
only five countries in NATO. It almost doubled to nine by the time he
left office and set a trend because of the increase now to 23
countries.
Trump
threatened to tax goods from wealthy countries in a similar way to
their tariffs on U.S. goods. Ask yourself why one does not see any
American cars on European roads. Simple, they are taxed out of reach
and not competitive with local products.
Harris called this the Trump tax that would cost American households $4000 per year. But wait one moment. A left-of-center think tank (Center for American Progress) estimated this figure but the Peterson Institute from the right calculates it to be $1,700. Estimates depend on assumptions and these are biased by the political leaning of the think tanks, often unconsciously.
Did
Trump block an immigration deal as Kamala Harris has charged? One has
to doubt it. The Republicans in Congress were opposed to it. So was
Trump and he called upon them to block it.
Harris
also accuses Trump of planning to enact a nationwide abortion ban.
Trump calls it a lie. He believes it to be a state issue and should be
left to them.
Trump
does have a tendency to manufacture his own reality. For example, he
believes he did not lose in Georgia in the 2020 election; it was stolen
from him. Many, if not all of his supporters, at a Trump rally believe
the same. The theme continues to be "Make America Great Again" and MAGA
hats are everywhere.
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