Yesterday, with little ceremony, I removed the Trump-Pence yard sign that had been a fixture of my front lawn for more than two years.
It was intentional timing that it was done on the day Donald Trump announced yet another run at the presidency.
Understand, if Trump were running tomorrow against Clueless Joe Biden, I’d vote for him again. And again it would be losing effort. Not enough people agree with me; at least not enough to provide a cheat-proof result.
Although the thought may or may not have originated with Albert Einstein, it is true that the definition of insanity is repeating actions and expecting different results.
Allow me to confess up front that I didn’t think Trump could win the presidency in his first run. In assessing that surprising outcome, I told any who would listen that it should go down as the greatest triumph in election history in view of the fact that Trump had to prevail over his own party as well as the opposing Democrats.
I also predicted at the time that Trump could never win re-election. That sentiment was based on my presumption that Democrats had been caught with their pants down – figuratively for once instead of literally – and would employ extreme measures to prevent a repeat win for him.
With Democrats relying on their allies in the LameStream media never thinking to question ridiculous Russian collaboration stories, or other falsehoods both foreign and domestic that were used to assail Trump, he was damaged in the minds of the so-called independents who are said to decide elections in these split-nation times.
Shenanigans in vote tabulation and the rush to make fraud-prone absentee voting the norm, were just the cherries on top of the Democrats’ sundae of deceit.
Trump as a businessman should appreciate when a brand has been soiled and his has been.
The fact that Democrat politicians in the U.S. House have continued their harassment of Trump long after he left office speaks volumes about their hatred and intent. The Romans with their supposed salting of the Carthage soil after the Third Punic War had nothing on grudge-holding Democrats.
Trump also is the subject of several legal actions in various locales, not ideal stuff for a candidate.
Trump doesn’t help his cause, feeding his critics ample material with his penchant for rhetorical hyperbole.
The man has a considerable ego. Duly noted. Now, if you think people like Biden, Schumer and Pelosi aren’t egomaniacs, you need some education on the term. But they are shielded by the LameStream media, where Trump is pilloried for the same faults.
Trump did great things for the Republican Party, most notably making it a grassroots operation appealing to the working class and giving those people hope for a better future. But now, Trump’s considerable ego is getting in the way.
It is time for him to cede the spotlight to the likes of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who just might be able to win the next presidential election by that unstealable margin alluded to earlier as a requirement for a Republican to prevail.
Trump’s grade school level verbal attacks on DeSantis are a sad thing from a man who still could offer so much to the Republican cause.
Republicans need Trump to be more statesman than politician, realizing that for the good of the people he claims as his followers, and to further his ideals, his best place is cheering from the sidelines.
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