Monday, April 15, 2024

Why I will never vote for Donald Trump or anyone like him

Those who often make claims they cannot back up with proof, are not trustworthy enough for the nation's most powerful office. 

Example: Trump on peaceful transition if he loses: 'Get rid of the ballots' and 'there won't be a transfer' (nbcnews.com)

Those who abuse the justice system by using their fame and money hamper the flow of the legal system to save their skin by suing and appealing when no appeal is reasonable, do not deserve to help determine who sits on the highest court in the land.

Example: Supreme Court takes center stage in the Trump legal battles (nbcnews.com)

Those who use their fame and power to trigger mob violence do not deserve to lead a nation with nuclear weapon capability.

Example 1: Donald Trump tells Proud Boys to 'stand back and stand by' at debate (usatoday.com)

Example 2: Jan. 6 report: Trump 'lit that fire' of Capitol insurrection | AP News

Those who repeatedly show inability to check impulse behavior should not be allowed to control the nuclear codes of the US military.

The U.S. must Trump-proof the nuclear codes before 2024 (nbcnews.com)

Example 1: Trumps propensity to use social media for hateful rhetoric.

Trumps propensity to use social media for hateful rhetoric.


Example 2: We nearly blew our opportunity to check his power the first time around. Why give him another chance in a area so critical to the survival of the world?


Those who choose to ignore history are doomed to repeat it.

1. Focus on a scapegoat. 

Example 1: Why Were the Jews Persecuted? | History Today

Example 2: Trump’s anti-immigrant rhetoric makes inroads with some Democrats | AP News

2. Make the economy the fault of the scapegoat

Example 1: Exclusion of Jews from German Economic Life | Holocaust Encyclopedia (ushmm.org)

Example 2: U.S. Job Numbers Show Immigration Opponents Wrong About The Economy (forbes.com)

3. Elect a leader who is addicted to power and uses Numbers 1 and 2 to attain power.

Example 1. Adolf Hitler is named chancellor of Germany | January 30, 1933 | HISTORY

Example 2: The 2024 US Presidential Election?

And finally, these words from the Book of Eccliesiastes, Chapter 9:

"Wisdom is better than might; yet the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heeded." The quiet words of the wise are more to be heeded than the shouting of a ruler among fools. Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one bungler destroys much good.