I want to start this blog today by saying that I am not American, so I had “no skin in the game” of the presidential election.
If I have been American and I had therefore been voting, my thoughts are as this. I do not like either candidate. She seemed completely disingenuous, and Donald Trump is, well, Donald Trump.
Like with the Labour government that is currently ruining our country, I am sad for what the Democrats could be but are not. Letting millions of undocumented immigrants into the country (like with the UK albeit we are at a smaller scale) and their love affairs with identity politics turned me away from both Labour and the Democrats.
The main thing that would have turned me away from voting for Kamala Harris was the fact that she achieved nothing as vice president for Biden. Biden himself did nothing good during his presidency and in fact managed to ruin the economy, there was the debacle with Afghanistan (still completely in shock on the one), the immigration situation which went out of control and of course their stance that a man could become a woman.
What made me angry about Kamala was the women’s body autonomy issues and abortion rights. They have watched for the past four years while the states have taken away women’s rights, not understood how women’s bodies work and have literally watched women die from not receiving medical care.
Kamala used the deaths of those women (and girls) to her advantage on the campaign trail. Making promises that she knew that she could not keep. She used their deaths to gain points. Gain voters. Despicable in my book.
Then we turn to Donald Trump. The man is a misogynist, that much is clear and evident. He is all about the money (although he donated all the money he received in his last term, not taking a salary).
However. In his last term, the economy in the US was great. People could afford housing. Food prices and gas prices reduced. He (I still cannot believe it) brokered peace with North Korea. Even having the guts to step on to North Korean soil. There was no war with Donald Trump and the troops loved him for it.
Taking that into account, plus his views and immigration and identity politics, ultimately, I would have voted for him. I did not trust the Democrats, any more than I trust Labour.
Then the 5th November happened. Election day. Trump won and the world went mad in a way that surprised even me. Mainly because of the supposed threat of “Project 2025” and the result which was a rise in the 4B movement.
But we have had no clear evidence that Trump is in any way involved with Project 2025. He has in fact distanced himself from it and has made comments stating that he thinks that the current abortion limit of six weeks as it is in some states, is too low.
The world did not end when Trump was elected last time. Things did not get worse for women. Things got better, for everyone. He put two Republican Supreme Court judges into place, absolutely. Would you not expect the Democrats to do the same?
The Democrats have done nothing in these four years except make things worse. They have done nothing to improve. We can only hope for better. Whether it will, or not, will soon come to pass.
That is if Biden doesn’t manage to create World War 3 before Christmas.