I'm
not a Donald Trump hater. I'm not an empty headed Trump follower
either. Trump Derangement Syndrome goes both ways as far as I'm
concerned. I'm not one of those "orange man bad" people, but I believe
that when it comes to politics, Trump needs to go away. He had his shot.
I think it may be that what he says about the election is true, but he
failed to make his case and has done more damage than good. People
wanting him to run for the presidency again need to think about one
thing.
Look at his many failures as the
president of the United States. I don't think there's an insignificant
number of people who watched the election go down and had legitimate
questions about the authenticity of the results. I know people looked at
the censorship growing on the internet and looked to the president to
do something about that. These are two big examples. The excuse the
Trump followers make for his failures is that he was surrounded by the
swamp. That is to say, he had too many people going against him.
To
that I say, If he couldn't manage to break through all of that and form
a coalition to get some very important things done throughout his
presidency, what makes you think he'll get it done next time? People who
believe in some important issues that aren't being fought for in
Washington need somebody who really will fight for them, not somebody
who will make it purely about themselves.
There's
a report that says Trump is looking to start his own social media
platform. He suddenly cares about free speech and thinks he can do
something about that via a platform that he owns. In my opinion, if he
does this, he's making it about himself. We've already seen two
alternatives to Twitter that have been censored and have had serious
attempts to shut them down. They've fought through that. These options
are Parlor and Gab. If Trump really cared about free speech and not just
his own ego, he'd join one or both sites and support two options that
are already fighting for free speech.
I've been
thinking quite a bit about Trump after what went down last November and
what happened on January 6th. It has certainly been a circus. What we
haven't seen from Trump is legitimate leadership. We've seen a
polarizing figure who has failed to fight for the beliefs his supporters
thought he stood for. I've watched Trump use the truth movement and
those who don't officially buy the official narratives in a way that has
damaged that whole movement. It is not a bad thing to question the
things we are being told by the government and media, but in the face of
Trump, people who ask questions are now being labeled as fringe and
dangerous.
Having watched the last five years
play out where Trump got the support of key alternative media voice Alex
Jones, I've been a bit concerned. I've watched that alternative media
voice lead people who were suspicious of both major political parties
back to the Republicans via Trump. I watched Trump do things that have
ultimately damaged that whole movement, and it makes me wonder. Was his
goal to make it a bad thing to ask legitimate questions about narratives
our government and the media pushes? If it wasn't, it sure looks like
it was.
I'm not against having somebody stand
up and fight against censorship, fight to restore our country's jobs,
restore our pride in our country or other things that he has spoken of. I
am all for it. I just believe that Trump had plenty of time to do
something and ultimately failed. He never seemed to make a strong enough
case to break through the TDS of the left and get some people on that
side to agree with him on anything.
Good
leaders would succeed in some regard in that area, but he was an utter
failure. The fact that Trump would rather start his own social media
effort than support something that's already there proves it's not about
the truth or freedom in his eyes. It's about Donald Trump. We need to
move on from him not because orange man bad, but because he had his
chance and failed. A Trump run in 2024 will only push sayings further to
the left.
