Some voters like much of what he has done. They fear immigrants and are stirred by talks of eating dogs, murdering innocent people, etc. etc. although the facts are, immigrants actually have less violent crime and are hard working tax payers. They hate racial minorities and homosexuals. They think taxes are always too high although they don't seem to notice that inequality is widening and the national debt is a contributor to inflation.
Some of them are willing to overlook his sexual escapades and his gender bias. But he realizes that part of his base is Christian evangelists who normally frown upon sex outside marriage. Many others also are disgusted with what has been suggested by the Epstein Files. He has already announced that he has been completely exonerated.
That is hard to digest. Pam Bondi years ago gave Jeffrey Epstein preferential legal treatment and seems to be delaying more information. Melania Trump apparently was introduced to Trump by Epstein and it seems she had some sort of relationship before hooking up with Trump. Admittedly there is a lot of gossip, but it appears truth has been blocked.
Some of his policies have upset even some of his MAGA supporters. ICE has been more intrusive and brutal than anticipated. His tariffs have aggravated inflation. What to do? He cannot admit mistakes, but blames others and exaggerates his merits. Diversion usually works.
We all detest drug abuse and the gangsters that profit from it. To prove how determined he is to stop it, he bombs boats that without proof supposedly are drug running. Then he attacks Venezuela and removes its leader, admittedly a criminal himself. Not sure how that will work out, but it seems the U.S. has greater control over oil. They have used that control to strangle Cuba. As an aside the Cuban Revolution got popular approval by ridding the country of gangsters and exploiters.
Drugs like everything have a supply and demand dynamic. There is a lot of complexity over drug abuse, but surely more effort should happen to ease the need for an illegal supply.
Still the Epstein Files are gaining attention and mid-terms are not that far away. To stay out of prison he needs to be president with legislators he can control. Lots of efforts to gerry mander and talk of restricting voting to diminish Democrats.
Iran is something popular to criticize. A theocracy with fundamentalist views and corruption has been noted. Their hatred of Israel is frightening. They strongly support the Palestinian cause which until recently was opposed by Americans and most westerners. United States does not have clean hands regarding Iran see http://www.therealjohndavidson.com/2025/09/king-of-kings-iranian-revolution.html Trump does not have clean hands either. One of his acts once elected was to tear up the Iran nuclear agreement. He criticized that Obama gave them a large amount of money, not crediting that it was money that had been confiscated plus interest. Who knows how they might have softened Iranian attitudes if working with them? He realized Israel feared and hated Iran and Evangelicals sided with Jewish occupation of the Holy Land.
Yes, Iran is a terrible place where many are abused and free speech is almost criminal in some cases. But there are other terrible places. Trump seems to admire Putin and certainly supports his efforts regarding Ukraine. Does he think the attacks are justified, no big deal or does Putin have some kind of hold on him. Hopefully Ukraine would get a better deal from a different president.
News coverage has changed. When Russia attacked Ukraine there was a lot of front page articles and many minutes on tv and radio. When Hamas attacked Israel the coverage shifted. Since then some Americans have realized Palestinians have long been poorly treated. Netanyahu facing serious legal prospects stepped up reprisals hanging on to when Trump might be elected. They are both in a similar situation and it is easy to speculate that Netanyahu encouraged an invasion of Iran and of course the terrorists supported by Iran.
Hate can always be exploited. Trump certainly needs to find excuses to divert attention. It is too bad that saner minds have so little influence. For all of us.
I hope that Iran is restored to democracy and becomes a positive influence for the world. Might happen, but a long war might be beneficial for Trump's status quo.
It feels good to rant, but I hope more can be done to improve our situation.
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