"Do You Have Remorse Having Voted For Trump?"

This question was recently posed to me.  I immediately replied "no remorse."  Why would I have remorse?  Let's think about it.  Had Harris won, I would not have agreed with her on anything.  Giving her the benefit of the doubt, maybe I would have agreed with between 1% and 5%.  With Trump, let's say for the sake of argument, that I would only agree with 80% to 90%.  Would anybody prefer to see a candidate completely opposed to their views, actually win?  Who would?

But what about Trump?  Let's see.  When I refer to Biden, I am also referring to Harris, inasmuch as she said she would not change any of Biden's policies if she won.  Under Biden, approximately 10 million people entered the country illegally.  Why don't Democrats see giving up on our sovereignty as a threat to our democray?  Not to mention, these millions were not properly vetted.  So we had gangbangers, cartel members, human traffickers, drug traffickers and various other criminals coming into our country.  But they weren't all criminals, right?  Irrelevant.  If you have wide open borders you do not have a country.  Undder Trump we will have no more than 400,000 illegals in 4 years; and that is a high estimate as the border continues to get more secure.

Under Biden, the culture turned increasingly - I'll be polite - wacky.  We were filled with woke nonsense and DEI nonsense.  Things such as a man can get pregnant.  Biological boys/men changing in girls/womens locker rooms, and competeing in girls/womens sports.  A Supreme Court nominee not being able to tell us the definition of a woman.  And let's not forget the emphasis on "identity politics."  Or, as Biden said to a black crowd when he was running in 2020 - "If you don't know who to vote for then you ain't black."  Racist, and demeaning to blacks.  Did Biden say "ain't" when speaking to a white crowd?  And, let's not forget the targeting of parents at local school board meetings, for daring to insist on knowing what was being taught to their kids.   

Here's something I'll never understand.  Biden allowed countless criminals into the country.  Trump is rounding them up and deporting them.  But Democrats are objecting.  They're objecting!  Would they like to see their wives and daughters raped?  Or murdered?  For those who believe in open borders, why do they have locks on their doors?  Or live in gated communities?

Other presidents have talked about reducing the federal deficit and balancing the budget.  But Trump, through the Department of Government Efficicency (DOGE) is actually doing something.  Yes, I expressed some concerns about Musk and DOGE in my 3/27 post.  But who can complain about getting rid of fraud, waste and abuse in government? 

Trump wants us to be energy independent.  He also wants us to return to self-sufficency in manufacturing.  Hence, the tariffs.  Generally, I prefer free trade.  But why shouldn't it be fair trade?  Back in  June, 1996, someone we all know was speaking to Congress.  She talked about the US having a $35 billion trade deficit in 1995.  We were told then that the average MFN (Most Favored Nation) tariff we placed on Chinese goods was 2%.  China had a 35% tariff on US goods.  

And we were told that only 2% of US exports were allowed into China.  However, 33% of Chinese goods were allowed into the US.  The speaker estimated that this trade imbalance supported 10,000,000 Chinese jobs, compared to only 170,000 US jobs.  The speaker went on to implore her fellow House menbers to tell the President that the trade relationship with China is a job loser for the US.  If you haven't yet guessed, that speaker was none other than Nancy Pelosi.    

More About Mahmoud Khalil

(Note.  On March 15, 2025, I posted "Mahmoud Khalil Must Be Deported."  Khalil is the Hamas supporting, now former graduate student at Columbia University in New York City.)

Khalil, along with co-producer Macklemore (Benjamin Hammond Haggerty), put out a documentary titled "The Encampments."  This "documentary" was made before Khalil's arrest.  While the film asserts that 10/7 (10/7/23, the date of the Hamas terrorist attack on Israel) changed things on campus, it conveniently leaves out any mention of Hamas, or any of the atrocities committed by Hamas (you know, the murders, rapes of women and children, torture, mutilation, taking of hostages - even babies).  So, no surprise, there is no context, no explanation, for why Israel retaliated.  

Khalil:  "The Palestinian people have been living under occupation, ethnic cleansing, and all sorts of crimes since 1948 and we prevailed.  We will prevail no matter what will happen."  This tells you all you need to know about the beliefs of many Palestinians and their supporters throughout the Arab world.  1948 was the year modern day Israel gained independence.  At the same time, the Palestinians could have had a state of their own, under the terms of the UN General Assembly voting to partition the former British Mandate, into a Jewish state and an Arab state.  But the Arabs of Mandatory Palestine have refused a state from 1948 through today.  Because they do not want a state as long as Israel still exists.  That is why they have started war after war, two intifadas, and engaged in constant terrorist attacks.

The goal is a one state solution - all Arab.  So who is it that is engaging in ethnic cleansing?  You're prevailing?  Have you seen what Hamas has wrought in Gaza by starting a war with Israel?  Do those pictures of Gaza suggest to you that you are prevailing?  I'm sorry if some of your family was displaced by Israel's war for independence (fought from 1948 to 1949).  But get over it!  Maybe your people shouldn't have started the war in the first place.  Maybe you should have learned to live peaceably with the Jewish people as your neighbors.  Get over yourselves and move on.  Like millions of refugees around the world had to do during and after WWII.  Not to mention all those Jews who had to leave Europe, or who had to leave the Arab countries surrounding the new state of Israel.     

Another commentator reported that the film does not depict the fear of Jewish students, feeling that they needed to remove any items of clothing or jewelry that are Jewish symbols - before going anywhere near these "encampments" at Columbia.  And, apparently, there were no interviews of Jewish students who left the campus for fear for their own safety.  Nor any concern about Jewish students who felt it would be safer to transfer to another school.

What about this co-producer, Macklemore?  It turns out that he's just another pro-Hamas, anti-Israel hater.  And no surprise, he also hates Donald Trump and America.  Macklemore has accused Israel of committing genocide.  And, at a rally last year, he was heard to say "fuck America."  It's a shame that we cannot deport him also.  But he was born in Seattle.

While not related to Khalil, we have another concerning story out of New York City.  This time at Mount Sinai Hospital.  A doctor there, Lila Abassi, is alleged to have posted (under a pseudonym) "Long live Hamas and Hezbollah."  She has allegedly called the IDF a "plague," and is alleged to have accused Israel of slaughtering babies.

She also is alleged to have denied that Hamas raped anyone on 10/7.  And is claimed to have said that Israel is responsible for "massacr(ing) more people on 10/7 than (were) killed by Hamas."  Another doctor said that:  "She's known as one of the more outspoken and egregiously antisemitic physicians in the community."  

Abassi was terminated by the hospital.  But, as a Jewish person, how safe should I feel about receiving treatment by a doctor like this?  As a Jew and a strong supporter of Israel, I would not feel the least bit safe.  And how many doctors are there like her, with her alleged terrorist supporting ideology.  Interesting, though, how Jewish doctors in Israel have treated Arab Muslims from all the surrounding Arab countries.  With no threats to their patients' safety.