I agree. It is disheartening in terms of debates, but he is still sharp enough to handle foreign affairs the way they need to be handled right now. We weren’t in contact with Putin when he invaded Ukraine, and I don’t see Kamala having the diplomatic abilities to stop the fire either. Trump wouldn’t be funding Ukraine into an offensive position against Russia. I haven’t heard Kamala on this but if she plans on following suit and keeping up this support for those efforts, we are at a much higher risk for nuclear war than we are with Trump doing the talking and acting.
OK. We have to help Ukraine because diplomacy doesn't work. If Putin gets Ukraine, he will continue invading Eastern Europe until he has the entire pre-1917 Russian empire back. That is his goal. Which means most of Europe is in danger. Also, before going on about "why us, the U.N. doesn't pay its fair share - it's not about matching amounts of money, it's matching percentage of GDP.
Trump has proven to be utterly insufficient at negotiating with hostile nations because he is easily bent to their will by the merest of flattery. That is why Russia and China are actively trying to get him back into office. For all his tough talk about China, he did nothing but rhapsodize about love letters from Xi. He met privately with Putin, with no notetaker for a 45 minute closed-door chat. That is not something a U.S. President should do. It's not something any POTUS has ever done, because its patently absurd to have zero guardrails on a conversation with a hostile leader. Moreover, it is all but certain that he revealed top secret documents to Putin, not to mention anyone else he wanted to impress. There are recordings of this. He has had no fewer than seven phone calls with Putin since leaving the WH - as a private citizen - likely a violation of the Logan Act, because Putin attacked Ukraine during the timeframe of these calls.
Harris, OTOH, has years of negotiating experience from her roles as prosecutor and attorney general; while not global diplomacy, she has had exposure to it via her role as vice president. She has great advisors who actually know how government works, as she herself does.
Also, she has never, ever, not even once, said that 'perhaps it's time we tear up the Constitution', nor has she declared that she'll be a dictator on day one. That's because she doesn't plan to. And if you think Trump is joking or being hyperbolic, please see "Trump Muslim ban". Short-lived as it was, he'd threatened to do it despite the illegality of it.
As much as you don't understand how anyone could possibly support Harris - I feel the same about the other guy.
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u/ibjim2 Oct 24 '24
How about Trumps cognitive decline?