(07-02-2019, 06:30 PM)jagibelieve Wrote: It may not be the "normal" way of doing things, but quite frankly President Trump is accomplishing things and in a good way.  Opening diplomatic communication with a brutal dictator while NOT giving him anything more than a handshake and a face-to-face meeting is actually the right way to do things.

Meanwhile the democrats are looking pretty bad when it comes to immigration and border control.  Not too long ago they were calling the border crisis something "manufactured" by President Trump and not a "real emergency".  They certainly have changed their tune though and trying to lay blame on this administration is just plain false.  The "cages" and "concentration camps" were in place long before President Trump ever took office.  NEWS FLASH - The occupants of the detention centers are free to leave at any time... as long as their destination is to their country of origin.  They are only "forcibly" held there because they broke the law.

On the economic front, we are seeing growth and all time highs in all of the major indices in the stock market.  To say that it only "benefits the top" of the income ladder is not really accurate.  If a hard working middle class person is invested via a 401k they are definitely seeing their savings grow for their retirement nest egg.  People that say that the tax cut didn't benefit them and only helped "the rich" aren't really paying attention.  I personally saw a significant decrease in the amount of income tax that I had to pay, and that's after the significant raise that I got.

I must admit it, Trump got my vote because I was in the "anybody but Hillary" camp.  I didn't like him and did not vote for him in the primary.  I will however vote for him (as many people will) in the next election because the democrat party can't seem to put a candidate up that can come close to matching what he has accomplished.