In CT you have to be registered with a party to vote in a primary so in 2015, I switched from "Democrat" to "Republican" because it was going to be more important to vote in the Republican primary and we can't vote in both. Although my husband was a Republican and I am a Libertarian, we were both registered Democrats" because CT is so blue that it is more important to vote for the best Democrat candidate in the primary. Then you can vote for whomever you want in the general election and cross your fingers.
It looked like Trump was going to win the primary and I didn't want him to. Not because I thought he didn't have the makings of a great president but because he was never going to be able to control his mouth and his tweets and he was going to alienate too many people. Was I right or was I right? When the general election came around, the choice was the corrupt candidate who took money for access and who told the Marines to stand down and let Americans die in Benghazi or the big-mouth Philanderer. No choice there. Trump got my vote. The philandering part was more of a qualification for President than not since with the exception of Bush the younger and Obama, most of our presidents couldn't keep their pants zipped anyway so he would be in good company. But there was no way that anyone with a brain would vote for someone who sold access for money and abandoned Americans to terrorists when there was a chance to save them. There was nothing illegal about what Clinton did regarding Benghazi, it was just not how I want my president to behave.
Trump says what he means (in artfully) and means what he says and nobody knows how to deal with that they are so used to having politicians lie every time they open their mouths. And then there's the stupid tweets. I get why he does it but I sure wish he would get a filter who could tell him when he needed to rethink what he said.
The article as usual was short on facts and long on opinion and wishful thinking. Hillary led the polls until the moment she lost. If you want Trump to lose don't get your hopes up just yet. You should also think about the alternative if you are a US citizen. The Democrats are keeping Biden as hidden as they can possibly get away with with the help of the media. They don't want the public to see how he is failing. The also don't want him to be questioned about the money Biden's son and brother got which was essentially a bribe for Joe. Sadly, our campaign finance laws do't prohibit children and siblings from benefiting from foreign donations. The law only prohibits spouses from benefiting. So, Hunter can take all the money he can get from foreign governments for his no-show jobs and no one is going to jail over it, nor will they ever be charged. But, the optics are really bad for Biden personally and the Obama administration in general since they allowed it to go on. The Obama administration also allowed foreign governments to buy access to the Sectary of State by making donations to the Clinton Foundation even though she promised to shut it down if he appointed her.
If you're not a US citizen, you should also think long and hard about what's good for you. Do you really want someone like Biden who can be bought and who will then roll over and play dead for China, Russia, North Korea, and Iran? Did you really think that giving the Mullahs billions of shrink wrapped cash was the right thing to do? They're closer to you than we are? Do you actually want them to nuke Tel Aviv? Or sell nuclear waste to terrorists so they can plant dirty bombs in London and Paris? Was it right to give the Rocket Man money every time he set off a missile? Was it right to allow Russia to annex parts of the Ukraine? Don't forget the open mic comment made by Obama. At the end of a press conference, he leaned over to the Russian sitting next to him and said "tell Vlad I'll have more flexibility after the election". Was it right to keep backing up behind your red line as you tried to stop Assad from gassing his own citizens?
You may think that Trump is a buffoon but much of what he says and does comes straight out of The Art of War and The Prince. Keep your friends close and your enemies CLOSER for starters. Of course he's not going to get into a public pissing contest with Putin. Do you really want him to risk starting a nuclear war? That's why he speaks to Putin privately. He can say anything he wants and he can threaten if he has to and Putin doesn't loose face and feel the need to flatten Seattle, although that might not be such a bad idea now that is officially it's own country ruled by Antifa.