I've considered myself independent a majority of the time. I think there are great people with great ideas on both sides, and there are awful, clueless cons on both sides.

However, I think the office of Presidency's core mission should always revolve around military, the economy, and safety. These are the things that keep a nation standing.

I don't always agree with Trump and I don't always agree with Obama (mainly with the identity politics) though I think both have good ideas. Didn't care much for Bush, Clinton or Carter.

With that said, I think Trump has great ideas on the economy. One of the biggest flaws over the last few decades has been the loss of manufacturing. This is the foundation of a nations economy, and China clearly outsmarted/bought our officials.

My question here is: how else could we truly restore an economy and prosperity with the loss of all these manufacturers/jobs/opportunities over the last 3 or so decades? Socialism doesn't work--a welfare state creates entitlement/lazy/unambitious people which is asking for the fall of a nation. My main issue with Obama was the the lack of care here. I thought he was nice and had great personality, but that doesn't mean anything if you're consistently building deficits. And to his credit, he had very little to do with the onslaught of these losses. Presidents from BOTH sides have been Chief while this has happened. But he also didn't seem to care and did very little to help.

GET OUT OF OPEC. WE DONT NEED THEM, THEY NEED US.
GET BACK ON THE GOLD STANDARD.
REVOKE THE FEDS LICENSE,THEY ARE A PRIVATE BANK THATS BEEN FLEECING THIS COUNTRY FOR 133YEARS.

Trump isn't perfect, he's far from it. He shoots himself in the foot with his mouth. And to be honest, he probably isn't even a republican at heart but that was the platform necessary to go against Hillary. But at least his policies are creating optimism for working/manufacturing/small businesses. This is what drives an economy and leads to better infrastructure, schools, etc. People seem to think high taxes does this (those that place too much trust in politicians who give a good speech), but look outside the bubble--we have really been crumbling in terms of infrastructure in so many places.

US CITIES ARE BECOMING SANCTUARIES FOR THE IMPOVERSHED AND ILLEGALS. PEOPLE ARE MOVING AWAY AND MAKING IT EVEN WORSE. BUILD THE WALL THEN END THAT PRACTICE. THE DEMICRATS PLAN HAS ALWAYS BEEN TO CREATE SOCIETAL VICTIMS THAT HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO DEPEND ON THE GOVT.
TRUMP IS A TROLL. HE IS THERE TO SHAKE UP AND END THE STRANGLEHOLD THAT POLITICIANS HAVE OVER THE PEOPLE.
HE WAS CHOSEN BEFORE HE RAN. HE WILL DESTROY THEM AND INSERT A WARM AND FUZZY REPLACEMENT TO MAKE EVERYONE FEEL GOOD, BUT RIGHT NOW ITS WAR.

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