I & I Editorial BoardIt’s hard to know just how much of the country hates Donald Trump. The easy answer is about half. But that’s probably wrong. Much less than half of the country voted against him last week and it would be a mistake to think that every one of those Americans hates the man. Surely a significant portion of Harris-Walz voters made their decisions simply because they either like Democratic policies or oppose the Republican agenda. If so, it would seem that Trump has an opportunity to unify a bitterly divided nation.
Still, there’s an angry, petty and vocal faction on the left that has no interest in unity because it thrives on acidity and hatred.
Social media and cable television provide a window into these dark minds infected with Trump Derangement Syndrome. In the days after the election it’s been filled with academics and assorted university creatures raging like mental patients who should institutionalized; huffy celebrities threatening to leave the country; a Pravda press that has had nothing to contribute to civil discourse so instead spreads fresh lies and continues to condescend toward middle America; Never-Trumpers who’d rather the country become California than ever cast a vote for, or say a kind word about, the man; everyday Karens, whose steady stream of bile and instability has produced anxiety in their children; and a holier-than-everyone Barack Obama who up until recent weeks had been largely successful at hiding the fact that he’s a bitter man.
These people don’t seem to be ready to give up their animus. They still seek the social status they believe that hating Trump will give them. It’s their belief that whoever convinces their peers that they hate Trump the most is the winner.
Trump has plenty of reasons to make no effort to bring the country together. His opponents have hounded him like no other political figure in our history. He’s been the subject of dozens of vicious fabrications, a scandalous hoax, a pair of meritless impeachments, a duplicitous lawfare campaign, an unbroken string of slurs and two assassination attempts that were inspired by an endless stream of lies and venom.
But he is president of the United States, all 50 of them, even California. He’s expressed a love of country, and among the many things he could do for it as president, few if any would be better than bringing together this nation.
Should Trump work hard enough, he’ll win converts, many of whom won’t change their political ideology but will at least recognize that he, the members of his party and his supporters are human, and can be treated with respect – that we are all Americans who can disagree without losing our minds. That would be a great improvement over the strife and division we’ve had since Barack Obama turned Americans against each other.
— Written by the I&I Editorial Board
I believe Trump is gaining trust and acceptance by a steadily growing number of people. This is mostly because of all the attacks by partisans against him. Their vile has not only energized DJT to never quit. That sort of “can do spirit, no matter what”; has definitely rubbed off on many observers. Now they are genuinely amazed that he is even standing and breathing. After you total up all that he has been through. Not to mention a hair’s breath away from an assassin’s bullet. I believe our Country is on the precipice of even greater accomplishments. Getting back to the basics and working together, our Country can accomplish ANYTHING.
For a president to target to “bring the country back together” is time wasted, as futile an activity as “focusing on jobs”. It will be the natural result of dealing successfully with the issues that concern the citizens. And not necessarily all of them, just the top two or three.
Help the country heal? Not likely. The Left does not want the country to heal. Always remember, to them we are the worst thing that ever happened to the planet, so they cannot want nor help the country to heal.
Am I the only one worried about his visit with China Jo Xi Den tomorrow? I smell a trap.
Personally, I really don’t care if Trump brings the country together- because the people with DTS I don’t want to associate with. It’s like asking me to coddle and associate with Ma Barker or Machine Gun Kelly.
I think the reason that so many have an animus against Trump is because he is so successful. He was the most successful realtor/builder in NYCity-and he solved problems, he didn’t create them.
The people against Trump are unfair or petty, idiotic or moronic, envious and spiteful, weak and un-self reliant. Also many of them don’t care about the truth, as seen by the number of votes for Kamala, a proved incompetent, cackling con-man of a woman. A scourge and harridan without par or brains, in my opinion.
Just compare records under the Biden/Kamala regime with the record in Trump’s first Administration. No! I believe people hate Donald J Trump because they either wear their brains below their belt or because they’ve been educated in our cauldron of a school system or at some university, being indoctrinated to hate the US.
Thank God Trump won because if Kamala had won the slope of our decline would have been vertical and I don’t think the US would have outlasted her tenure (sort of like the way California is declining under Newsom, the difference being Newsom doesn’t have to worry about foreign adversaries.)
I think President-elect Trump has it right. You “Fight, Fight, Fight!” Appeasement and molly-coddling never works.