Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis asked whether former President Trump was running to get back at his poltical enemies or ensure a brighter future for Americans.

I didn’t vote for Trump in 2016. I didn’t vote.

In 2020 I voted for Trump because knew Biden would be bad. He has done better than I expected but the inflation is killing me and the focus on the wrong thing isn’t helping.

Early on I was a De Santis fan but my interest has waned as he has taken hard stances on things that need compromise.

  • crashfrog@lemm.ee
    52·
    7 months ago

    And it was proven true

    Literally the opposite of that is what’s true. The BLM riots? COVID-19? Job losses on a scale not seen since the Great Depression?

    Are these not ringing any bells? I guess if you didn’t open a newspaper or use a phone between 2017-2021, yeah, you’d have a lot of questions about what had been happening around you.

      • crashfrog@lemm.ee
        52·
        7 months ago

        I didn’t say either of those things, no.

        But the President of the United States has a responsibility to the safety of Americans and to the defense of civil order, and Trump manifestly failed in those responsibilities due to his incompetence and poor character.

        • MomoTimeToDie@sh.itjust.works
          25·
          7 months ago

          Lmao hardly. The federal government, let alone the president, should be doing next to nothing about that kind of stuff.

          • crashfrog@lemm.ee
            32·
            7 months ago

            Totally wrong. The President is both the commander in chief of the armed forces and the highest-ranking civil servant; ultimately these issues are his direct responsibilities.

            • MomoTimeToDie@sh.itjust.works
              26·
              7 months ago

              Lmao nice cope lol. Being high ranked doesn’t magically give the president powers beyond what the federal government should already have.

              • crashfrog@lemm.ee
                32·
                7 months ago

                “Cope” is the thing that you’re doing, where you excuse how incompetent Trump is.

                Being high ranked doesn’t magically give the president powers beyond what the federal government should already have.

                In point of fact the President already has powers beyond what the Federal government should have. The issue was that Trump was singularly and particularly incompetent at using power, and always has been.

                • MomoTimeToDie@sh.itjust.works
                  25·
                  7 months ago

                  In point of fact the President already has powers beyond what the Federal government should have.

                  So therefore you support abusing those powers? Figures you just want the government over reaching everywhere it can

                  • crashfrog@lemm.ee
                    32·
                    7 months ago

                    So therefore you support abusing those powers?

                    I don’t believe that it’s an abuse of government power to protect Americans from deadly infectious diseases, no. But Trump, being incompetent, was unable to do that. He was able to enrich himself at the expense of taxpayers, though. I don’t support that abuse. Do you?