When supporters of President Donald J. Trump are questioned why they voted for him, some say because of the economy, which is laughable. Others will say they voted the lesser of two evils, which is code for “I will never vote for a woman, especially not a woman of color.”
Well, the “woman of color” had your best interests at heart. Even though programs were put into place by the Biden administration ensuring that farmers, ranchers and small business owners would have a successful season, they elected to vote for the incompetent, corrupt, delusional candidate.
They accuse us of voting using identity politics. Ironically, we stayed away from the likes of Mark Robinson and Winsome Earl-Sears, two Black candidates.
In voting for Trump, some farmers, small business owners and ranchers lost their businesses because they couldn’t compete with Trump’s idiotic destructive tariffs. Farmers had a billion dollar contract with China, and lost it through Trump’s deranged trade war with China.
Trump, who suffers with “derangement syndrome,” thought in his mind to break the contract with China, thinking his tariffs were the way of gaining the upper hand on China. Well, China informed Trump that America is not the only game in town and took their business elsewhere.
When Trump cut funding to USAID, this severely affected American farmers by eliminating China as a massive buyer, which created product oversupply, depressing crop prices and disrupted university agricultural research. School lunches and food sent to underdeveloped nations were also affected by the Trump funding cuts.
When people say voting has consequences, I mean Trump created a quagmire. The next time someone asks you why you voted for Trump, just say that you enjoyed the racism and harsh treatment of others, no way it was for the economy.
Trump in his first term lived off President Barack Obama’s economy until he finally screwed that up. President Joe Biden had the country back on track and was the envy of the free world, but somehow your hatred just wouldn’t allow you to see the man was intellectually sound, and you voted Trump back in.
Now we are once again involved in a war that no American wanted. The Strait of Hormuz was open and ships were flowing freely until Trump and his puppet master decided to attack Iran. We are now in this mess because people voted for slogans instead of policies. Wasn’t Iran supposed to be disseminated?
Dallas E. Ford
Rocky Mount
