Author: Tim Constantine, Tim Constantine Republican strategist, TV host
Published on: 09/03/2025 | 00:00:00
AI Summary:
A presidential election in the US is not a national referendum as much as it is 51 individual contests. Each state — plus the District of Columbia — has a proportional voice in choosing the president. Candidates must win individual states. Some states nearly always vote for the Democratic candidate. Others are reliably Republican. Certain states, however, are less predictable and as such are referred to as swing states and usually have a significant impact on the final outcome. In 2022, just a year into the Biden presidency, there were just more than 16,000 illegal border crossings. In December 2023, 250,000 people crossed the border illegally in one month. CBP recorded 8,450 apprehensions of migrants who crossed into the country illegally. A third item prominent in the minds of many Americans in 2024 was the war in Gaza. Trump promised that, if elected, a ceasefire would be in place even before he was officially sworn in. Biden had virtually no diplomatic relationship with the Arab community. A segment of Americans and some global citizens are aghast at the abrupt, boisterous way in which Trump conducts himself. If they take the time to look past the bluster, they will realise that the US, and indeed the world, need Trump at this moment in time.
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After Trump being elected twice, and the second time with more votes than the first despite Jan 6, the felony convictions and all the rest, I’m not surprised by anything anymore: America as a country is simply not fucking right in the head.