Will the Real Donald Trump Stand Up?

 My VIP for this week is former President Donald Trump. The Democrat Party, the Marxists, and the intelligence agencies of the United States have hounded him since 2015 – the year that he first announced that he was running for President of the United States.

Trump was impeached twice – the first impeachment was for questioning Biden corruption in Ukraine that is now coming to light. The second impeachment was to remove him from office – after he was already voted out of office.

Trump could have lived a quiet life and enjoyed his wealth if he were not running for President of the United States once again. Since announcing his campaign, Trump’s home at Mar-a-Laga was raided, a rogue New York state attorney general indicted him, and the Department of Justice indicted him twice – plus adding counts to one of the indictments. Rumors are that he will be indicted soon by the Georgia attorney general.

Most people would have been broken by the attacks that Trump has experienced. Yet, he is still standing tall and holding his head high. He claims that he is fighting for the rights of Americans: “They are coming after me because I am standing in their way to get to you.” However, Trump is currently fighting for a freedom for himself that is guaranteed to all Americans – the freedom of speech guaranteed by the First Amendment.

Despite all Trump’s legal problems, he sits squarely at the top of a recent poll. Harris X recently conducted a national poll of 935 registered voters nationwide. One polling question was: Does the President of the United States have the responsibility to provide moral leadership to the people they represent? The vast majority – 94% -- of respondents from across the political spectrum answered yes. 

Respondents were given a list of presidential candidates and then asked this question: “Would the following candidates do a good or poor job of providing moral leadership to the country as president?” Here are the results:

                                                                                                            Don’t Know/

                                                            Good Job        Poor Job         Unsure

Donald Trump                                     40%                 48%                 11%

Joe Biden                                            38%                 50%                 11%

Kamala Harris                                     38%                 46%                 15%

Mike Pence                                         36%                 35%                 29%

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.                         35%                 25%                 40%    

Ron DeSantis                                      32%                 34%                 34%

Vivek Ramaswamy                             27%                 17%                 56%

Nikki Haley                                         26%                 23%                 51%

Tim Scott                                             25%                 19%                 56%

Marianne Williamson                          12%                 21%                 67%

 

I found this survey to be interesting because numerous people told me that they could never vote for Trump on moral grounds. Of course, the big question about the vote is two-fold: What does moral leadership for the president mean to you? How does it apply to individual candidates? The answers also depend on political identity. More Republicans gave Trump high marks, while more Democrats gave Biden high marks.

To me, it comes down to something much more important: Does the candidate love America enough to put the country ahead of personal wealth and wellbeing? Trump lost money while serving as POTUS, leaving office with less wealth than when he was elected. On the other hand, Biden allegedly sold America to her enemies to enrich his family while serving as Senator, Vice President, and President.