Democrat Divisiveness

The media didn’t blast Trump directly, but it’s been a steady drip-drip of doom and gloom ever since the State of the Union… and the Wall Street Journal has been no help at all. Only the stock market and unemployment received accolades, whereas inflation, wages, manufacturing, trade deficit, job creation, and housing got designated  as “needs improvement”, “shows promise”, “acceptable”, or merely “satisfactory.” Not exactly a glowing endorsement. The President has been in office for just over a year, and all these benchmarks are showing improvement. Did anyone think that four years of Biden’s disastrous policies  could be reversed overnight? And nobody seems to be considering the alternative. We could have had Kamala talking rubbish and Tim Walz being….well, Tim Walz, while we continued to whistle past the graveyard. And by all means, not trending upwards fast enough? Let’s install a Democrat majority in Congress in the mid-terms and finish the rest of Trump’s tenure in impeachment hearings….and then ensconce the pretentious Gavin Newsome in the White House. Sure, that’s a plan for success. 

And,  I rant on, even the men’s hockey team is getting raked over the coals for being “props” and the women’s team widely praised for not attending the SOTU…..although not in protest but apparently due to a scheduling issue. Yet the media keeps insisting that it was an anti -Trump stance, and even Trump's comments to the men’s team in the after-match phone call are being painted as somehow distasteful and misogynistic. 

This is how propaganda works prople: relentless repetitions of distortions until you believe them. The WSJ continued its subtle attacks with an article claiming Americans are fleeing the country for a more affordable and safe life abroad. All Trump's fault, of course. But those numbers are unimpressive. Many are retirees looking to stretch the dollar, and others are seeking the own-nothing-but-experience lifestyle that some of these European socialist nations offer. Others can afford a European getaway in the work-from-anywhere digital world, where an American salary goes a long way in countries with stagnant local salaries. Good for you. If European-style healthcare, small homes, and backpacking are your aim, have at it. But is losing 10,000 Americans to Ireland or 15,000 to Portugal, really a big deal in a country of 350 million people?  Especially if many of them are retirees….no offense, but they are no longer in the workforce and thus not contributing to GDP. So, if they want to live out their retirement years overseas, let them. But don’t use that as a slight against America. So we’re big and expensive. But,  aren’t we also all about a free market economy, upward mobility, and achievement