UNDERSTANDING PRESIDENT TRUMP

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All of his adult life Donald Trump followed important issues and donated to both Democrats and Republicans (see Trump’s book, “The America we Deserve”).  He was not ideological or partisan.  He was a super-patriot and eventually thought he could use his business acumen to turn America around, which he believed had become very weak, militarily, economically, and culturally.  After thoroughly checking with political experts, he decided to run for the Republican presidential nominee.  Not being a polished politician, his blunt talk won over many Americans who were tired of slick-talking, do-nothing politicians.  His goal as President really was to “Make America Great Again”!  Donald Trump is “old school”.

With Republican majorities in both the House and Senate for the first two years of his first term as president, President Trump was able to pass significant tax rate cuts for almost everyone which led to the economy doing extremely well for all of its sectors.  Many of his accomplishments resulted from his abolishing numerous counterproductive Obama regulations that had put a “wet blanket” over the economy (former GE CEO Jack Welsh’s description).  In addition, President Trump used his negotiating skills to deal with the huge trade imbalances the U.S. had with China, Japan, Mexico, etc.  Moreover, because of his blunt talk, unpredictability, and decisiveness, adversary countries took his threats seriously and were much more accommodating to him than to previous U.S. presidents.

Everything in this article up to this point has been positive, so why did so many people have an intense hatred of President Trump?  My belief is that it’s mostly because President Trump hits back very hard when attacked.  His opponents, the Democrat Party, the Mainstream Media, Hollywood, and Academia are not used to any Republican fighting back when attacked.  Republican leadership is infamous for being timid.  Another major reason why so many hated President Trump is due to the incessant criticism Main Stream Media spouted off every hour of every day, almost all of it phony.  Finally, although President Trump really had made America great again through his numerous accomplishments, he had a few annoying personal mannerisms that turned off many people, including me (though I still admire him for how he helped the U.S.).

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I would characterize these annoying personal mannerisms as shortcomings in emotional intelligence.  Here’s some examples of what I mean: 1) “punching down” like calling Jeff Sessions “stupid” and Stormy Daniels “horseface”; 2) having his “child” hooked by Joe Biden during their first 2020 election debate and consequently reacting emotionally instead of intelligently to other debate questions, like “Do you denounce white supremist groups…?” The best answer would have been a simple, “Yes, of course I denounce them,” instead of his confusing reply); 3) focusing his 2020 campaigning on Biden’s shortcomings, instead of what he would do if he were re-elected (including reducing annual budget deficits and total national debt); and 4) the disrespectful manner in which he criticized Joe Biden personally.  These shortcomings (as well as unprecedented massive election fraud by the Democrat Party) helped cause President Trump to lose re-election despite all of his outstanding accomplishments for America.

President Trump had turned around so many failing national endeavors and every single day made even more progress for America.  If he had been re-elected and continued at his “Trump Speed,” I believe he would have become our greatest president.  He did win the 2024 Presidential election and is on his way to become one of our greatest presidents. Don’t believe me?  Wait one year after all of his policies have had time to take effect.

WAS THE TRUMP “HUSH-MONEY” TRIAL FAIR? CAN THE VERDICT BE REVERSED BEFORE THE ELECTION?

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If you closely followed an honest and accurate media source of the recent Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) trial of former president, Donald Trump, you know how extremely unfair it was.  Most Americans, however, did not follow, followed only slightly, or followed on media that is strongly anti-Trump and does not report accurately…but it’s important to New York as well as to the United States that you know the truth because of the serious adverse unintended consequences Trump’s conviction will have on both. From two law professors (Alan Dershowitz, Jonathan Turley), a former judge (Jeanine Pirro), a former federal prosecutor (Trey Gowdy), a former assistant U.S. attorney general (John Yoo), a constitutional lawyer (Mark Levin), and some lawyers-legal analysts (Greg Jarrett, etc.) that attended the trial, I heard on T.V. the aforementioned legal experts discuss the following unfair practices that occurred during this “conviction-in-search-of-a-crime”.:

  1. The judge for this trial, Juan Merchan, was supposedly randomly selected.  However, he is the same “randomly selected” judge who recently presided at the trial of former Trump advisor, Steve Bannon.
  2. Presiding judge Juan Merchan was asked to recuse himself because of serious conflicts because his daughter made millions from this trial raising money for Democrat politicians and Merchan personally donated to Biden’s 2020 campaign and also to groups that were anti-Republican candidates.
  3. Judge Merchan imposed a “gag-order” on Donald Trump alone, leaving his chief trial adversary (Michael Cohen) free to go on his podcast every night and rant about Trump, who could not reply due to the gag order.
  4. Merchan would not allow significant exculpatory witnesses at the trial, such as a former FEC chairman, who would have clarified that Trump “legal expense” ledger entry “Non-Disclosure Agreement” (NDA)was not fraudulent.
  5. Judge Mechan denied a change of venue (city where the trial would take place) even though it would be impossible for Trump to get an objective jury in New York city since it had voted for Biden against Trump with 85% of the vote.
  6. Trump was charged and convicted with a misdemeanor (entering a $130,000 payment to lawyer Michael Cohen in a ledger as a “legal expense”).  The payment was reimbursement to Trump’s lawyer who paid porn star Stormy Daniels from his own money in a common and legal “Non-Disclosure Agreement” (NDA).  The Statute of LImitations had expired so New York District Attorney, Alvin Bragg, in a novel (new) legal scheme tied the misdemeanor to a unspecified (until the Prosecution’s final Summation) any one of three Federal election violations.  New York does not have jurisdiction over Federal election law.  All of this was clearly a violation of the U.S. Constitution.
  7. Judge Merchan denied Robert Costello, Michael Cohen’s lawyer, from fully testifying to the statements made to him by Cohen, which demonstrated that everything Cohen said during this trial about Trump was a lie.
  8. Judge Merchan denied Trump’s defense team from presenting tax records that showed that Trump had no intention of cheating on his taxes and that his only concern was protecting his wife, Melanie, from hearing malicious information from Stormy Daniels.
  9. Merchan allowed all of the salacious testimony of Stormy Daniels although it had no probative value and had nothing to do with the charges against Trump.
  10. Judge Merchan’s jury instructions were 55 pages in length and took one hour and 40 minutes for him to read.  They were confusing and parts were unconstitutional and could only lead to a guilty verdict.

I listed the items above to give you an idea of just how unfair and unconstitutional Trump’s trial was.  There is no question that it will be eventually reversed, perhaps not by a New York appellate court since all of New York has the same problem, electing judges instead of appointing them.  Therefore, if the usual course is followed, Trump won’t be exonerated prior to the 2024 presidential election in November, by which time the damage to his election will have already been done.  This is a perfect example of the old maxim, “justice delayed is justice denied.”

Based on all of the above, and on a proposal from Constitutional lawyer Mark Levin, I believe that, in addition to the usual course of action through New York’s appellate courts, that Trump’s appeal also needs to go before the U.S. Supreme Court as soon as possible,  The method to do this is based on Supreme Court Rule 20, Procedures to Petition for an Extraordinary Writ.  Extraordinary Writs are rarely granted, however it’s worth an attempt because the fate of the United States depends on it.