Friday, May 29, 2020

5 questions I would ask Donald Trump if I Were a reporter

I am not a reporter; I am a Trump supporter but not a Trump worshiper. When Donald Trump is interviewed he is either asked questions like: do you know you are responsible for millions of deaths because you told people to drink bleach? Or how do you answer your critics who refuse to admit you are right about everything all the time?

I support Donald Trump because I believe he has supported our liberty. When the first ceases to be true the 2nd will as well. Where I stand right now my support hasn’t been withdrawn but my enthusiasm has waned. There are questions Pres. Trump needs to answer and it’s better to do it now than closer to the election so if I were a reporter these are the questions I would ask:

1)      The declaration of Independence declares We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. That, to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.  So if the primary duty of government is to defend the inalienable rights of men how does your Corona virus achieve that goal?

2)      Dr. Fauci’s position on the Corona virus went from “nothing to worry about” to “we need to completely dismantle western civilization in order to stop it” given these inconsistencies, what made you say this is the guy I need to be the driving force behind our response?

3)      While federalism allows for the individual states to determine their course in matters nor relegated specifically to the Federal government by the constitution the 14th amendment forbids those states from violating the rights of the citizens of their states. You have declared in no uncertain terms your belief that the shutting down of churches is a violation of the constitution, are governors violating other rights and will the Federal government intervene further on the behalf of those citizens? If so how?

4)      There is growing evidence that the lockdown/shutdown policies have been ineffective vs the virus and extremely harmful to every other aspect of society, yet your administration still touts slow phased reopening, would you openly support states reversing course and ending all restrictions without the phases if they choose?

5)      Rugged individualism, personal liberty and individual responsibility are bulwarks of American society yet one could argue that these have been lacking from consideration as the overall response to Covid 19 has been government centered, since new viruses crop up every few years, would you handle, if still in office, the next pandemic the same way or would you choose to fall back on those original principles and give the citizen power to choose what is best for his own health and safey?

 


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