Michael F Schundler
2 min readOct 22, 2024

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Sounds like you are making an argument supporting Trump as someone who can change his mind when someone presents facts. I like that.

I don't think Trump was a "social issue" President, but your response ignores the reason African Americans, especially black men, are expected to vote for Trump in record numbers. They felt better off under Trump. Individuals get it wrong all the time, but large numbers of people who share a similar opinion argues there is some truth to a claim.

There can only be two reasons that African American men believe they were better off under Trump's presidency, either they were, or they are stupid. I hate when elitists assume the latter.

What gives Trump a huge advantage over Harris is that he is not particularly ideologically pure. That is why he is called a populist and Harris is a neo-Marxist (not meant as a negative connotation, but an ideological label). That "flexibility" allows him to make decisions that are don't always align with a given ideology.

I though one of his cabinet members who resigned during Trump's first term explained it best. He complimented Trump by saying that Trump was open to hearing what people had to say and usually chose the right course, but that "openness" created conflict among his cabinet each trying to assert their opinions and stabbing other members in the back. So, often a given person would "win" the argument and then be pushed out by others.

I have witnessed this behavior in corporate America. In some organizations the "pecking" order is strict and there is no dissent, that seems to be the case with Biden. But without a fixed pecking order, people plead their cases, but when they win, they make enemies.

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