Amy Hamm: Kamala Harris will be an American disaster

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Today is election day in America. Let’s all breathe a collective sigh of relief that the gregarious and mentally unstable President Joe Biden can finally embrace his true self: the fading and often confused grandfather who scares us with nervous laughter:slap on the ass“, a bite on the thigh or even unexpected toe sucking. The world has taken too long to accept Biden as president (because he is not). This is unacceptable for a global superpower that wants to remain united. Let Biden enjoy a graceful exit from stage left.

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Whether Americans are now praying for a Harris-Waltz or a Trump-Vance victory, they can agree on one thing: If their candidate loses, they fear it’s game over for America. Logically, both sides cannot be right about this; if that were the case, the entire election would be held simply to determine who exactly – the Dems or the Grand Old Party – would do the catering – and choose the feel-good music playlist – for the coming Armageddon.

The situation is actually not that dire; however, if one side is “more” right than the other in arguing that defeat would devastate America, it is the Republicans. A Harris presidency would undoubtedly be worse for America than a Trump presidency.

We’ve already lived through the Trump presidency, and we’ve already seen that the man didn’t walk down a gold escalator in 2015, adorned with Nazi regalia. Throughout his term, he also did not wear any fascist costumes. What didn’t stop presidential candidate Kamala Harris however, from directly declaring Donald Trump a “fascist” or falsely accusing him of “referring” to Adolf Hitler.

One of the biggest issues for American voters is immigration: Late last year, the country saw unprecedented levels of illegal migration across the southern border. Election discourse has recently focused on the yet unproven statement that Venezuelan migrants and gangsters have taken over an apartment complex in Colorado. Whether this is true or not, there is no denying that America has a problem with a surprising amount of illegal immigration. On this issue, Harris only suggested insufficient pacification: There are a few more border guards here, a slightly stricter asylum system there, and even a few judges to deal with the backlog of immigration cases. This is not enough.

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Trump proposes much better solutions to the immigration problem. He is ready to detain and deport. He wants to test the type of immigrants – skilled, educated – who will “make America great again.” Although his rhetoric on this issue is often harsh and offends many, the policies he proposes are desperately needed. Americans should look past its shortcomings and ask themselves how many more years of unfettered immigration their country can endure before it is culturally and economically destroyed. It may not be very long.

The American economy has already been hit by (at its peak) nine percent inflation, driven largely by federal spending Biden-Harris administration. Under their rule, federal spending as a share of gross domestic product (GDP) grew by six percentage points. These two countries have kept inflation above target for almost two years in a row.

The Americans, to put it mildly, are unhappy. Current poll puts Trump well ahead of Harris when it comes to economic confidence. Meanwhile, Harris said she would keep spending and spending and spending if she wins today’s race: In an attempt to attract voters, she pledged to give $25,000 to first-time homebuyers. An expensive policy that will benefit the average American as much as a free government umbrella during a hurricane. And it certainly won’t do anything to help bring down inflation.

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Harris and the Democrats are also purveyors of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) and critical race theory (CRT): ideas that sow racial division and create discriminatory laws and policies, such as affirmative action, that have at least been rejected. in the university system, US Supreme Court Justice last year. The ideology behind DEI and CRT is destroying the fabric of Western countries, including America. It similarly erodes gender-based rights for women in the West. Trump admits this. Harris doesn’t. She’s either lying or not paying attention.

Trump also has disastrous ideas: for example, his proposed trade tariffs This will most likely backfire on America.raising prices for consumer goods and damaging relationships with trading partners (including us Canadians). He is also no stranger to sowing discord: while his supporters enjoy his particular charisma, he is also bad speaker and prone to inflammatory frivolity. (Although he’s probably better at stringing together complete sentences than Harris.)

Whether Trump’s bombast about his ability to argue with foreign leaders and dictators is justified, we hope we have a chance to find out. Undoubtedly, he is the stronger of the two in foreign policy. Harris rambled unhelpfully about a ceasefire in Gaza following the October 7 Hamas attack – need I say more?

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Like Canada with its first post-election system, the US Electoral College system also allows for the possibility of a winner who does not secure the popular vote. This was the case when Trump won his first presidency against Hillary Clinton in 2016.

After the assassination attempt on Trump (the first) and when a photo of him, bloodied, clenching his fist in front of an American flag, went viral, it seemed certain that he had won at that moment. Perhaps the power of this image has waned so quickly is a sign of our times, our ever-evolving news cycles and our collective dwindling attention spans. We’ve moved away from that.

Today’s election looks like it will be won or lost in the swing states. At this point it’s too close to call.

Good luck, America.

National Post

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