Subject: Re: Who will fight for you?
Trump is going to fight the liberals and progressives. He's not fighting for his voters, but he'll fight against their opponents all the same. He hates the right people, his enemies are Republicans' enemies, and if there's one thing that Trump likes to do, it's fight people he thinks are against him.

Wow. I consider Russia's government as our enemy (I would like to see it overthrown). I do not think of other Americans as enemies. Merriam-Webster defines enemy as "one seeking to injure, overthrow, or confound an opponent". Why would I wish harm to a fellow citizen? This is Trump's corrosive effect. Trump's words lead others to physical attacks on postal carriers and election workers. Trump glorifies and encourages violence, and divides the country for his short-term gain. We have much in common, might have different priorities, but basically want many of the same things, and are stronger when we all work together. Abraham Lincoln saw this after the Civil War, and Truman after WWII with the Marshall Plan. Wartime enemies became friends with long lasting benefits for everyone. Civil discussion can find the common ground with win-win deals. Trump's methods of division only lead to inaction and chaos. The border bill is an example.

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"A house divided against itself, cannot stand." Abraham Lincoln, 1858

‘Lincoln’ Seeks to Set the Facts Straight, April 3, 1996
""When an old woman rebuked him for his conciliatory attitude toward the South, which she felt should be “destroyed” after the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln replied, “Madam, do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?” Among the host of Lincoln anecdotes, this one perhaps best illustrates Lincoln’s resonant humanity."
https://www.latimes.com/archiv...

‘The enemy from within’: Trump calls Democrats more dangerous than U.S. foreign adversaries, Oct. 13, 2024
"During a pretaped interview on Fox News' "Sunday Morning Futures," Trump was asked by host Maria Bartiromo about how he would handle bureaucrats who might seek to undermine him in a potential second term. "I always say, we have two enemies," Trump said, adding: "We have the outside enemy, and then we have the enemy from within, and the enemy from within, in my opinion, is more dangerous than China, Russia and all these countries." Trump added that a "smart president" could handle outside adversaries "pretty easily," but "the thing that's tougher to handle are these lunatics that we have inside, like Adam Schiff." "I call him the enemy from within," he added.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politi...