Vox Day of #Gamergate: Why I Support Donald Trump

Heatstreet ^ | 04/16/2016 | Vox Day

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

I am often asked why I, a Christian libertarian and intellectual, would publicly support Donald Trump, a man of no fixed ideology, no apparent religious beliefs, multiple marriages, visible ties to the Clintons, and whose taste and sophistication tends to resemble that of a nouveau riche rhinoceros. It is a reasonable question. After all, how can anyone support a candidate whose public statements are, to put it mildly, inconsistent—when they are not completely self-contradictory.

The answer is as simple as it is conclusive and convincing. Donald Trump is the only candidate in either major party whose personal interests are aligned with those of the American public rather than with the interests of the anti-nationalist elite who see America as nothing more than lines on a map and Americans as nothing more than 300 million economic units in the global economy.

The reason I trust Donald Trump, despite all his rhetorical meanderings, is that he is a traitor to his class. Unlike Hillary Clinton and Ted Cruz, both ordinary people who sold their souls in order to be granted a seat at the table of the Great Game, Donald Trump was born a member of the elite and he has always been welcome in the inner circles of both political parties. When I met him in 1988, it was at the Republican National Convention in New Orleans, where he was the personal guest of George Bush in his private suite there. Like the Bushes, like the Clintons, Trump is truly neither Republican nor Democrat. He is a lifetime member of America’s bi-factional ruling party.

So Donald Trump was already a man of great wealth, influence, connections and power. He did not need to run for president in order to make a name for himself or to launch a public speaking career at $200,000 a pop. Nor does it make sense to claim that he is running for president in order to assuage his formidable ego. Quite to the contrary, he has been under furious attack and criticism from the media as well as from the wealthy elites his rivals are most desperate to please, and it is only his tremendous ego that permits him to survive it. He is enduring this relentless, bipartisan assault because the ruling party knows he has chosen the American people over them.

Ask yourself this: why did Donald Trump run for president in the first place? I believe that the real reason is that he, like you, is deeply concerned about the current state of the United States of America, and he, like you, fears for its future.

Donald Trump may live in wealthy neighborhoods, but that doesn’t mean he is indifferent to the fact that America has endured the largest invasion in human history, 60 million immigrants since 1965. Donald Trump may have filed for corporate bankruptcy four times, but that doesn’t mean he is an enthusiastic servant to Wall Street, Goldman Sachs, and the International Monetary Fund. Donald Trump may not be academically inclined or ideologically consistent, but that doesn’t mean he fails to understand that it makes no sense for Americans to go to war for democracy abroad while their democratically expressed will is repeatedly thwarted at home.

I support Donald Trump because he loves the America that once was, and he is willing to put both his body and his reputation on the line in order to restore America to that unique state that was the envy of the entire world. That is what he means by Make America Great Again.

If you cannot bring yourself to trust in Trump’s words, then you can safely trust in his vanity. It is true, of course, that every recent president has betrayed his supporters: George H.W. Bush raised taxes, Bill Clinton had sex with that woman, George W. Bush embraced an arrogant foreign policy, and Barack Obama has waged war from Syria to Ukraine. Will not Donald Trump do the same?

It is possible, but unlikely. Donald Trump loves to be loved by the American people. And it defies everything we know about human nature to believe that he will throw away that intoxicating populist love in favor of the approval of an anti-nationalist elite whose affections he has already rejected.

Donald Trump not only wants to make America great again, he wants America to be American. That is what distinguishes him from Ted Cruz, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders. And that is why I support him.

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

Ping.

[grania]

This has been my line of reasoning, only better expressed by the author. Trump as President will want to be the greatest President, the one who saves the US from near-irreversible decline. His ego and love of family won’t allow anything less.

[JPJones]

“The answer is as simple as it is conclusive and convincing. Donald Trump is the only candidate in either major party whose personal interests are aligned with those of the American public...”

There ya go.

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[blowfish]

I can see that The Donald would be this guy’s candidate. Two toxic, nasty fish swimming in the same waters.

[Lurkinanloomin]

Donald Trump not only wants to make America great again, he wants America to be American.

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Unlike the two political parties who have been importing fraudulently documented foreigners by the millions every year to permanently change the demographics of the country.

[Sioux-san]

...there you go again... snap out of it!!! Damning the messengers who tell the truth... Bad form, dude.

[mkjessup]

I can see that The Donald would be this guy’s candidate. Two toxic, nasty fish swimming in the same waters.

Which begs the question: "who are YOU blowing in those waters"?

Cruz? The GOPe? (although I repeat myself)

[miss marmelstein]

I’m still reeling from Day’s description of himself as an intellectual. Er, that’s for other people to say and your book on religion was UNREADABLE!

[Albion Wilde]

Make America Great Again

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Selected Trump articles on FR, from 12:00 AM to 1:30 PM EDT, 4/22/16:
Vox Day of #Gamergate: Why I Support Donald Trump –Heatstreet
In 1 in 5 Families in the U.S., No One Works –FreeBeacon
Ted Cruz 'birther' lawsuit appealed to Supreme Court –UPI
Priebus slams NeverTrump movement, calls for GOP unity –TheHill
Ted Cruz Is Now an Establishment Candidate to Most GOP Voters –HuffPo
GOP Leaders "Closed Minds" to Trump; "Take High Road" and Talk to Him –Bill Bennett
Trump, Clinton ahead in Indiana, overall tight race (Trump +6) –WTHR/HPI Poll
Donald Trump’s secret ‘wig farm’ gets discovered by Norwegian TV –WaPo
Trump’s border wall raises hopes in a GOP outpost of California –SacBee
Rubio Says He Will Support Trump If He’s Nominee –Jim Hoft
NY GOP Chair Ed Cox endorses Donald Trump –AlbanyTimes
California Poll: Trump Winning; Strong Primary Leads All Regional Districts –CapitolWeekly
Saudi Influence on Washington Must End if we are going to have any hope of defeating global jihad –Robert Spencer
The Basics of Islam: Robert Spencer on "Islamophobia" (video)
Trump Is a Centrist on Social Issues, "It's Not Been a Secret" –Joe Scarborough
What's the status of Donald Trump's campaign promises? –CBS
PA Delegate Scenario Might Be Better for Trump than Anticipated –Sundance
Leaked Trump Campaign Memo Reveals Big Delegate Prediction –RestoringLiberty
The Intellectual Case for Trump II: Trump Is the Culture Warrior We Need –Federalist
John Kasich wishes more Republicans liked Democrats’ ideas –HotAir
The Trump path to 1,237 –MSNBC
Where Trump’s support really comes from [all demographic grps] –Economist
TRUMP CARD: Magellan Poll Finds that Trump Would Trump Cruz in a Primary [Colorado] –RCP editorial
Trump Effect: Not a politician, dominating on immigration [CO Trump would win 44%] –original Magellan Survey
ISIS plans to open up route from Syria to U.S. through Mexico –FoxLatino
Donald Trump's Delegate Savior ("The Count") –USNews
Growing Grassroots Anger at GOP Establishment in Tennessee –Breitbart
State Party Threatens GOP Lawmakers? [Tennessee] –RockyTopPoliticsBlog
Trump tries to smooth things over with GOP insiders –CNN
Trump schedules foreign policy speech in D.C. next week –Wash.Examiner
UN signing away national sovereignty today –Judi McLeod
LIVE: Donald Trump Harrington DE Rally, Delaware 4-22-2016 @ 3pm EDT
Trump: I Want to Bring Rubio Into Campaign –NewsMax
O'Reilly To Trump: Prepare For The Pro-Hillary Media "Onslaught" –Jeff Poor
The incredible shallowness of Ted Cruz’s say-anything presidential campaign –DallasMorningNews
Trump’s More Accepting Views on Gay Issues Set Him Apart in GOP –NYT
Donald Trump Won the Hispanic (Republican) Vote in New York City –Alex Swoyer
Donald Trump Hannity FULL Interview - April 21, 2016 (video)
Trump “Absolutely” Wants to Change GOP Platform to Promote Abortion in Cases of Rape –LifeNews
Free Republic 2016 Caucus Open Discussion Thread XCIV –Windflier

[Sergio]

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[Mollypitcher1]

Beautifully said! Go TRUMP!

[Windflier]

“I can see that The Donald would be this guy’s candidate. Two toxic, nasty fish swimming in the same waters.”

Blow, fish.

[Boogieman]

“Ask yourself this: why did Donald Trump run for president in the first place? I believe that the real reason is that he, like you, is deeply concerned about the current state of the United States of America, and he, like you, fears for its future.”

Sorry, but that conjecture doesn’t hold up. He’s been talking about his ambitions on the presidency since the 80s, and he has run multiple times in the past but never really got any traction. So he didn’t have some sudden revelation that he should abandon his previous beliefs and try to save America, he is just Trump doing what Trump has always done.

[Windflier]

“...he has run multiple times in the past...”

You demonstate fanatical ignorance with that comment. Trump has never run for president before.

[Regulator]

the fact that America has endured the largest invasion in human history, 60 million immigrants since 1965

Changing the country from a peaceful, almost sleepy, place where your doors remained unlocked and your children could walk unmolested into a sinister, strange place where you never know who the guy next to you might be, and what he could do.

And foreign nationals in the country illegally staging demonstrations on the streets would have been body slammed by a battalion of National Guardsmen in '65.

[MichaelCorleone]

-—...George H.W. Bush raised taxes, Bill Clinton had sex with that woman, George W. Bush embraced an arrogant foreign policy, and Barack Obama has waged war from Syria to Ukraine.-—

In all due respect to the author, these are about the least of the shamefully egregious acts by these...people.

At any rate, Mr. Trump is the man for the times. No question about it. He wants the job for the right reasons.

I don’t see any other billionaires or even multimillionaires going to any lengths at all to save this country from the abyss. Regardless of ego.

[chajin]

Donald Trump loves to be loved by the American people.

The problem is that he wants to be loved by the American people on his own terms, or as Charles Foster Kane put it, "A toast, Jedediah, to love on my terms. Those are the only terms anybody ever knows."

Trump is Jehu, Julius Caesar, and Cromwell, all rolled into one. He can, and given the chance probably will make America great again, but it is not his intention to make America America again--that would require someone who knows and loves the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. There is only one person in the race with that trait, and he is increasingly unlikely to get his seat at the Oval Office desk.

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

Changing the country from a peaceful, almost sleepy, place where your doors remained unlocked and your children could walk unmolested into a sinister, strange place where you never know who the guy next to you might be, and what he could do.

And foreign nationals in the country illegally staging demonstrations on the streets would have been body slammed by a battalion of National Guardsmen in '65.

If FR offered the option of +1-ing comments, I would spend the entire rest of the day doing so for this one, over and over and over again. ;)

[DuncanWaring]

Elegant in its simplicity.