The United States is facing a set of challenges today that are unprecedented in the 200+ year history of our country. The combination of an increasingly allied set of foreign powers equipped economically, militarily, and technologically to compete with us on the global stage and a now exposed group of domestic interests intent on fundamentally altering the fabric of America in ways destined and perhaps intended to destroy our democracy, put us in a position for the first time in our lives where a presidential election appears set to determine our fate.
It is quite possible that there is only one person on Earth uniquely equipped to navigate this complex combination of risks, and that person is Donald J. Trump. The South Shore Press is proud to endorse Donald Trump for President of the United States.
The fundamental flaw in democracy is that when more than 50% of eligible voters desire their own demise, that democracy will fail. It is probably unfair to suggest that more than 50% of American voters desire the destruction of America, but we are close to that number voting for it for other reasons.
An “existential threat” is a threat that poses the risk that something will cease to exist. While much has been written in recent years about “threats to our democracy” such as riots at the Capital, or “MAGA Republicans” who intend to vote their conscience, it is worth considering what things actually pose legitimate existential threats to our democracy. A thing would be an existential threat to our democracy if, once it occurs, we would not be able to vote our way into new leadership to correct it. Examples of existential threats to democracy include:
* Significant numbers of “new voters” from foreign lands that don’t share our common interests or values
* Unenforced election rules that either permit election fraud or destroy voter confidence in election outcomes
* An unelected bureaucracy capturing portions of the government making decisions that run counter to either the will or the interests of the electorate
* Elected officials changing rules and laws once in office to limit or restrict American rights previously guaranteed by the Constitution
* Elected officials using the powers of their office to eliminate opposition
* Nuclear war
Any one of these concepts, if permitted to become permanent features of our country, are existential threats to our democracy. Any of them poses the risk that we, the American electorate, would be incapable of electing new representation to exact our will. And each of these concepts has gained traction in the last 4 years and must be stopped. The Biden administration has permitted or even promoted all of these things, and Donald Trump intends to reverse course on each of them. Our endorsement could end there because it truly is that simple.
A beautiful feature of democracy is that there are no defined criteria a voter must use to cast a vote for a candidate. If a voter believes that abortion rights are the most important function of the President, for example, that voter can choose a candidate on that basis. A civil discourse that seems to be lacking in America today would have voters identify what function they value most in a particular office, explain why a particular candidate is most likely to perform that function best, and be able to explain why. At the South Shore Press we believe the most important functions of the office of President are as follows:
Defend Americans, at home and abroad, from foreign and domestic threats to their economic, legal and physical well being.
Promote order and peace around the globe, including but not limited to the use of the US military as a deterrent.
Enforce laws passed by Congress, and encourage the same from local and state governments
Appoint judges to the judiciary who intend to defend and protect the US Constitution
Promote and enact an economic framework designed to maximize the wealth, prosperity and opportunity for the largest number of Americans.
In our view this is the job description of the US President, and we are in the unique position this election cycle to evaluate two candidates who have served in consecutive administrations attempting to fulfill those objectives. The scoreboard isn’t close, and this isn’t ambiguous.
The Trump administration saw four years of global peace and a reduction of US military involvement abroad, an enforced and controlled southern border, a stellar track record of judiciary appointments with sworn commitments to defend the Constitution, and an economic framework centered on deregulation, low taxes, energy independence and the reversal of a 20-year trend of globalism and offshoring of American manufacturing that led to a growing economy, rising wages for workers and contained inflation.
The Biden/Harris administration has seen a wide open southern border leading to millions of unknown migrants flooding our country creating crime and chaos nationally, trillions of dollars of stimulus for liberal pet projects domestically and for unknown uses in foreign countries, all of which has combined for crushing inflation not seen in America in a generation, a justice department openly targeting political adversaries of the current administration, and perhaps most importantly, global war and chaos that sees us closer to a nuclear exchange than any other time in human history. The comparison is not close.
Perhaps the most damning assessment of Kamala Harris has little to do with her at all. Few are under any illusion that Kamala Harris, if elected, would actually make any decisions of her own.
She is clearly incompetent and has been shielded by her party and a cooperative media from having to even speak in public. The Democratic party and a significant portion of Republicans have become captured by the establishment apparatus that is intent on consolidating power, profiting from an increasingly global economy and military conflict, and most importantly, weakening the fabric of a US democracy that poses the only real threat to its control. The Democratic party had no intention of allowing Joe Biden to run for a second term, as he has been in a state of dementia for years. In order to avoid an open primary that would likely have led to the nomination of Robert Kennedy, Jr., the Democrats allowed Joe Biden to clear the primary (while not allowing Kennedy to appear on the ballot), and once 14 million people had cast votes for Biden, they scheduled an unprecedented June debate destined to fail so they could swap Biden out without a single vote being cast for another candidate. But because the Biden campaign had $100 million in its campaign account the only choice authorized to keep that money was Harris. And here we are. Democracy at work.
Donald Trump had his first term hijacked by a combination of fabricated narratives concocted by the Democrats, the intelligence apparatus, a corrupt media, and a myriad of poor choices from his own administration. He has had his business empire destroyed. The lives of his family have been upended. He has been charged both civilly and criminally by corrupt prosecutors. His prior life and reputation as a billionaire businessman and entertainer has been destroyed. Half the country has turned on him and openly calls him a traitor to his country. And most recently they have tried to murder him. He has been shot in the head. Despite all of this, Donald Trump has never once wavered. He continues to move forward.
It isn’t just that the Trump administration was a clear preference to the Biden-Harris administration, which is true. The federal government needs a reset. It needs to be purged of the captured interests that threaten our democracy. Donald Trump has promised to do that, and this is why they are dead set on stopping him. We at the South Shore Press pray that Donald Trump makes it to the election, that the election is free and fair, and that he is permitted to take office.
Unlike the first term, President Trump has surrounded himself with an all-star team aligned on the principle of this government reset. JD Vance. Elon Musk. Tucker Carlson. Bobby Kennedy. Vivek Ramaswamy. And more. This group of people represents hope. Hope that we can avert the disaster of the path we are presently on. Hope that we can restore peace to the globe and roll back threats of nuclear war. Hope that we can regain control of our physical borders and purge illegal violent criminals from our midst. And hope that we will conduct a full examination and deconstruction of the administrative state, starting with the 3-letter agencies and their regulatory capture of the systems that organize our society, and ending with the intelligence apparatus and its illegal involvement in all manners of our lives, both domestically and abroad.
Donald Trump will only serve one term. He is independently wealthy and doesn’t rely on this office for fame or prosperity. He has proven, more than any other American in history, that he cannot be gotten to and will not be deterred. He is uniquely positioned to understand how the government functions, how it can be abused, and what portions need to be removed or amended. He has staffed an administration already, has learned from his mistakes, and has now surrounded himself with an A+ supporting cast. They have tried to kill him, and he has decided to finish the job anyway. The stakes could not be any higher, and the contrast could not be any more severe. It is with great pride, admiration and hope that the South Shore Press endorses Donald J. Trump for President of the United States. Godspeed.