Why you should vote for Trump — or not: 1

Sue Nethercott
5 min readOct 6, 2024

I’ve had online friends in America for nearly 30 years now, and I worry what will happen to them if Trump seizes the presidency. I’m also worried about how bad he could be for the environment…

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…and for violence around the world. From what I’ve seen when he was president, and what he has said and done since, and how organized Project 2025 and its members are for if they get another crack at government, a Trump win or steal would be a disaster all round.

The overarching theme of Trump’s presidency was that he was totally selfish, unprincipled and totally out of touch. And if he wins again, he intends to be dictator on day one and he has called for “one really violent day”. Bye-bye democracy, bye-bye your freedoms, bye-bye your safety. Power, once taken, is rarely given up. Joe Biden is an exception — one which Trump is unlikely to emulate. So…

Why vote for Trump?

If you are a multimillionaire or billionaire, and not a Patriotic Millionaire, it might be a good idea. He’ll give you the tax cuts you want, and if appropriate, the deregulation your businesses want. You can afford to move elsewhere if the air or water where you are become polluted or there are too many floods or it is too hot or the storms are too wild or the bridges fall down due to lack of investment. Also. if there are too…

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Sue Nethercott
Sue Nethercott

Written by Sue Nethercott

Open University BA, UMIST MSc, OU BSc Environmental Studies. Interests: environment, COVID19. Double #ostomate. Thom Hartmann’s newsletter editor. Views my own.