Donald Trump Did Some Good, But the Bad Far Outweighs It

Let’s try to give Trump an objective and fair shake

John Polonis
The Political Prism
11 min readSep 23, 2024

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Donald Trump speaking at a rally
Donald Trump; Source: Wikimedia Commons, credit to Gage Skidmore

I keep hearing people comparing Donald Trump to Kamala Harris as if Trump is a normal presidential candidate. He’s not. But we should not dismiss Trump completely either, let alone think for a minute that the mainstream media is always fair to him. That dismissive approach only adds rocket fuel to the MAGA fires stoked by Elon Musk and others.

So let’s give Donald Trump a fair shake; objectively assess the good, the bad, and the ugly. You decide whether to normalize it.

‘I’m looking at his policies”

I read this quote from a Trump supporter in Georgia. It’s common in the normalization of Donald Trump to ignore or excuse his criminal record, civil record, numerous bankruptcies, multiple affairs and wives, and overall antics (“grab them by the ‘pu**y’”).

Instead, you’ll often hear his supporters compliment his straight-shooter approach. How he puts America first. How his policies are in the best interests of America and the world.

What these statements of support fail to consider is that the rule of law is the foundation for everything. Policies don’t mean much if the President does not view himself as subject to the law…

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John Polonis
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