September 29, 2024

Special Edition

“Is Trump A Threat to Democracy?” Or, 

“A Threat to the Democratic Republic?”

Short answer:  Hell NO!

Or, does the questioner really mean:

 “A Threat to Democrat Party Dominance?”

Answer: I hope so!

By: Gregory M. Gurican, 

Retired RN, CPHQ-Emeritus

ASDN, BSEE, MSNE, MBA

So, where is all this hate Trump vitriol coming from(?) with so many MSM talking heads and pundits, Academia, and Hollywood types all stating that he must be expunged from free society or removed as a threat to our “democratic” society?  Even the former Gov of Rhode Island and current SECY of Commerce, Gina Raimondo, says DJT is a threat to Democracy and must be “extinguished for good.”  Clearly, she suffers from Trump Derangement Syndrome [TDS] or, more simply, is just another intellectually impaired (or evil) person elected/appointed to the Soros-controlled Deep State and/or another holdover from the Obama administration, now operating in the corrupt and ethically challenged Biden-Harris administration.

If we look to the definition of what a “Democracy” is for guidance in the Oxford English Dictionary, this may yield a clue as to how President DJT might “be a threat to democracy” in the sense of destroying it; we find that the term derives from the Greek “demonkratia” a combination of Demos (people) and Kratos (rule) coined in the 5th century BCE to describe political systems which are not Oligarchic, Dictatorial, or Monarchical; thus, providing fair and equal treatment of all people participating in political decision-making or representative governance.  It is a system of “We the People, For the People, and By the People.”  No clues there unless one were to misinterpret the definition somehow to reverse fair and equal treatment by fiat of those governing.

So, going back to the mal concept of DJT threatening democracy, exactly how would being the next POTUS do that?  ANSWER:  It is not possible in the representative government that exists in the USA under the Constitution.  With the checks and balances of the three branches of government, there is no way for DJT to dictate the direction of the country (even including Executive Orders), which would remove the freedoms guaranteed by the US Constitution!  IT CANNOT BE DONE by him alone or even in conjunction with a majority vote in the Senate.  

Only a Convention of States gathered to amend the US Constitution in major way by making it obsolete and turning over power and controls which the States have independently to the larger Federal government bodies – that might do it, but only with the consent of a majority of American citizens – who by all accounts would have lost their collective independent minds in sending representatives to the convention to propose massive changes against freedoms otherwise protected by the existing Constitution and then voting to approve such ill-advised changes at the state, in perhaps corrupt ballot initiatives/referendums.

The people who fear President Trump in office again are proponents of big government and want more government controls and expansion of the Deep State in order to impact upon and reduce the freedoms that We The People enjoy under the constitution. They want more control.  DJT wants to reduce the size of government; he has shown that he can do so by reducing government regulations to start, as expanding regulations means more government employees to oversee the implementation and enforcement of those regulations, regulations which were created by unelected members of government agencies and its bureaucracy, i.e., the Deep State. 

Those members of the Deep State have only one goal in mind – to keep their jobs, and to do so means expansion of regulation, not reduction of the regulatory burdens upon people.  Perhaps it is high time that the legislature takes back its responsibility for control of the bureaucratic agencies, rather than providing only mediocre oversight agency actions by their employees – i.e., retain the rights to hire/fire Deep State operatives at will and retain the responsibility of legislative legwork it acquiesced to the makers of regulations based on their areas of “expertise.” 

President Trump’s efforts to establish a Supreme Court conservative enough to turn over Roe v. Wade and return the issue of abortion rights to the States where people would have more say in the processes that a court made up of 9 Supreme Justices paid off.  However, that act sadly/wrongly made him the target of the pro-abortion contingent of people across the nation, whence, for the first time, generated the anger and hatred of many abortion supporters.  Perhaps we can see the beginnings of hatred and vitriol against Trump taking root here.   Nowhere in the US Constitution can the word abortion be found, or even women’s rights for that matter.  Imaginary protections are fostered under the guise of rights to privacy.

Even though both parties have the propensity to control the size and scope of the federal government regardless of their rhetoric against doing so, it is time to do it!  

Today, a President Trump would also propose the elimination of the Department of Education, established under Jimmy Carter’s one-term in office with a Democrat-controlled Congress. President Ronald Reagan wanted to eliminate the Department of Education as well and attempted it four times while in office but was unsuccessful.  

President Trump’s desire to reduce the size of big government and return control of the educational processes in the United States would improve educational systems and delivery across the country. Before the establishment of the Department of Education, the US was in the top 10 in the world in terms of student scores. Now, the USA is in the 40th quartile, with our sworn enemy China in 1st place.  So, who would hate Trump for making this change? Well, Teacher’s Unions, that’s who. Not all of their constituent members (millions of them) would agree, but the majority might.  And there you have another reason to dislike or “hate” Trump.

Alternatively, there are many reasons to like, approve, and accept or otherwise implement the past policies and proposed new policies of a President Donald J. Trump, namely:  

[IN NO SPECIFIC ORDER OF PRIORITY/IMPORTANCE.] 

·      The improvement in the lives of all Americans, citizens and immigrants alike, especially African Americans, Hispanics, and all peoples of color/race/religion and/or sexual orientation. The improvements would be tangible and real from the inner cities to the farmlands across the USA.

·      Energy Independence from reliance upon other world energy suppliers. Peace and improved and restored military capability—with significant respect given and shown to the troops serving in all branches of the armed services (not excluding the establishment of the Space Force).

·      The lowest unemployment rates for all people in every sector of the economy.

·      The lowest inflation rates in US history.

·      Reducing government regulations, with the mandate to eliminate 3 regulations for every new one created by any agency. A smaller government footprint will enable the expansion of the private sector to further improve American productivity, success, and wealth.

·      The largest tax decrease in US history of taxation, which in his future term in office can be further strengthened and perhaps even expanded.  Thus, it will yield a booming stock market and overall economy, providing economic stability and prosperity for all!

·      The return of respect to the USA and its leadership strengths by other foreign leaders worldwide – appropriate after being disgraced by the Afghanistan pullout.  

Such efforts by a President Trump will provide the needed security for a safe and peaceful world based on the understanding that such leadership is necessary.

 

When DJT makes promises, he keeps them!  The future can only look brighter if he is elected to office on November 5th, 2024, and assumes office in January 2025 to continue his work on building the wall, which was stymied by Congressional interference, and to further enrich America by new tariffs on foreign entities to prevent the theft of American resources.  

With new promises of greater prosperity for We the People through no more taxes on Tips, Overtime work, and Social Security!  How can anyone hate DJT?  Only those with hearts of stone: power and control mongers amongst the many who would see continued government expansion to infinity.

About the author:  Gregory M. Gurican an electrical engineer, a nuclear engineer and project manager. The author spent 25 years in the nuclear power plant safety & licensing field, focused on nuclear power plant security systems and procedures before changing careers and moving into Healthcare full-time, where his focus changed from protecting the health and welfare of the public to protecting the safety and well-being of patients against medical and human errors, through improvements in quality and innovation at the hospital level.

If you do not take an interest 

in the affairs of your government, 

then you are doomed to live under 

the rule of fools.

Plato