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Why I Don’t Regret My Vote For Trump

So, I’m going to say something that has somehow become bizarrely controversial. I do not regret my vote for President Trump in 2024. Not one iota. Not one bit. And frankly, I find the entire conversation about regret pretty confusing because here is the thing. The alternative would have been President Kamala Harris. That’s the whole thing. It would have been Kamala Harris and then it was Donald Trump. 

And let’s be clear, the vast majority of things that President Trump said he would deliver on, he has delivered on. And the vast majority of principles that he said that he believed in, he has effectuated. So why are all of these people suddenly confused that he’s doing the things he has been saying for 40 years he was going to do?

Let’s go through some issues starting with immigration. I’m old enough to remember when the border was fully open during the Biden administration. That is because l am more than 2 years old. 

I remember when there was a gigantic influx of drugs across the southern border, fentanyl being shipped across the southern border. In fact, l even went down to the southern border and I went to the area where they ship over the drugs and I could see Mexican cartel drones flying above American territory.  All of that under Joe Biden.

And I’m old enough to remember when Democrats were calling for the complete defunding of ICE, which, by the way, they are still doing. They had a completely open border for years on end.

President Trump pledged he was going to close the border. And then you know what he did? He came in and he closed the border. And it turns out that for the first time in modern history, we actually have a net loss in terms of the people coming into the country. People are leaving the country faster than they are coming into the country.  People are just not coming through the southern border.  We are deporting a vast number of people. 

And I know there are lots of folks who say that Barack Obama deported more. Well, no. That’s if you game the stats. It’s if you pretend that a turnaway at the border is a

deportation, which it is not. So, am I supposed to regret the fact that the border is closed?Am I supposed to pretend that that is somehow a minor issue when Joe Biden was literally opening the doors to millions of people to come into the United States and claim asylum and just stay? That seems like a pretty good reason to not regret having voted for President Trump.

Or why don’t we talk for a second about DEl, diversity, equity, and inclusion. So, do you remember the Biden times, the before times? Well, Kamala Harris pledged that she would pursue in everything equity. In fact, here’s a video of her talking about it:

It’s about giving people the resources and the support they need so that everyone can be on equal footing and then compete on equal footing. Equitable treatment means we all end up at the same place.

Under Joe Biden, DEl, equity was going to be inserted into every area of federal law. And it was. And then President Trump came in and he abolished it. Not only did he abolish it, he ended up targeting universities for their violation of civil rights law. He ended up going after companies that contracted with the American government to point out that they were not allowed to adjudicate issues based on race. 

The president of the United States removed DEl from every area of the federal government, which is a good thing because DEl is basically the statement that your race ought to matter more than your individual merit. It is a rejection of the ethos of Martin Luther King Jr. in favor of an ethos of polarization and segmentation of the American population. It is a very good thing in the DEl has been wiped out of American federal life.

Now, if President Trump were to not be president, if Kamala Harris had been president, not only would it be there, it would be strengthened. And not only would it be strengthened, it would be bleeding through every area of our society. And it can happen again, by the way, if Democrats take over Congress and the presidency. Undoubtedly, they will just go right back to doing this. 

To all the people right now who say you should go vote Democrat in 2026 or don’t vote for President Trump’s party or there’s no difference between the parties understand what it is they are fomenting. they are fomenting precisely the kind of DEl crap that was promoted by Kamala Harris. 

Okay how about the culture wars? Remember that time when it was de rigueur (required by etiquette) in America for you to claim that men could be women and women men? That time when you could be ousted from a job over saying that when this was a wildly controversial statement that boys are boys and girls are girls?

Remember that time when the federal government was trying to leverage states into providing funding for transgender surgeries and hormone treatments for youth? Remember that? Not that long ago. It’s like two years ago.  And Kamala Harris was promoting it full scale. Democrats still promote it. James Telerico of Texas is still promoting this while running for Senate.  Gavin Newsome of California, while not really wanting to promote it, is still promoting it. 

And remember, under Joe Biden, all of our supposed expert institutions endorsed this nonsense. The American Medical Association endorsed this nonsense. The American Psychiatric Association endorsed this nonsense.  Hell, the American Academy of Pediatrics endorsed this insanity. 

Do you remember Trans Visibility Day? The same day as Easter at the White House, topless men with fake prosthetic boobs at the White House. You remember that? Well, President Trump reversed all of that. President Trump reversed the trans issue. He said that Democrats were for they/them and he was for you. And he was right about that and he issued executive orders to that effect and the newfound freedom to say what is perfectly true and state action happening across the country to bar the mutilation of children and medical institutions suddenly coming out and admitting the obvious, which is that they never had any evidence for this kind of torture that they were foisting upon young people. All of that would not have happened without Trump. So you regret that? Is that the thing you regret? 

Or maybe when you say that you regret things, what you really regret is President Trump’s economic policy. Now listen, I have quibbles with President Trump over his tariffs. I don’t like his tariffs. I’ve opposed his tariffs from day one. But to pretend that Joe Biden’s economy, which was about regulation and taxation and DEl and climate change and massive inflation and stagnating growth, that that was the way forward is insane.

And that Kamala Harris was going to do anything different. That’s insane, too. You regret President Trump on the economy as we get maintained tax rates that allow for stability for businesses? As you get Trump accounts that allow for children born in the United States to actually be part of a free market economy? 

Are you in favor of the climate change insanity being pushed by Joe Biden? Or are you in favor of the radical deregulation happening at the EPA under Donald Trump’s appointee Lee Zeldon? 

Are you in favor of America losing the Al race to China as Democrats seem to be? Or are you in favor of America retaining its technological edge, its military and economic edge thanks to our investments in Al and mostly our lighthand regulations with regard to Al.  There’s a reason Al is being developed in the United States and not in Europe. And there’s a reason the United States is winning the Al war. 

And you can quibble with President Trump’s decisions on everything from tariffs to crypto schemes, but the reality is that if Democrats were in control of the economy, all they care about is redistribution of poverty, not creation of prosperity for all the people who are very much regretting their vote for President Trump. 

What is it that they regret? President Trump protecting religious freedom across the country?  Because I promise you that if Democrats were in control of the government right now, they would be pushing for a reversal of the constituency of the Supreme Court.  They would be cracking down on religious freedom and working to do so. And the president of the United States not doing any of that because of President Trump’s appointments in term one. The Supreme Court has ruled in favor of religious freedom and in favor of states being in charge of their own abortion policy.

So what is it that you regret? Federal courts are being staffed by people who actually care about the Constitution as opposed to people who do not. Is that the thing that you regret if you regret having voted for President Trump? 

Well, maybe the thing that you regret is you don’t like his foreign policy. Maybe what you regret is that you always thought that Trump was an isolationist despite all of the evidence to the contrary in his first term. Maybe what you really thought is that he was some sort of restrainer who’s interested in rebalancing global power away from the United States and toward Russia and China. 

President Trump has always been an advocate of peace through strength. He does not want any long open-ended boots on the ground wars, but he understands the extraordinary power of the American military. 

So, what is it that you’re regretting? The arrest of Nicholas Maduro and the control of the Venezuelan regime by choking out their oil supply?

Or maybe what it is you regret is that Joe Biden was withdrawing support for Israel in the middle of an existential war with Hezbollah and Hamas. And President Trump came in and stopped the conflict in Gaza and got hostages freed by funding Israel so that it could actually continue to fight for its life.

Or maybe what you regret is that President Trump bombed an Iranian nuclear facility at Fordow, setting back their nuclear program.

Or maybe what you regret is that President Trump is the first president in any of our lifetimes to take truly seriously the threat of Iran to the extent necessary to actually set them back decades in their pursuit of nuclear weapons, the rebuilding of ballistic missiles, and control of a terror apparatus spreading throughout the Middle East. Maybe what you preferred was Kamala Harris cowtowing to the Mullahs, ensuring them a path to a bomb, alienating allies ranging from Israel to Saudi Arabia to UAE.  Maybe that’s what you were looking for. 

Or maybe what you were looking for is a Joe Biden inherent weakness policy that created Russian aggression in Ukraine in the first place and created October 7th and the incentive structure for Iran to attack. Maybe that’s what you’re looking for. 

Maybe what you’re looking for is an America that is not strong in the world, that is actually weak in the world.

Well, if so, I’m sorry that you came to the wrong place. I’m sorry that you were deceived because you wished to be deceived because President Trump never said he was in favor of a stronger Russia or a stronger China or of ceding power to either on the global stage. And in terms of enemies of the United States, the DOJ has actually been cracking down on various groups that have been attempting to undermine American national security from abroad like the Singum network, like the George Soros funding network.

All of these things are on their back foot because of the Trump administration. So why don’t l regret voting for President Trump? For all of the reasons that I just said, for all of those reasons, I’m very, very happy that I voted for President Trump. And when history is written, all of those things are going to be in the books. Immigration, DEl, culture wars, foreign policy, economics, all of those are going to be in the history books.

Just goina to ask once more.

Cackling Kamala Harris is the thing that you regret not voting for? Truly? Well, I guess you’ll have your chance to vote for Democrats in 2026. And good luck to you.

Ben Shapiro

Trump

President Donald Trump

Let’s pause and take a long, honest look at this man. A man who should be resting comfortably in a retirement most people can only dream of—a billionaire in his late seventies, with every reason to disappear from public life and enjoy the fruits of his labor. He built a real estate empire, raised a strong family, created jobs, earned the respect of business leaders across the globe, and lived in luxury most of us will never experience.

And yet—he didn’t fade away. He didn’t chase beach houses and board seats. He didn’t cash in like so many others. No. This man walked straight into the political furnace and offered to work for us.

Donald J. Trump didn’t need power. He already had it. He didn’t need fame. He was already a household name. And he certainly didn’t need the money—he gave up billions to serve as President. In fact, he did the job for just one dollar a year. Name one other leader—Republican, Democrat, or Independent—who ever sacrificed so much, just to be ridiculed by the very people he was trying to help.

Most men his age are waking up late, playing golf, spending time with grandchildren, and enjoying a quiet life in one of their many homes. Not Trump. He’s up before the sun and coming home well past midnight. Exhausted. Tie undone. Hat in hand. And still—he fights. Not for recognition. Not for power. But for us.

For the hardworking Americans forgotten by both parties. For the small-town families crushed by inflation and elitist policies. For the inner-city kids robbed of opportunity. For the unborn. For the factory worker, the truck driver, the police officer, the farmer, the single mom. He fights for them all—and asks for nothing in return.

And what does he get in exchange?

Lies. Smears. Endless investigations. Personal attacks. Mockery of his wife and young son. Disrespect from a media class that worships every word of corrupt career politicians but tears down a man who actually does what he promises.

They call him racist while he passed criminal justice reform, funded HBCUs permanently, and created the lowest Black and Hispanic unemployment rates in recorded history.

They call him greedy while he lost more personal wealth as President than any leader in modern history.

They call him authoritarian while he slashed government red tape and gave more freedom back to the people than any administration in decades.

They mock his speaking style, his tweets, his rough edges—because he doesn’t sound like the polished phonies they’re used to. But you know what? America doesn’t need another smooth-talking liar. We’ve had enough of those. We needed someone real. Someone willing to be hated for doing the right thing.

He’s not perfect—but he’s the perfect man for the job.

Trump wasn’t created in a political lab. He doesn’t come with pre-packaged talking points and photo ops. He’s a fighter. Flawed, yes. But fearless. And fiercely loyal to the American people.

What other leader has endured so much hatred and still kept going? What other man would step back into the fire again after being burned so many times—just to finish what he started?

He could have walked away. He had every reason to. But he didn’t. He’s back. And he’s not back for himself—he’s back for you.

And still, there are people who claim they “just don’t like him,” but when pressed for why, they mumble half-truths spoon-fed to them by CNN and late-night comedians. They’ve been told what to think. Programmed to hate. Conditioned to sneer at the man who gave up everything to protect their future.

And yet—he keeps showing up.

So before you write your next snarky tweet or parrot another media talking point, ask yourself this:

Would you give up everything you had, risk your safety and your family’s peace, just to be insulted and harassed every single day by people you’re trying to help?

Would you show up to work at 2:00 AM if your job was thankless, dangerous, and despised by half the country?

Would you run into the fire for people who hate you?

He did. And he’s doing it again.

Not because he has to.

But because he believes in you.

Donald J. Trump is not the problem. He is the mirror. And some people hate what they see reflected back at them—courage, loyalty, sacrifice, and conviction.

He is the man standing between you and a political class that thinks you’re too dumb to decide your own future.

He is the man who refused to bow to the global elites, the media mob, or the corrupt establishment.

And whether they like it or not… he’s the man coming back to finish the job.

Thank you, Mr. President. For every long night. For every sacrifice. For never giving up.

America sees you. And real Americans stand with you.

Ken Blackwell

Dave's Conservative Blog