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I'm an enemy of American state, as in, I see American national interests as directly harming my interests( I live in Europe, the wars, the economic terrorism, the NGO operations, the endless lies ).
Even I wouldn't recommend people vote for Kamala because again, Americans are people too, America used to be great before FDR ruined it, and seeing this happening to a once great nation is just horrible. It's a disgrace, and the Uniparty simply has to go. Also Trump might re-orient America from supporting infinity migration, which could help Europe too. I don't believe for a second he'd leave NATO though.
Also, if you care about those things you listed, you should never vote for Kamala. She doesn't have any good people behind her - her inner circle are corrupt idiots. She'd make an even bigger mess of things than Biden's admin, and it'd probably ensure either a revolt (if she packed the court) or total GOP dominance later on.
Even some democrat senators are now running pro-Trump ads. The rumor is party leadership has made peace with him winning, and they're going to just to try to ruin his administration with any and all means after november.
The off-the-reservation British Shakespeare scholar turned politologist the half-Welsh, half-Persian Neema Parvini (radicalised by Blair) has been saying since late july that Kamala is a 'jobber', which is a wrestling term. She's not a candidate the party expects to win.. They couldn't find a good candidate, so they let Trump win, ruin his presidency as much as possible and then run Newsom or someone else in '28.
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