Why Trump Has Always Been The Clear Choice 

By Collins Chong Yew Keat 

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia: Trump won the elections with the resounding and thumping voice of the American people's victory in a powerful message of truth and will.  

 He performed better than in 2016 and 2020 and completed a swing-state sweep, winning all the swing states of Nevada, Arizona, Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, and Georgia. 

 Democrats warned that Trump and MAGA are hijacking democracy. Now, they must acknowledge the truth: the Trump movement, no matter how much it has been panned by many, is a powerful expression of democracy.

 The red wave and Donald Trump's victory marked the greatest political comeback in history, symbolizing the advent of the prospects of a new world peace and an end to global conflicts.

 It shows that despite billions of dollars of ads  by the Democrats and top celebrity endorsements for Kamala, and the character assassination of Trump, the endless political witch hunt stretching back nine years, the two assassination attempts, two impeachments, and the 91 contested charges brought against him, Trump stands tall in staying true to his natural conviction to take America back. Ordinary Americans are wise enough to see through these systemic barriers put in place to hold Trump and Trumpism back.

 He won more votes with key demographic groups compared to last time, including Hispanic Americans and younger voters, compared to Harris, who did poorer than Biden with women, urban voters, younger voters, and Hispanics.

 Kamala’s overtures to the young and Gen Z voters never produced the intended outpouring of support she has hoped, despite the student loans move. 

 The presidential result was brutal for Harris, also because she failed to bury Biden's ghost, and never had the ability to sell voters on the idea that she was the turn-the-page candidate, refusing to make a clean break from the last four years whereas the voters have long indicated that is what they wanted. 

 She also failed to draw any distinction between herself and Biden, in identifying any specific ways her presidency would be different from him.

 Considering that this election can be the platform to voice dissatisfaction against the Roe v Wade overturning by siding with Harris, women voters prefer the core issues of economic and personal safety, and they resonate with Trump’s call for border security and fixing the economy.

 The people are concerned on the more than 20 million illegal immigrants from more than 180 countries, with more than 13,000 convicted criminals estimated to be already in America, with deaths and destruction from fentanyl, crime, and lost economic opportunities.

 As Bernie Sanders put it, the Democratic Party has abandoned the working class. First, it was the working class, and now, the Hispanics and Black workers as well. While the Democratic leadership defends the status quo, the American people are angry and want change. 60 percent of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck, further worsened by the soaring inflation. Trump is now seen as the champion of the working class. 

 America fought and won two world wars, defeated fascism and communism, and established the rules-based order that preserved global stability.

 The US has maintained world peace for over 70 years since WWII and has paid the highest amount to secure world trade, maritime routes, and deterrence. This long peace comes at a cost. All Trump wants is for others to pay their equal burden and fair share for world peace. 

 Why Trump Has Always Been the Clear Choice

 Let’s remember his legacies and track record during his first term, when these facts and feats were often drowned in the anti-Trump rhetoric that had been played out for years.

 When he handed over power to Biden in 2021, he predicted that inflation and high energy prices would hurt the people and weaken America, and  he was right.

 The economy was booming under the first Trump administration with his low tax and low regulations mantra, and a second Trump administration will see bigger tax cuts that will boost domestic production and create more high paying jobs.  

 In his first four years, stock markets and 401(k) were high. Businesses were easier to form, and jobs were returning.

 Inflation was almost at its lowest, and the sense of economic optimism and unity from both sides of the aisle was at its highest.

 Trump saved tens of millions of lives worldwide with Operation Warp Speed, in getting the vaccines ready in record time.

 Trump helped America build its strongest economy in history. Median household incomes rose to their highest level ever in 2019, while the poverty rate hit an all-time low. Under the Trump Administration, more Americans were employed than ever before, numbered at 160 million, and the unemployment rate fell to a 50-year low.

 The unemployment rates for African Americans, Hispanic Americans, and Americans without a high-school diploma all hit record lows, while the Trump “Blue-Collar Boom” saw wages grow faster for workers than for managers or supervisors.

 Trump signed the largest relief package in American history to protect workers and families from economic devastation during the Covid-19 pandemic. The American economy surged back to life within months, seeing record growth and job gains.

 Trump returned law and order to the American people, and would be tough on crime in the new term.

 He brought the abortion decision back to the states and overturned Roe v Wade, the first in more than five decades. The pro-life stance started a new opening to save the lives of the unborn.

 Energy independence was achieved, where reliance is no longer on oil-rich countries in the Middle East, and America became the biggest energy producer in the world, surpassing Saudi Arabia and Russia. Under the new term, America will soon be an energy dominant country, with common sense utilisation of the vast black gold under the feet of Americans and with the “drill, baby drill” mantra.

 The appointment of three Supreme Court justices, and hundreds of federal judges, that have been confirmed during his tenure further sealed his legacy.

 He also oversaw the greatest transformation in the criminal justice reform, a feat where even Obama failed to pass.

 Border security was among the best in a very long time, and the greatest tax cut since Reagan has enabled manufacturing jobs to return.

  The military has been rebuilt, and veterans’ welfare and support capacity have been prioritized. The Space Force has been created, providing the US with new space dominance for decades to come. 

 When Biden-Harris took over the leadership, the economy got worse. Trump was right when he predicted, way before the 2020 Elections, that if Biden-Harris were to get elected, energy prices and inflation would be through the roof.

 65% of Americans cannot afford to own a home, and 800,000 Americans lost their jobs last year. Instead, 1.2 million non-citizens took those jobs. Energy prices and crime were also through the roof.

 More than ten thousand manufacturing jobs were lost last month alone.

 Businesses are leaving because of high tax and high regulations, and with the tariff in place under Trump 2.0, they will be coming back to America and new manufacturing bases will sprout in America. The fundamental economic problem plaguing the country will be addressed, starting by cutting energy prices in half within his first year.

 Harris focused on short-term political returns with her left-leaning economic policies, which were enticing, but Trump focused on the larger picture of long-term economic returns based on low taxes and regulations.

 More money is given to Ukraine to defend democracy, but America’s own border crisis is ignored.

 Ukraine received 250billion dollars, but Europe paid 150billion less. Trump forced NATO to pay more, saving billions of dollars of American taxpayers’ money. 

 For years, America was ripped off by foreign powers. While their cars dominate the American market, other countries are not accepting American cars.

 Trump’s tariff is the saviour of the American economy long held hostage by other countries.

 This tariff will protect American businesses, get other countries to stop their dumping and market distortion that have obliterated American workers’ interests, encourage more companies to shift and start their operations in America, and give new tax cuts to American enterprises.

 Trump will fix the ballooning federal government size and bureaucracy, trim it down, and save billions of dollars through common-sense restructuring and tackling wastages, incompetencies, and corruption. He would also dismiss bureaucrats and politicians whose woke influence has stifled the country's true growth, and he would return education and school choice policies to the states.

 The world is safe because of Trump. His peace through strength mantra has kept the world peaceful and deterred aggression from even the harshest enemies. Under his watch, no major conflicts or wars happened, and he stopped war-mongering neocons.

 Biden-Harris’ weak administration saw the disastrous Afghanistan withdrawal with the loss of 13 American soldiers and 85 billion dollars of military equipment left behind.  

 This weakness led to the mushrooming of new alliances and actions that threatened and violated international law and the rules-based order.

 The Afghanistan withdrawal weakened America’s standing and resolve and led to renewed power flexing, as shown by Putin, Kim, and Xi. 

 Trump never left a vacuum in global dominance, he strengthened the US position through military and economic rebuilding at home.

 Clear deterrence was established, and aggression by other powers was deterred.

 The choice for the 47th President of the United States has always been clear, and he has proven it on a historic day for the country and the world.

 *Collins Chong Yew Keat is a Foreign Affairs and Strategy Analyst based in Kuala Lumpur.*