By Timothy D. Naegele[1]

How each American views Trump and Biden is a function of their political perspectives.  I grew up in a devoutly-Republican family, which revered Generals Dwight Eisenhower and Douglas MacArthur, and Richard Nixon.  Indeed, my mother had a framed photograph of Dick and Pat Nixon on our living room table.

Before I was old enough to vote, I was in the Los Angeles Coliseum, listening to John F. Kennedy's acceptance speech at the 1960 Democratic convention.  After spending two years working at the Pentagon as an Army officer in intelligence, I passed on the chance to return to San Francisco and resume working for a prestigious law firm, because I sincerely believed in JFK's words: "[A]sk not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country."[2]

I went to work on Capitol Hill in the U.S. Senate, and learned what official Washington was really like.  Legislation was enacted but seldom if ever taken off the books.  Programs were funded year after year, which long ago had outlived their usefulness.  The lobbyists for special interests groups wrote our laws and made sure their clients' interests were protected, and well-funded.

With few exceptions, our elected officials became rich, feeding at the public trough.  Young women were used and abused by elected officials, as they flocked to Washington like groupies at rock concerts.  And the Kennedys whom I had revered were the most corrupt of them all.[3]. I had been shattered years before when I walked out of my law school classroom just before Thanksgiving, to learn that JFK had been shot in Dallas.

In the process, I learned that the Democrats were "evil" but smart, while the Republicans were "Neanderthals" and dumb.[4]. The Kennedys and Sam Giancana of the Chicago mob were smart enough to rig the elections in Chicago and West Virginia, and steal the 1960 election from Nixon; and the Republicans were too dumb—or inept—to stop them.  Hence, I became an Independent, and have been one ever since.

Fast forward to 2016, and Donald and Melania Trump appeared on America's radar screens as presidential contenders, and bested the outright crook herself, Hillary Clinton.  Never deterred, the Democrats came back and "installed" Barack Obama-lite, Joe Biden, and Willie Brown of California's former ho Kamala Harris in our White House.  And during the ensuing two-and-a-half years, they have turned this country upside down.

We are in the midst of a war in Europe, with the Ukrainians serving as our surrogates against the vicious killer, Vladimir Putin.[5]. China is poised to overrun Taiwan; and check the labels on products that you buy.  Many will say that they are made in China, which gave us the Coronavirus pandemic.  Our borders are wide open, and illegal aliens have been entering from more than a hundred countries, while Fentanyl from China and other killer drugs are brought here, and cartel members engage in human trafficking and organ harvesting with no end in sight.

Joe Biden can barely string together two coherent sentences; and he and Hunter Biden and the other members of the Biden Family Crime Syndicate have gotten rich abusing their powers and connections.  Their co-conspirators in government (e.g., Merrick Garland, Christopher Wray, Jack Smith) and the "mainstream" media have concealed the facts from the American people, and abused their collective powers beyond anything that most of us have witnessed in our lifetimes.

The stakes in next year's elections may be as great as any we have faced.  It's as if the warnings contained in George Orwell's prescient "Animal Farm" were staring each of us in the face.[6]. There, all animals were equal until the Pigs reigned supreme and subjugated the other animals.  Will Americans wake up to the fact that this can and will become a reality unless we act to stem the tide?

It has been said that China's Xi Jinping "owns" Joe Biden.  From the monies that have found their ways into the Biden family's financial coffers, there is every reason to believe this is true.  Like him or not, Donald Trump shook up official Washington from the day he arrived.  What he didn't know was where all of the bodies were buried, and how entrenched is the insidious "Deep State."

If he is reelected, he will have four years to "clean house" and pass the torch to his successor.  It is a monumental, historic undertaking, which is why the Democrats have been trying to kill him, both politically and perhaps literally, like Abraham Lincoln and JFK were killed.[7]. There is no denying that we are nearing a historic fork in the road.  Will we take the road "less traveled by," and reelect Donald Trump?[8] 

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© 2023, Timothy D. Naegele

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[1]  Timothy D. Naegele was counsel to the United States Senate's Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and chief of staff to Presidential Medal of Freedom and Congressional Gold Medal recipient and former U.S. Senator Edward W. Brooke (R-Mass).  See, e.g., Timothy D. Naegele Resume-21-8-6  and https://naegeleknol.wordpress.com/accomplishments/   He has an undergraduate degree in economics from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), as well as two law degrees from the School of Law (Boalt Hall), University of California, Berkeley, and from Georgetown University.  He served as a Captain in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War, assigned to the Defense Intelligence Agency at the Pentagon, where he received the Joint Service Commendation Medal (see, e.g., https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commendation_Medal#Joint_Service).  Mr. Naegele is an Independent politically; and he is listed in Who's Who in America, Who's Who in American Law, and Who's Who in Finance and Business. He has written extensively over the years (see, e.g., https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/articles/ and https://naegeleknol.wordpress.com/articles/), and studied photography with Ansel Adams.  He can be contacted directly at tdnaegele.associates@gmail.com

[2]  See, e.g., https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inauguration_of_John_F._Kennedy ("Inauguration of John F. Kennedy")

[3]  See, e.g., https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2010/03/20/ronald-reagan-and-john-f-kennedy-a-question-of-character/ ("Ronald Reagan and John F. Kennedy: A Question of Character")

[4]  See, e.g., https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2019/04/29/the-democrats-are-evil-but-smart-while-the-republicans-are-neanderthals-and-dumb/ ("The Democrats Are Evil But Smart, While The Republicans Are Neanderthals And Dumb")

[5]  See, e.g., https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12353145/Ukraine-drone-strikes-Moscow-shutting-Russian-airspace-damaging-buildings-close-Kremlin.html ("Kremlin threatens use of nuclear weapons in retaliation for drone strike on Moscow skyscrapers: Putin ally warns there is 'no other way out' after attack on business district that closed Russian airspace and left one injured")

[6]  See, e.g., https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_Farm ("Animal Farm")

[7]  See, e.g., https://naegeleblog.wordpress.com/2022/10/15/will-donald-trump-be-killed-by-the-democrats/ ("Will Donald Trump Be Killed By The Democrats?")

[8]  See https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44272/the-road-not-taken ("The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost")