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by
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In
2016,
Donald
Trump
promised
to
do
an
inspirational
number
of
things
if
we
elected
him.
Trump promised
he
would:
Eliminate
the
$19
trillion
national
debt
within
eight
years,
cut
the
budget
by
20%,
repeal
and
replace
Obamacare,
lower
drug
prices
by
allowing
Medicare
to
negotiate
with
drug
companies,
build
a
wall
—
that
Mexico
would
finance!
—
along
the
southern
border,
invest
in
infrastructure,
triple
the
number
of
Immigration
and
Customs
Enforcement
officers,
raise
the
federal
minimum
wage
to
$10
per
hour,
and
“be
so
presidential,
you’re
going
to
be
bored.”
As
to
those
promises,
Trump
went
0
for
the
bunch
of
’em.
Now,
Trump
tells
us
that
if
Kamala
Harris
wins
the
election,
the
United
States
will
go
to
hell
in
a
handbasket:
Harris
doesn’t
know
what
she’s
doing!
Her
father
was
a
communist!
We’re
heading
to
World
War
III!
If
Harris
wins
the
election,
there
will
be
a
1929-style depression.
Yeah,
yeah.
Bigly.
The
likes
of
which
we’ve
never
seen
before.
Many
people
are
saying
this.
Take
just
a
moment
to
remember
the
things
that Trump
told
us
would
happen if
Joe
Biden
won
the
election
in
2020:
If
Biden
won,
the
economy
was
going
to
sink
into
an
unprecedented
recession.
If
Biden
won,
the
suburbs
would
be
destroyed.
If
Biden
won,
police
departments
would
be
defunded.
If
Biden
won,
there’d
be
an
energy
crisis
for
seniors.
If
Biden
won,
your
guns
would
be
confiscated.
If
Biden
won,
your
religious
freedoms
would
be
assailed.
If
Biden
won,
there’d
be
violence
in
the
cities.
If
Biden
won,
the stock
market
would
crash.
Of
course,
Trump
was
saying
these
things
in
2016
and
2020
only
because
he
was
in
elections,
and
you
expect
a
candidate
to
say
crazy
things
during
election
season.
But
Trump
is
again
in
an
election
season,
and
he’s
again
saying
crazy
things.
Every
time
Trump
says
that
the
country
can’t
survive
four
years
of
Harris,
think
about
the
clarity
of
Trump’s
crystal
ball
when
he
was
making
predictions
in
the
past.
Mark Herrmann spent
17
years
as
a
partner
at
a
leading
international
law
firm
and
is
now
deputy
general
counsel
at
a
large
international
company.
He
is
the
author
of
The
Curmudgeon’s
Guide
to
Practicing
Law and Drug
and
Device
Product
Liability
Litigation
Strategy (affiliate
links).
You
can
reach
him
by
email
at [email protected].