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It is unsurprising that former President Donald Trump is once again in the news. He has been talked about a lot lately. In fact, it was only earlier this year that Trump held a “Save America” rally in South Carolina, and he went as far as to call the current administration a disaster. He went on to say that Biden’s presidency has been a train wreck.
The animosity between the current and former President isn’t unknown and is certainly nothing new. However, the sheer entertainment value of Trump commenting on Biden’s performance serves as its own reason to be reported upon.
Previously, he also teased about potential aspirations to run again in 2024. He went on Fox News and said that he felt he is starting have no choice in the matter. He seems to think it’s getting bad, he simply feels a duty to run again.
In what could end up well buttressing the possibility, which is turning into more and more of an inevitably, Trump gave a speech this past Tuesday at the America First Policy Institute summit. He had some policy prescriptions that he outlined, specifically with regards to drug trafficking and cartels.
The former President was quoted as saying:
“We know where these gangs operate, what streets they control,” he said of the drug cartels pushing narcotics in the U.S. interior. “The police officers know their names. The problem is they’re not allowed to do anything about it. And they want to.”
“We need to get in there immediately. Go in every drug den, every stash house, every hideaway and round up the dealers and killers and gang members and charge them with any and every crime that we find and there are a lot of them,” he asserted. “To lead this effort a violent crime task force should be tasked with destroying these organizations and the penalties should be severe.”
“It is time to get brutally tough on the dealers and traffickers and narco-terrorist cartels that are stealing over 200,000 American lives a year,” he continued. “And yes, these drug traffickers should and must receive the death penalty.”
Trump then attacked the issue of homelessness that seems more and more pervasive in America… homelessness. As can be expected, Trump had some thoughts on this issue as well:
Drug squalor is not good for anyone,” he said. “For the good of everyone involved the homeless need to go to shelters, the long-term mentally ill need to go to institutions, and the unhoused drug addicts need to go to rehab or, if necessary and appropriate, in jail.”
“We have a problem. It’s a big problem. How do you handle these hundreds of thousands of people getting worse all the time?”
“… Open up large parcels of inexpensive land in the outer reaches of the cities – bringing medical professionals including doctors, psychiatrists, psychologists, drug rehab specialists, build permanent bathrooms and other facilities make them good. But build them fast and create thousands and thousands of high-quality tents, which can be done in one day. …”
“Some people say that’s a horrible [idea.] No, what’s horrible is what’s happening now,” he insisted. “We have to do it because you can put up a tent in one day.”
“It’d be two, three years, a long time if you’re going to build housing. It will be the best ambition of these people and all of us to get their lives back on track. Leave the tent city and be back to the mainstream of society.”
Not a bad start at all. So, will Trump indeed run in 2024. Well, Trump former staffer, Dr. Sebastian Gorka, told me when I interviewed him… “no question”.
