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A friend who supports Trump told me that she thought that Biden isn't a strong leader. Judging whether Biden "is a strong leader" is fairly subjective, so I'll compare leadership characteristics of Biden and Trump.
Trump employs strong-arm tactics and violence, promotes discontent among otherwise dissatisfied persons, has no respect for the average American citizen, complains about perceived problems more than he seeks meaningful solutions to real problems, supports nationalism and racism, ignores science and expertise, and is a very poor role model for American youth. While Biden has a mild personality, not the demeanor of an angry bully, his moral compass is good and I believe that his political objectives can benefit all of us. I believe that Biden is a strong leader, not in the Trump sense, but in the sense of the democratic leaders of most of the NATO alliance countries and of (most of) the American Presidents of the past few decades.
Obviously, I'm not a Trump supporter. I also do not support politicians who, regardless of what their conscience may tell them, support Trump in order to court votes from his base (for example, Mastriano, Oz, Perry, Keller, Kelly, Thompson, etc.). Please be objective as American democracy examines actions by Trump and his supporters that resulted in an attempted coup, and may have damaged America's security and global reputation, and now show the potential to disrupt or corrupt future elections. Please join me in rejecting Trump/MAGA corruption in the Pennsylvania 2022 midterm elections.
MARK RALSTON
Centre Hall
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