by KeithE » Wed Aug 29, 2018 5:54 pm
Asked my bridge partner (Jim) and he supports Trump primarily due to “Trump’s better climate for business”* which he regards as very important for people as well as the companies. Like the Corps of Engineers guy he likes the "relaxation of regulations". In addition he likes the cuts in business tax rates, and Trump’s stronger American stance on international trade (and is quite knowledgeable about that - told me several stories about China’s protectionist stances).
But he does not like how Trump has “conducted himself” - his "tactics at his rallies", his lack of hard work (always golfing, listening to news, tweeting), and treatment of immigrants (we need to let them in because "they help business" is his attitude).
Like me he could not vote for Hillary because of her laxness in handling classified material - “we’d be in jail if we did tenth of what she did”.
He is open on whether he would vote again for Trump (depends on who else is running and the Mueller investigation which will “very likely will end with Russian collusion of some sort"). He does not care about Trump’s previous business or sex life - “does not matter on his function as President".
Jim is a good guy - retired 71 year old, elder at his Presbyterian (PC-USA) church, was always a very good supervisor, and one of the best trajectory analysts literally in the world (the code he managed and used -STAMP- is the most used internationally). He is conservative in most of what he does (personal spending, politics, investing, bridge bidding, but not religiously). He lives in the most prestigious area in Huntsville - the Ledges. He worked for me for several years.
* quotes are his words as best I can remember.
Informed by Data.
Driven by the SPIRIT and JESUS’s Example.
Promoting the Kingdom of GOD on Earth.