Trump Presidency vs. Harris Vice Presidency

This week I had the pleasure of participating in a heartfelt debate with Sam Harris, host of the Making Sense podcast, to discuss the question of the hour: Donald Trump vs. Kamala Harris.

The conversation was moderated by Bari Weiss of The Free Press. Sam Harris is, of course, an incredibly smart man. He is also a man with a core set of values. He openly admitted his discomfort with many of Kamala Harris’ campaign positions. But in the end, he said he would vote for Harris because of one crucial argument: Trump can’t be president because of his antics surrounding the 2020 election.

I took the opposite point of view.

While freely acknowledging that Trump’s behavior between November 4, 2020 and January 6, 2021 was wrong, I argued that constitutional checks and balances have been and will continue to be maintained. Moreover, I argued that Trump should be elected because his presidency was far more successful for America than its vice presidency.

Under Trump, the economy prospered, inflation remained low, and job growth was robust. Under Trump, the border remained relatively calm and became increasingly calm over time. Under Trump, the Middle East began to become truly peaceful, thanks to the Abraham Accords and the containment of Iran.

Under Harris, the economy experienced its highest inflation rate in four decades; the border was deliberately left wide open and at least 6.5 million illegal immigrants entered the country; Afghanistan was handed over to the Taliban in the most cowardly and disgraceful manner, resulting in the loss of billions of military technology and the death of 13 American troops; Iran began using its proxies against Israel beginning on October 7, continuing with a wave of rocket attacks from Lebanon through Hezbollah and culminating in numerous Iranian attacks directly against Israel; the social fabric was torn by an intersectional awakening that divided Americans along racial and gender lines; and the federal government was weaponized against political opposition and militarized in the name of friends of the Democratic Party.

In short, Sam Harris opposed Trump; I campaigned for Trump and against Kamala Harris.

You may notice the absence of an argument in this formulation: argument for Kamala Harris.

This is because the argument does not exist.

You can argue against Trump; you can argue for it. But no one can make a convincing case for Kamala Harris.

Even Kamala Harris.

This is the story of her campaign – who she is. No. She’s not Donald Trump. Fair. She’s not Joe Biden. Fair. But she cannot answer how she will be different from Biden, except that she is not physically Biden. She cannot answer what she would do to improve the country. Every time she’s asked, she’s like a tenth grader who was told there was a quiz on a book she hadn’t read.

And it is completely unclear whether Americans are ready to make Kamala Harris president just because they don’t like Donald Trump. They tried this formula in 2020 and it resulted in the worst presidency since Jimmy Carter. It turns out that this time, the American people might want to hear a compelling case for the Democratic presidential candidate—a candidate who, unlike Biden, didn’t win a single vote in the primaries and was shoehorned into it in the primaries. at the last minute to prevent Biden’s impending collapse in the polls.

Will Kamala Harris become president? If she does, it won’t be because of Kamala Harris. She is nothing, an empty vessel, a fresh coat of paint applied to the battered jalopy of the Biden administration. And since they have a choice before them, Americans may be able to answer the question between Trump and Harris quite simply:

Were you better off in 2019 than in 2024?

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