Safer? Not a chance.

I keep seeing posts from MAGA saying Trump has made the country safer. That is ludicrous.

Gun violence. Republicans continue to do nothing positive; in fact, they are pushing to weaken gun laws. And FYI, red states have higher gun death rates than blue states. Still feel safe sending your kids to school?

Terrorist threats. Trump just fired 400 Department of Homeland Security employees.The USAID, now defunded, worked to build stable democracies and reduce terrorism.

Disease. RFK Jr, who does not believe in vaccines or modern medicine, is now in charge of the nation’s health. He is already putting in place an HHS team that will unravel immunization programs and lead to outbreaks of preventable diseases -- measles and worse. Louisiana just suspended its vaccine advertising and outreach program. The USAID worked to contain viruses from spreading. And Medicare, Medicaid, and Obamacare cuts – massive ones – are coming.

Climate disasters. Trump and his ilk would rather spend trillions after climate-fueled disasters (super-charged hurricanes affecting all southern states or dry-condition wildfires that wiped out Lahaina, caused catastrophic in Los Angeles and continue to burn the West) than join a worldwide effort to combat the greatest threat to our planet. To them, it is all a “hoax” or “woke.” Tell that to victims – which is, really, all of us – or to those who cannot get, or afford, home insurance.

Corruption. We will all pay a price for a lawless executive branch, absent of congressional checks. The super wealthy and Trump cronies get government contracts at will, court cases dropped, and license to do just about anything they please. Oligarchy means the rich will get richer and the poor and middle class will get poorer. Trump’s “Golden Age” is really another “Gilded Age.”

An unsafe world. Weakening NATO and aligning with Vladimir Putin over our European allies will be devastating. Emboldening tyrants never works.