The Stakes Have Never Been Higher

The presidential election this year is undoubtedly the most consequential election in our lifetimes based solely on the policy differences in the two candidates.

Kamala Harris has always been an open borders advocate. Trump is in favor of strong borders.

Trump is in favor of all forms of energy development. Harris has a long history of supporting a ban on fossil fuels.

Harris wants to raise income taxes and has suggested a wealth tax. Trump has called for the elimination of taxes on tips. overtime and Social Security benefits. He wants to raise revenues through tariffs that would also encourage more manufacturing in the United States.

On issue after issue, you could not have much bigger policy differences between the two candidates.

However, it is what lies ahead for the losers in this titantic political struggle that elevates this election from the most consequential in our lifetimes to the most consequential in American history.

Simply stated, the stakes have never been higher when we consider what could happen to the adversaries in this election when it is finally decided.

We know what happens to the winner.

Four years in The White House and all the power and privilege that comes with it.

In most Presidential elections we see the loser quietly leave the political stage where they are out of sight and out of mind for the most part. 

They may write a book, serve on corporate boards or pursue charitable activities but they generally fade into the sunset content with both personal and financial security.

That is not where we are in 2024.

Donald Trump surely knows that defeat in this election will not provide him with any peace and quiet. He will not return to Mar-a-Lago to enjoy golf and his riches in when he leaves the political arena. Trump will undoubtedly continue to be pursued by the deep state until he is either in prison and/or bankrupt.

It is clear that the deep state wants to teach Trump a lesson and in so doing provide a warning to anyone else who might think about bucking the D.C. establishment in the future.

If Kamala loses her future probably will look like many other defeated Presidential candidates. She will return to California, write a book and be given a job with a company in Silicon Valley with no real responsibilities and a big salary.

However, it is important to realize that Kamala Harris is merely a front person in this election.

She is standing in for the D.C. establishment

It is the D.C. establishment or deep state that is truly running against Trump.

They also know the jeopardy they are in if he wins.

What would be the result if there was a truly unbiased and fair investigation of the Biden family?

Of the Clintons? 

Of Nancy Pelosi's insider stock trades and those of other members of Congress?

What about the FBI and their role in spying on Trump, staying silent on the Hunter Biden laptop or involvement in J6?

What about the 51 former national security "experts" who stated that the Hunter laptop had all the earmarks of a Russian disinformation campaign?

What about the Biden administration using social media companies to silence free speech during Covid?

What about the billions of dollars in aid to Ukraine? How much has been laundered back into the United States?

Where exactly has the $1 billion in campaign funds that Kamala Harris has raised in two and half months come from? This dwarfs what Trump has raised and he has been running forever.

Has the Democrat fundraising platform Act Blue been engaged in money laundering?

What about Anthony Fauci, the NIH and the gain of function research on Covid at the Wuhan lab?

Donald Trump was very measured and benevolent in 2016 after he defeated Hillary Clinton.

Despite many calls from his supporters to "lock her up",  when he took office Trump stated it would be inappropriate and set a bad precedent to prosecute a political rival and the spouse of a former President.

Based on what has been done to Trump since then could you blame him if he would not be feeling quite so benevolent if he wins again?

Put all of this together on both sides and you can see why the stakes have never been higher in a Presidential election.

I don't want to say it is "life or death", especially in light of the fact that there have already been two attempts on Trump's life.

However, it is life or death insofar as the future personal and financial freedom of the adversaries in this political drama are concerned.

Considering the stakes, there is not much that would surprise me on what could still happen in these final two weeks.

Trump vs. the D.C. Establishment.

It is a dimension to this election that is very much under appreciated by most voters.

I can assure you that it is fully understood and appreciated by both Donald Trump and the D.C. establishment.

The stakes have never been higher in any presidential election in American history.