A Republic does a much better job of protecting any minority opinion from being overrun from the tyranny of 50% +1 (DEMOCRACY).
Jasper
That was my point. After seeing hubby I understand the fixation on Jasper.
I guess Trump has exactly the same policies as Obama except he gutted the mandate from Obamacare, he massively cut economy suffocating regulations (which allowed Obama and his predecessors to pick winners and losers), he has funded the military after a decade or so of degradation, he confronted China on the trade imbalance, he approved the change of Rules of Engagement that have helped lead to the destruction of the ISIS caliphate in Iraq and Syria, he confronted Kim of North Korea and so on and so on.
And to your national debt point, which I also do not like, you do realize that we are the only country in the world who is allowed to inflate our economy and make other countries have to hold it (to buy petroleum) which, in turn, bolsters the very currency we debase?
Trump didn't invent that game.