A President that speaks for ALL Americans; not just rich Americans, not just white Americans, not just (supposed) Christian Americans and definitely not just male Americans. All Americans regardless of race, sex, religion, lifestyle, national origin, or financial status. ALL citizens should be represented by their government and this is nowhere near the case in 2026.
Americans want the freedom to live their lives as they choose, speak their minds, practice their religion and protest when they deem it necessary without fear of government intervention or reprisal.
Americans want a judicial system that is fair, just and based on the rule of law, not one that takes forever to resolve cases and is led by a highly ideological Supreme Court that cares nothing about precedent, fails to support the Appeals Courts when the subject is either the Executive branch or Big Business and operates as if they are above the law with regard to case recusals or accepting gifts. A Supreme Court that has declared racism is “dead” in America whenever it comes time to uphold voting rights; that pronounces carving up congressional districts to dilute black or hispanic voting power is perfectly acceptable, yet doing exactly the same thing to see that minority populations ranging from 30-50% in various southern states have someone that ACTUALLY represents their interests is an “unfair racial gerrymander”. A Department of Justice that makes America safer, not one that simply pursues a vengeance agenda against any of the President’s perceived “enemies”.
Americans deserve safe, affordable, quality housing so that our nations children can grow up without being worried about having a roof over their head, staying warm in the winter or cool in the summer. For so many people in the millennial and Gen Z generations, this part of the “American Dream” feels increasingly out of reach.
Americans deserve affordable, quality health care so that families don’t sacrifice their health in order to pay other monthly bills. Health care plans with annual deductibles of $10,000 or even $15,000 are totally ridiculous for anyone other than the top 10%. The same thing is true for plans with monthly premiums of thousands of $. Why do we pay more for pharmaceutical drugs than anyone else in the world? Why do we allow wing nut conspiracy people to destroy our proven vaccine programs without any basis in science? Does everyone really think measles or polio are harmless?
America produces more food than any other country on earth. Why do people and especially children go hungry here? One in seven children are thought to be nutrition challenged. How is that acceptable? Why is food ridiculously expensive and in many cases out of date when you buy it?
Americans want to maintain their 2nd Amendment rights against the potential for a tyrannical or dictatorial government, but I also believe they are tired of “thoughts and prayers” for mass shooting victims. They want their children to go to a safe school without living in fear of the worst message a parent can receive – “we have an active shooter on campus”. No one really needs AR-15’s to go deer hunting or to protect themselves. No one needs to be able to produce 3D printed guns that are untraceable or even undetectable by metal detectors unless they are planning to shoot someone. I own seven guns myself, no one is coming to take them away, stop believing that kind of nonsense.
Americans deserve the right to earn a livable wage. Who the hell can live on $7.50/hr in this country today? Let’s see any of the “pull yourself up by your bootstraps” types in Washington try it for 3 months. People want the ability to get a quality education, whether it’s a trade school, community college, four year institution or even a graduate degree without putting themselves in permanent debt or obtaining a completely useless degree that’s unemployable.
Americans want to breathe clean air, drink clean water and farm uncontaminated soil. No one wants to drink from lead lined piping, ingest “forever chemicals” or selenium in drinking water or breathe in sub-micron particulate because we’re too inept or too corrupt to regulate our environment. They don’t want to smell wastewater treatment plants like we do here in NC because they are undersized, outdated and because we won’t require developers to build the proper infrastructure as part of new communities. They want their children and grandchildren to inherit a world that is livable not one that is contaminated with god knows what.
Americans want a fair and comprehensive immigration and customs system that addresses all of our issues, not one based on blatant racism and some stupid “great replacement theory” bullshit. A system that provides secure borders (not open borders), eliminates the flow of illegal deadly drugs like fentanyl into our country and properly vets entrants for possible terrorist or health issues. A system that recognizes a huge resident population of “illegal immigrants” that are completely impractical to deport, and rather truly removes the “bad” offenders like felons, while detailing a path to citizenship for the vast majority of those that are here for a better life. That grants citizenship to the “Dreamers” who arrived here through no fault of their own. That recognizes there are specific technical skill or low cost labor gaps that may need to be filled by immigrants, but that doesn’t simply provide cheap foreign engineers for tech companies at the expense of American STEM graduates. One that believes asylum for tyranny is a real need, but likewise understands we can’t simply be the refugee home for the world by putting quotas on it.
Americans want a country that stands strong against our enemies with the best armed forces in the world, but doesn’t want to continually drag young American soldiers off to “forever” wars started simply on a President’s whim. They don’t want to spend hundreds off billions or even trillions of taxpayer $ on weapons suited for the wars of the 1940s and 1950s rather than the types of conflicts we face today, They especially don’t want to see those expenditures while the Defense Department suffers massive fraud and waste from contractors, revolving door management and misunderstood technologies like a “Golden Dome”. Get the best bang for the buck and take the contractors that are ripping us off and put them in jail. Understand that the threats from hackers and cybercriminals are every bit as dangerous to us as ballistic missiles. China, Russia, Iran and North Korea are clearly our biggest threats, behave like we understand that, and enlist allies to help us counteract them as we can’t afford to be “America Alone”.
Americans see that the weather is increasingly unstable and violent as evidenced by 100 year or even 1000 year storms happening every week or month somewhere in this country. Climate change is real, it is aggravated by our long standing dependence on fossil fuels and it represents an existential threat o our existence. Floods, droughts, wildfires, hurricanes, tornados in unexpected places are all signs of this and continually take a toll on coastal cities, farmers, property and the population. We have the technology to address this before it’s too late but we can’t be led by a “drill, baby drill” leader trapped in the 1950s. That is what makes us hostage to the Persian Gulf, Straights of Hormuz, Venezuela and other crisis areas. We can have cheap, reliable energy without destroying the world we live in, we just need the foresight and persistence to make it happen.
Americans deal with AI every day in customer service calls, dealing with insurance companies, etc. I don’t know about you but my interactions with it are maddening to say the least, and almost always end up in my requesting a real person to talk to. Do you really believe the Tech billionaires when they say “don’t worry about AI, it will be great”? How many of us have watched SciFi flicks where AI tries to take over the world or put humans out of existence? Why shouldn’t it be controlled and regulated? Who really believes Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg or Sam Altman just to name a few are looking out for you, instead of simply obsessing with how rich they can become? Why are we spending hundreds of billions of $ on data centers that consume all our power and water when we can’t have decent roads, schools, broadband access for all or rural hospitals? When our bridges, airports, dams, sewage treatment and water purification plants are inadequate or literally crumbling. Why does that make sense?
Americans want a government that truly represents them, not a bunch of do thing, stock trading, staff abusing, absent from work, spineless jellyfish Representatives and Senators that respond only to the best paid lobby groups, and could care less about the average American’s needs? That have conceded Congress’s authority on spending (the power of the purse), engaging us in wars, the rule of law and almost everything else to the Executive branch? Why are they there and why are we paying them? Vast sections of our population aren’t represented by anyone. You really think the 30-35% black population in many southern states embrace the white privilege mantra of the Republican Party? You think the Jewish population in the Northeast, Midwest, West or Florida really relates to the Neo-nazis of the far right wing in the Republican Party? That the 50% of Texas that is Hispanic appreciates having much less than 50% representation in Congress? Our country was formed in part by a reaction to “Taxation without Representation”. Isn’t that where we are now? Why do we allow dark money to buy elections? That’s America of the rich , by the rich and for the rich, not “the people”. Why is that ok? Who believes billionaires care about the rest of us?
America wants a President who leads by example, who tells us the difficult things we don’t want to hear when necessary and who we all believe is working for us. Does “I don’t care about how long the war goes on”, “I Don’t think about the cost of living” or “We don’t have the money for social security and Medicare” sound like he’s thinking of you? Does the image of an overweight, “falling sleep in cabinet meetings”, diaper wearing, bad spray tanned man convey strength to you? Does a man who is a pathological liar, that berates any female reporter that challenges him, conducts insider trading and is clearly profiting off the office, demonizes immigrants and calls all black women “low IQ” set the example you want your kids to grow up following? A President who is bored with the functioning as President, but has plenty of time to discuss ballrooms, Arch de Trump, reflecting pools, putting his face on a $250 bill or name on any and every building in Washington sound like he relates to the day to day economic struggle Americans are going through? How does a man that shXXposts images of the Obamas as apes, or delusions of himself as Rambo, James Bond, Jesus Christ or the Pope at 2 AM really send a message of “stable genius” to you?
This your country America. What do you want it to be?