On Election Day, November 5, a Caucasian asked me: “Who do you think will win?” My reply was: “I am a Republican and I hope that Trump will win. But the anti-Trump media has made it appear that the election is close and that Harris will win. So I leave everything to God. I trust that God wants America and the world to be better.”
I believe that when Trump was saved from assassination, God saved him. He must have had a plan for him.
The atheists and agnostics might quibble: “What’s all this talk about God? Did not Trump campaign hard in the battleground states?” (A “battleground state” is a state that could be won by either a Democrat or Republican presidential candidate). Trump indeed concentrated his campaign in the battleground states. His contributors reportedly poured money on attracting the undecided voters.
The strategy paid off. Trump won 312 electoral votes to 226 for Harris. Trump won all the battleground states, such as Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Georgia, Nevada, and Arizona.
ISSUES
The main issue in this election was the economy. In the only debate between Trump and Harris, the moderator’s first question was “Do you believe Americans are better off than they were four years ago?” “NO” is the answer of most people.
The average inflation rate under the first Trump presidency was 1.9% while under Biden-Harris it is 5.7%. The high prices is apparent in food, gas, credit card and mortgage interest rates.
Illegal immigration was another major issue. Trump denounced the millions of illegal aliens, many of whom are criminals or sick with contagious diseases or carrying dangerous drugs and guns, claiming that the Biden-Harris administration was allowing them to enter the country. They are taking jobs away from African Americans and Hispanics, Trump warned.
The threat of nuclear war was also an issue. Biden was risking a nuclear war with Russia by supporting and sending weapons to Ukraine to attack Russia. Putin was reported to have said that if NATO helps Ukraine fire long-range missiles at Russia there will be a war with NATO with the likelihood that Russia would use nuclear weapons.
WHAT NOW?
On the day after the election, the stock market rose by more than 1,000 points. The Federal Reserve Bank cut the interest rate.
Trump is not against aliens. He is against illegal aliens. Trump announced that his administration has “no choice” but to carry out mass deportation of illegal aliens, regardless of the cost. The federal government is considering using the national guard and asking local law enforcement authorities for assistance. (I have received calls about this matter from Filipinos who fear that they might be deported. If you are a TNT (tago ng tago), you might not be the principal target but might be picked up when the immigration authorities make their sweep of illegal aliens. So, it is best to legalize your stay. You have the benefit of having entered the U.S. with a visa unlike the illegal aliens. You have simply overstayed.)
The dollar will become stronger under the Trump administration.
Trump is a protector of American industries and plans to impose tariffs on imported goods. He wants our country to become self-sufficient on energy.
Trump has promised less regulation and lower taxes.
Trump said that he will end the Russian-Ukraine war even before he is inaugurated.
Many of Trump’s plans and policies might not require congressional approval. To the extent that they do, Republicans won control of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives and they will approve them.
TRUMP VICTORY, TULSI, AND HAWAII
We are fortunate in Hawaii that we have Tulsi Gabbard, the daughter of State Senator Mike Gabbard and Carol Porter Gabbard. She attended two years of school in the Philippines. Only 21 in 2002, Tulsi was the youngest to be elected as a Representative in the Hawaii legislature. At that time she was Tulsi Gabbard Tamayo. Her first husband Eduardo Tamayo is said to be from Laoag. After serving in the military in Iraq, she ran and won as a Representative for Hawaii’s second congressional district. I was at the launch of her presidential candidacy in 2019. Tulsi resigned from the Democrat Party, and supported Trump. She has become very close to Trump and helped prepare Trump in the debate against Harris.
Tulsi said on X (formerly Twitter): “This election result is a mandate. It rejects the neocons’ agenda of costly, unnecessary wars and embraces Trump’s promise to end wars, prevent global conflicts, revive our economy, and lower the cost of living for Americans.”
We anticipate a cabinet position for Tulsi in the Trump administration. From that vantage point she can help Hawaii.
(Disclosure: I first met citizen Donald J. Trump on July 20, 2016 in Cleveland, Ohio, at the Republican National Convention. I was a
Trump delegate from Hawai’i. After his nomination, he met with the original 500 of his supporters. I was invited. When he shook my hand, I handed him my business card, he read it, then he looked at me, smiled, and put the card inside the left pocket of his jacket. I said “God bless you, Mr. President.” God blessed him - he was elected the 45th President of the United States. And now he has been elected the 47th President of the United States.)
Atty. Emmanuel Samonte Tipon was a Fulbright and Smith-Mundt scholar to Yale Law School where he was awarded a Master of Laws degree specializing in Constitutional Law. He graduated with a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of the Philippines. He placed third in the 1955 bar examinations. He is admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court, New York, and the Philippines. He practices federal law, with emphasis on constitutional issues, immigration law, and appellate federal criminal defense. He was the Dean and a Professor of Law of the College of Law, Northwestern University, Philippines. He has written law books and legal articles for the world’s most prestigious legal publishers including Thomson West and Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Co. and writes columns for newspapers. He wrote the case notes and annotations for the entire Immigration and Nationality Act published by The Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Co. and Bancroft-Whitney Co. (now Thomson Reuters). He wrote the best-seller "Winning by Knowing Your Election Laws.” Atty. Tipon was born in Laoag City, Philippines. Cell Phone (808) 225-2645. E-Mail: attorneytipon@gmail.com filamlaw@yahoo.com. Website: https://www.tiponimmigrationguide.com
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