Why isn't Trump announcing support for Marijuana decriminalization?
It's an honest question. I'm genuinely looking to understand what the other side of it is. He can do it on conservative principles, it would take his black approval numbers higher, it would force Biden and Pelosi to support the opposite because they're mindless automatons, and he can easily spin it as a legitimate answer to the BLM movement (whereas the Democrat answer has been to riot more).
It feels like it ought to be a win/win, which makes me think I'm missing something.
President Trump is a teetotaler. The man is the greatest President of my time, and maybe all time, but I wouldn't expect him to radically go against his own personal morals on that front. Especially not just to get votes.
Beyond that, I think it's at the very best low priority compared to all the other things he's juggling. On an intellectual level, I support decriminalization, but it's far from the most important thing right now. There's a long list of things I'd rather see taken care of first, and I think many of those things might be negatively impacted if we went that route first.
Decriminalization seems like small potatoes when you weigh it against, say the low-scale cyber war China is waging, but it's a big thing for voters. I'm there with the president on pot and alcohol, I've tried them, they're not really for me. But, he and I are also on the side of freedom to make bad choices. Conservatives in general on the side of personal responsibility and choices. It seems like an easy win.
Thanks for your answer, btw. I was thinking there was maybe more to it, but you (and others here, aside from Mossad guy up top) said stuff I was thinking, too.