{"id":43946,"date":"2020-08-09T22:13:16","date_gmt":"2020-08-09T22:13:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=43946"},"modified":"2020-08-09T22:13:16","modified_gmt":"2020-08-09T22:13:16","slug":"wish-list-for-next-potus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=43946","title":{"rendered":"Wish list for next POTUS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?hashtags=MAGA%20%23POTUS%20%232020election%20%23ACA&#038;via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/biden.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-43912\" src=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/biden-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/biden-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/biden.jpg 307w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I want the next president of the United States to undo the damage done by Donald J. Trump. My to-do wish list is a lengthy one.<\/p>\n<p>And by the way, I hope the next president<em> is<\/em> Joseph R. Biden Jr.<\/p>\n<p>So, for the record and in no particular order of importance, I want the next president to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Reinstate our participation in key international agreements, such as the Iran nuclear arms deal; the Paris Climate Accords; remaining a part of the World Health Organization.<\/li>\n<li>Issue a new executive order reviving the Deferred Action on Childhood Arrivals for those undocumented immigrants who were brought here illegally as children by their parents.<\/li>\n<li>Look Russian dictator Vladimir Putin in the eye and tell him he faces severe economic and diplomatic sanctions if he continues to interfere in our electoral process.<\/li>\n<li>Restore environmental protections seeking cleaner air and water.<\/li>\n<li>Revive our alliances within the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.<\/li>\n<li>Start working immediately on comprehensive immigration reform. Accordingly, I also want the next president to strengthen border security <em>without<\/em> erecting a wall along our southern border.<\/li>\n<li>Restore policies that welcome gay men and women who want to serve in our nation&#8217;s armed forces.<\/li>\n<li>Stop the effort to kill the Affordable Care Act and instead work immediately to <em>improve<\/em> it and make it truly more &#8220;affordable&#8221; for millions of Americans.<\/li>\n<li>Develop a sensible and comprehensive national strategy to fight the pandemic that continues to kill and sicken too many Americans every day.<\/li>\n<li>Redeploy resources to developing clean energy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I am sure there are <em>other<\/em> initiatives worth pursuing once we get a new president.<\/p>\n<p>My hope remains that the day will arrive next Jan. 20 and not four years after that date.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?hashtags=MAGA%20%23POTUS%20%232020election%20%23ACA&#038;via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I want the next president of the United States to undo the damage done by Donald J. 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