Why America’s future hangs in the balance in November

Canceled nearly $138 billion total in student loan debt for approximately 3.9 million borrowers through over two dozen executive actions; fixed Public Service Loan Forgiveness program

Passed the Inflation Reduction Act, which will spend $20 billion on "climate-smart" agricultural practices to reduce carbon, methane, and nitrous oxide emissions

Issued an executive order directing the Department of Health and Human Services to review all current cannabis science and recommend whether cannabis should be reclassified to a lower Schedule per the Controlled Substances Act

Signed the CHIPS Act, which provides $50 billion to subsidize building microchip plants in the United States and fueling research and development

Brokered a de-escalation in hostilities between Congo and Rwanda

Brokered the first-ever trilateral summit between the US, Japan, and South Korea to ease hostilities and create an alliance to counter China

Launched the cancer Moonshot 2.0 to reduce cancer death rates by half over 25 years, which includes significant funding toward cancer-related research

Expanded access to telemedicine, particularly allowing telemedicine for ADHD treatment, gender-affirming care, and opioid use disorder treatment

Signed infrastructure deal for $1.2 trillion in investment into roads, bridges, airports, and more (over 40,000 projects have already been started under this law)

Strengthened consumer protections for airline passengers, including cash refunds instead of vouchers for canceled flights and clarity of airline fees.

I do not believe that any fair-minded person will accept or reject all the good and bad deeds I have gathered about the two men to support my case. But ask yourself, who is more likely than the other to safeguard everything dear that America stood for, for two and a half centuries? The stakes cannot be higher. What we do collectively in embracing or rejecting one of these two men will have monumental implications that will affect every one of us for good or evil.