A review of the Trump Presidency
While the 2020 election is not over, I believe Donald Trump will ultimately lose. I wish him to prevail in our courts. We’ll see. In the meantime…
Donald Trump won election is 2016 promising to be a President who would make the wellbeing of the USA his primary concern. This was refreshing news after at least a generation of leadership for which the wellbeing of the USA was so much an afterthought that Jeanne Kirkpatrick labeled the thinking as, “blame America first.”
At a minimum he would say the right things. Example:
You can stop watching after about 3:50 at which time, Michael Moore then makes a number of laughingly incorrect predictions.
It is one thing to see growth in an economy when you are at that nation’s nadir. Trump inherited an economy that was doing OK. Where was there to go from there? His predecessor stated it would take a magic wand to get the kind of numbers and growth Trump promised in his campaign. And yet it happened.
Wages rose for the first time in a generation. Employment numbers hit a record high.
Trump engaged in outreach to demographic minorities. While improving wage and employment numbers across the board, the also championed a “Platinum Plan”.
www.breitbart.com
He further lead bi-partisan prison and criminal justice reforms:
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/a...y_lap_on_criminal_justice_reform_141594.html#!
Trump also promised to defend the US southern border with a wall, much as Mexico itself does with their southern wall. In the 1980s US citizens were told to show compassion to those who had criminally entered this nation. Pass an Amnesty for those already here, and then the government will really get serious about our porous border through which rapists, murders, child prostitution sex trafficers, drugs and more are flooding. The US had been betrayed. 10s of millions more have criminally penetrated this nation since that time. The establishment’s solution? Pass another Amnesty. Trump promised (with Mexico’s $, which was hyperbolic) to build a wall. Cut illegal immigration. It is argued he has had some success: https://www.forbes.com/sites/stuart...by-half-and-hes-not-done-yet/?sh=2b5bc27a6168
Conservatives have bristled under a judiciary that is seen to have grown arrogant, lawless , elitist, socially destructive and unbound by anything resembling law. They appear to believe that the law is whatever they hallucinate it to be. The Left, that has looked to the courts to impose their most unpopular or controversial positions appear to be terrified that those same courts will no longer hallucinate their desires into law. That’s a good thing. We’re supposed to be a self-governing people and we need to take our power back.
For decades, Trump has stated the US has wasted trillions in foreign wars. I fault him for asking aloud why rich Mid East nations are not picking up the tab for this. I don’t want them picking the tab up for this, but that we stop using our military as if they are mercenaries for foreign interests: bring them home. To his credit, he has resisted new wars, particularly in Syria. We were lied to by a bi-partisan pro war movement and their obedient legacy media. They wanted all out war. Trump did not give it to them.
On foreign policy, Trump removed us from stupid agreements, such as the Paris Climate accords, which would have done less than nothing to improve the global climate, but would have helped hollow out the US economy in favor of China, which would not be shouldering the expense of attempted compliance.
And speaking of China, Trump promised to improve our trade deals. Funny, but as he began that work with regards to China, COVID happened. Originating in China.
If Trump loses this election, COVID will weigh strongly in why he did so. Some claim Trump did not do enough. I argue he did too much. That Sweden, which did not have our lockdown and its disastrous economic and social impact, is doing better than, say, New York.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2...etter_covid_outcome_than_new_york_518021.html
Regardless, because of Trump’s efforts on our economy, we have not had COVID destroy our economy yet.
If Trump does not prevail in our courts, he will not serve a 2nd term as our POTUS. I hope, regardless of who our next POTUS is, I hope they have at least a fraction of Trump’s successes. He has been, in a word, great.
While the 2020 election is not over, I believe Donald Trump will ultimately lose. I wish him to prevail in our courts. We’ll see. In the meantime…
Donald Trump won election is 2016 promising to be a President who would make the wellbeing of the USA his primary concern. This was refreshing news after at least a generation of leadership for which the wellbeing of the USA was so much an afterthought that Jeanne Kirkpatrick labeled the thinking as, “blame America first.”
At a minimum he would say the right things. Example:
You can stop watching after about 3:50 at which time, Michael Moore then makes a number of laughingly incorrect predictions.
It is one thing to see growth in an economy when you are at that nation’s nadir. Trump inherited an economy that was doing OK. Where was there to go from there? His predecessor stated it would take a magic wand to get the kind of numbers and growth Trump promised in his campaign. And yet it happened.
Wages rose for the first time in a generation. Employment numbers hit a record high.
Trump engaged in outreach to demographic minorities. While improving wage and employment numbers across the board, the also championed a “Platinum Plan”.
Trump Announces Comprehensive 'Platinum Plan' for Black Americans
President Donald Trump announced Friday his "Platinum Plan" for black Americans at a campaign event in Atlanta, Georgia.
www.breitbart.com
He further lead bi-partisan prison and criminal justice reforms:
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/a...y_lap_on_criminal_justice_reform_141594.html#!
Trump also promised to defend the US southern border with a wall, much as Mexico itself does with their southern wall. In the 1980s US citizens were told to show compassion to those who had criminally entered this nation. Pass an Amnesty for those already here, and then the government will really get serious about our porous border through which rapists, murders, child prostitution sex trafficers, drugs and more are flooding. The US had been betrayed. 10s of millions more have criminally penetrated this nation since that time. The establishment’s solution? Pass another Amnesty. Trump promised (with Mexico’s $, which was hyperbolic) to build a wall. Cut illegal immigration. It is argued he has had some success: https://www.forbes.com/sites/stuart...by-half-and-hes-not-done-yet/?sh=2b5bc27a6168
Conservatives have bristled under a judiciary that is seen to have grown arrogant, lawless , elitist, socially destructive and unbound by anything resembling law. They appear to believe that the law is whatever they hallucinate it to be. The Left, that has looked to the courts to impose their most unpopular or controversial positions appear to be terrified that those same courts will no longer hallucinate their desires into law. That’s a good thing. We’re supposed to be a self-governing people and we need to take our power back.
For decades, Trump has stated the US has wasted trillions in foreign wars. I fault him for asking aloud why rich Mid East nations are not picking up the tab for this. I don’t want them picking the tab up for this, but that we stop using our military as if they are mercenaries for foreign interests: bring them home. To his credit, he has resisted new wars, particularly in Syria. We were lied to by a bi-partisan pro war movement and their obedient legacy media. They wanted all out war. Trump did not give it to them.
On foreign policy, Trump removed us from stupid agreements, such as the Paris Climate accords, which would have done less than nothing to improve the global climate, but would have helped hollow out the US economy in favor of China, which would not be shouldering the expense of attempted compliance.
And speaking of China, Trump promised to improve our trade deals. Funny, but as he began that work with regards to China, COVID happened. Originating in China.
If Trump loses this election, COVID will weigh strongly in why he did so. Some claim Trump did not do enough. I argue he did too much. That Sweden, which did not have our lockdown and its disastrous economic and social impact, is doing better than, say, New York.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2...etter_covid_outcome_than_new_york_518021.html
Regardless, because of Trump’s efforts on our economy, we have not had COVID destroy our economy yet.
If Trump does not prevail in our courts, he will not serve a 2nd term as our POTUS. I hope, regardless of who our next POTUS is, I hope they have at least a fraction of Trump’s successes. He has been, in a word, great.
