Muh… Not wimping out on anything… I voted for him… I will probably vote for him again as he is the only person on the right with the mantle to move the country in a generally correct direction. Does he get a pass for bad actions? Hell no. I once read a tweet, no doubt by a very progressive liberal in a really ironic moment that said “Donald Trump is what happens when you tell a child all his ideas are special.”
While you are correct that he does catch a lot of flack, much of it is his own doing. Like I said above, the video I initially watched and posted as OP was incomplete… the full video showed a fuller picture of what happened. In his own and dare I say, very crude way, he did indeed ‘own’ them, but the fact remains that had he prepared for his ‘setup’ with a little mirror time practice and a firm understanding of the problem, he could have done much better and would have left the media far less fodder to feed off of. … not only at putting them in a bad light but selling it to the swing voters who are actually the ones who will see him reelected. He sold the show to his base… Above was a comment that said ‘Every red blooded American saw it exactly the same way.’ It implies that every swing voter got it… sorry no.
Is this president keeping his promises?.. That is a definite maybe.
I have never ‘rode the Trump train’ without question because he is not a Conservative, he is not small government and he is not a constitutionalist and anyone who believes that he is, is fooling themselves in a rather profound way.
He has appointed some good judges from a list that I am sure was constructed by someone else and that is good. He has however, back peddled on gun control although he said your second amendment is ‘safe with him’ … bump stock is law… and he has not used his justice department to counter act many states finding ways to destroy people’s rights to keep and bear arms. As a matter of fact, this ‘constitutionalist’ president told the world that not only was he for gun control, he would take away guns and worry about due process later… and state laws started popping up to do just that.
I am positive that he will give amnesty to at least 1.5 million DACA individuals (not the 60K that was the original number) and will not find a way to end chain migration or birthright citizenship all in the name of a border wall which, if built, will only solve about a third of our illegal immigration problems. I will be very surprised and apologetic if he does…
I might be a bit predictive here but I think he is pissing people off in a way that will bring forces together in the treasury, trade and the FED that is going to derail the economy. Now I’m not so certain that a recession or worse wasn’t already cooked into our future starting with actions in 2008 but his masterless use of twitter and less than contemplated outbursts are indeed doing him… and America no favors.
I am proud of his tenacity and relentless energy in pursuit of the wall but I just hope he doesn’t burn everything else down around him in its pursuit. I too contemplate the ‘what comes next’ after Trump and it is a scary thought and Trump needs to continue to use twitter but with wiser words and pick his battles… he doesn’t need to slap Lebron James and let the FBI and Secret Service worry about asshat Kathy Griffin.
I like him for his general direction, I support him, I wish the best for him and our country under his leadership, but he nor anyone else gets a pass for denigrating the presidents chair. While his does face huge headwinds and they may have been there regardless of the demeanour he set when he went down the escalator announcing his candidacy, he has not used the bully pulpit beyond his 140 limit… Fine use twitter to keep the media off balance, but understand that he has passed absolutely nothing that his nevertrumper opposition didn’t agree to pass and the president can only do so much without a willing congress. For better or worse, FDR moved the country with his fireside chats and if trump needs a full time speech writer and presentation coach to deliver good clear visions to the country, then he needs to start interviewing them.
I understand that our country has strayed off its path by a very long way and getting it back on path will require breaking some eggs but in doing so, our man needs a bit of after work finishing school lessons… then I don’t think I will gripe about him at all.
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