I was a huge Trump supporter, but have to admit he’s taken a LOT more punches to the gut than he’s given out. Firing Comey was the right move, but the timing was late, and the clumsy rollout was poorly executed.
But primarily, he simply hasn’t lived up to his pledges to drain the swamp, and investigate the crimes of the Clintons. In fact, the exact opposite has taken place, with Clinton cronies now investigating him.
I trace it back to 2 early things, first when he said was wasn’t interested in pursuing Clinton after all, then when he asked Flynn to resign which put the first blood in the water. He tried to play nice guy all of a sudden and immediately lost his footing, and has been seemingly bamboozled ever since.
If he wants to recover, he needs to go back to campaign mode, and have his own press conferences every day, where he speaks about how lost this country clearly is, and how he is actually going to deliver on his original promises, including building the wall and bringing jobs back from overseas which we never hear about anymore.
Else he’s going to start to lose even folks like me, who wanted a fighter, not someone who seems to just be stuck on the ropes taking punch after punch. Sorry but that’s what I’m seeing, what I’m watching of it anymore. Maybe there’s no one who can take on the Deep State, if this is all we’re going to get from Trump. If it’s all not just Kabuki theater to begin with, which I’m starting to wonder.
Sunshine soldier
Geez-O-Pete, man!
He hasn’t even been in office a year! The swamp has been around for decades - damn near a century? And the swamp critters ain’t gonna go quietly.
Why don’t you light a fire under your swamp dwelling Congress critters and tell them to back the President’s agenda or retire.
If Trump is going to lose you just because he doesn’t meet your delusional expectations of him, then perhaps it’s a good time to get off FreeRepublic and find something else to do with your time. There are plenty of good reasons to be critical of him, but there’s hardly any substance in your post.
I want to try out a hypothetical on you.
First, when he let up on Hillary, I saw that as a weakness at first but then I reasoned that if she quietly went away it would be worth it to not put her through the judicial system. But she did not go away. Recall that she came back and said she would join the resistance. That is when Trump fired Comey, because now he could appoint a new FBI director who would be free to investigate the Clinton machine where the statute of limitations had not been passed. He cannot do this with Comey in the FBI because he is a shill for the Clinton machine and always has been.
Next is the matter of Flynn. He was not vetted as he should have been. He was giving Trump good National Security gravitas but he did not disclose that he took a position as a lobbyist for Turkey. This is something that Trump appointees all had to renounce as part of Trumps plan to close the revolving door. Flynn was already corrupted before the train started moving. He had to be let go.
I agree with you that if he wants to recover, he must again meet with his base and hold rallies. He needs to get Congress to pass his agenda (and stay in power so that he cannot be impeached after 2018). I believe he can still do this but the forces against him are getting more confident.