DAVI: DONALD TRUMP CAN REVIVE REAGAN’S ‘INFORMED AMERICAN PATRIOTISM’

My Dear Fellow Americans. If you’ll recall, right here on on June 16 , 2015, I wrote my first article on Donald J. Trump, and at that moment laid out the case for why I knew he was the voice America was waiting for.

I expressed my point of view with a deep understanding of the message and power Mr. Trump held as the voice for those forgotten, ignored citizens who inherently knew our Nation was infected by elites.

I had many conversations with folks in and out of politics and even known celebrities who asked me why I was such an intense supporter. With every bump in the road, I remained steadfast and articulated my reasons for doing so. This passion never wavered, not once, especially once we hit the general election face-off between Trump and Hillary Clinton.

America First was the battle cry we had not heard from our politicians in many years. Now, finally, a voice was speaking not only for all of us but for the nation that we love.

The election is now behind us and the real work begins. With the historic and monumental accomplishment we just witnessed by President-elect Donald J. Trump, I would like to look back to one of our greatest presidents, Ronald Reagan. What I am about to refer to has about as much to do with our national security as any other issue.

In his farewell speech after the astounding success of his eight years as our President, Ronald Reagan left the most important warning to the nation for his last words. I cannot stress enough; this final prophetic warning by President Reagan is so prescient it begs the question of whether or not Reagan could see into the future.

Reagan said:

“Finally, there is a great tradition of warnings in Presidential farewells, and I’ve got one that’s been on my mind for some time.

But oddly enough it starts with one of the things I’m proudest of in the past eight years; the resurgence of national pride that I called “the new patriotism.” This national feeling is good, but it won’t count for much, and it won’t last unless it’s grounded in thoughtfulness and knowledge.

An informed patriotism is what we want. And are we doing a good enough job teaching our children what America is and what she represents in the long history of the world?

Those of us who are over 35 or so years of age grew up in a different America. We were taught, very directly, what it means to be an American, and we absorbed almost in the air a love of country and an appreciation of its institutions. If you didn’t get these things from your family you got them from the neighborhood, from the father down the street who fought in Korea or the family who lost someone at Anzio. Or you could get a sense of patriotism from school. And if all else failed, you could get a sense of patriotism from the popular culture. The movies celebrated democratic values and implicitly reinforced the idea that America was special. TV was like that, too, through the mid-Sixties.”

This is why the press is having a cow of Trump's continued use of Twitter and Facebook....It already helped him do an end run around the press and it will only grow if he keeps it up.

It needs to continue but been done smarter and more presidential but.....it needs to keep going.

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.