Posted on 01/26/2017 11:33:08 AM PST by Jim Robinson
Up until now Ronald Reagan was my favorite president in modern history. But remarkably, Donald Trump has passed my hero Reagan in his first 6 days. Trump makes Reagan look like he was standing in quicksand. Trump makes Reagan look like a slacker. Trump makes Reagan look like a liberal (almost).
I was honored to be opening speaker at each of Donald Trump’s six events in Las Vegas, Nevada in the past year. At each of these giant rallies I recited a “dream wish list” of everything Trump might do in his first term. Conservatives responded with wild applause and standing ovations for each line.
Then I added, “Trump will do all of that on day one. Can you imagine what he’ll accomplish on his second day?” The crowd roared with delight.
But I was joking. I was dreaming out loud. These were my wildest expectations. I was hoping and praying he might pass some of them in his first 100 days, or maybe his first year, or in his first term.
I never expected in my wildest dreams to be guilty of UNDER-promising!
I was among the first to endorse Donald Trump and predict his victory- over twenty months ago. I said over and over again that he would be our generation’s Ronald Reagan. And that his “CAN-DO” businessman’s attitude would make things happen…fast.
But THIS is ridiculous.
Trump has gone straight from “CAN-DO” to “Already Done.” ' It’s only been 6 days and already my wish list is in place:
Trump used Executive orders to give the go-ahead to the long-stalled Keystone and Dakota Access Pipelines. America is open for business again (and high-paying middle class jobs).
Trump erased all mentions on the White House web site of “climate change.” He did that within ONE HOUR of taking the oath of office. Are you kidding me? It’s almost as if conservatives like me have died and gone to heaven. But wait, it gets better…
Trump erased all Spanish language from the White House web site. It is now “English Only.” It’s like Christmas in January.
Yesterday Trump issued an Executive order starting the construction of “THE WALL.” Liberals heads must be ready to explode.
He also announced the hiring of 10,000 new border agents.
He will soon announce a temporary ban on refugees from Syria and Middle Eastern war zones.
He also announced a ban on visas from dangerous Muslim-majority countries with inadequate screening.
He also announce the end of “Sanctuary cities” and the defunding of federal funds for any city that chooses to continue breaking the law.
He also signed an Executive order demanding the Secretary of Homeland Security publish a weekly list of violent crimes committed by illegal aliens.
Trump signed an Executive order freezing the hiring of non-essential federal employees. He is the first President EVER to figure out that government employees are busting the budget and bankrupting America with their obscene salaries and benefits, plus pensions that can best be described as insane. And there are far too many of them.
Trump issued an Executive order to “ease the burden of Obamacare” and as a bonus, made it clear to Congressional Republicans he wants Obamacare repealed and replaced FAST.
Trump said out loud the words “radical Islamic terrorism.” He did it in his inaugural speech- which means Trump did in his first 15 minutes as president what Obama would not do in eight years.
Trump has announced plans to dramatically lower taxes.
Trump has announced plans to cut 75% of regulations…and “maybe more.” SEVENTY FIVE PERCENT? Only a billionaire “CAN-DO” businessman aims for the moon.
What a breath of fresh air.
Trump withdrew America from the TPP treaty that kills middle class American jobs. Even liberal unions applauded.
Trump announced he will renegotiate NAFTA in a matter of days.
The Trump State Department will begin an immediate review of Obama’s final hour giveaway of $220 million to the Palestinian Authority while Congress had a hold on the money.
The NY Times reports Trump is preparing Executive orders to drastically reduce funding and America’Donald Trump Is Already the Greatest Conservative President in Modern Historys involvement in the United Nations and international treaties. I’ve been waiting a lifetime for this one. It’s Christmas in January!
Trump announced he’ll begin a major investigation into voter fraud in the 2016 election. He believes millions of illegal aliens voted. It’s about time a Republican woke up- I believe he is right on the money.
So here’s my message to President Trump. Start your investigation in my home state of Nevada. I believe the so-called “Harry Reid Machine” used thousands of illegal alien voters to steal the state from Trump and the GOP. Make Nevada your “Exhibit A.”
And I’m counting on President Trump to pass National Voter ID laws so Democrats can never use voter fraud or illegal aliens to steal elections ever again.
By the way, Trump signed all these Executive orders with the bust of Winston Churchill behind him- back in the Oval Office for the first time in eight years. If image is important and symbolic, this says everything. Trump is erasing Obama as if he never existed.
Lastly, corporations across the globe have all publicly announced they are bringing jobs and billions of dollars of investment monies back to America because of President Trump- and many of those announcements came BEFORE Trump was even sworn in.
Simply amazing. Breathtaking. Head-spinning.
And all of this happened in Trump’s first 6 days. Even God rested on the 7th day. I’m betting Trump doesn’t.
Can you imagine what Trump will do starting in his second week?
There is no longer any doubt- Donald Trump is already the greatest conservative president in history.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3518056/posts?page=9#9
Reid gave Landrieu 4.3 bn dollars...
http://www.forbes.com/fdc/welcome_mjx.shtml
H/t liz
I’ve now verified a number of mafia bribes to Reid. Once bribed, always bribed. If true that $4.3 b went to Louisiana, a Mafia link is not inconceivable.
Thanks for the ping! This list is great. I posted it to FB and my lib Friends are predictably outraged and/or crying.
I’m trying to find anything in the list that exceeds his constitutional authority... and I’m coming up empty.
Seems like everything either cancels one of BHO’s EOs or is within the scope of the executive branch.
(Trust but verify!)
Reagan ended the cold war and the Soviet Union, brought back the economy, and created a whole generation of new conservatives.
Trump has a long ways to go to match that.
But his start is increadibly promising. I can hardly wait at this point for what he brings us each day.
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It’s an excellent list and it is growing faster than Obama’s national debt.
Trump is not a Conservative. Conservatism itself is Dead and has been a long time.
Trump does not seem to have any Ideology, which I find refreshing. He is a practical President looking for Practical solutions.
It didn't take me long to realize Trump was a conservative in terms of his main issues during the campaign. Cruz was lauded by many as being the most conservative, but not in my book. We all can be very thankful that Trump became the candidate and is now our President Trump!
Yes he did but he never took on the media the way Trump has.
Trying to belittle Trump by comparing him to Reagan is just silly. Reagan was the greatest President since Washington, in my opinion but not everything that happened in his administration was good. The same will be true of Trump for sure.
You came to a thread whining because people liked how Trump has started off his term, and got some push back. Get over it.
If Trump fails to follow through on his promise to secure and deport he will have failed to keep his word and damaged the Republic more than did Reagan's amnesty. We shall see.
I don't blame Reagan for most of those errors but to ignore the facts is silly. Trump will make some big errors as well but they will likely be forced errors caused by his own party just like Reagan had to accept. That is the way it works.
No - I came to the thread because people have taken to tearing down Reagan in order to prop up Trump when it’s unnecessary to do so. As I’ve said, different leaders in different times.
The fact that you think the 1986 Amnesty Act was the worst thing to happen to this country in the past four decades and thus lay that at the feet of Reagan shows that you do not understand the state of the country, or the world before Reagan came to be president. Illegal immigration was not the hot button issue it is today. The Soviet Union and it’s aggressiveness, inflation and high interest rates, the crumbling military, recession, tax rates in the 70% range.......that was the state of America then thanks to Carter.
Plus you directly imply that Reagan was afraid of the media because he didn’t do the 80s equivalent of tweeting. Reagan had no use for the media because he went right to heart of the American people. Hence his two landslide victories, 1984 being historical.
Trump is not Reagan. To attempt to compare them is pure folly. To attempt to tear Reagan down for his admitted errors (amnesty, Sandra Day O’ Connor, not responding to the 83 Beirut bombings) and not acknowledge his impact on the world is pure madness.
At some point — and at this pace, probably really soon — he’s going to run out of things he can do unilaterally. Then he’ll need to turn his attention to kicking GOP a$$es in the Congress. And he will need all our support to put the pressure on our weak-kneed congress critters.
No I don't because at the time it was a very small issue which is why it passed pretty easily. It was the nose under the tent. Cancer starts as a small thing but it rarely gets better.
Plus you directly imply that Reagan was afraid of the media because he didn’t do the 80s equivalent of tweeting.
B$ you implied that was my intent, for whatever reason he didn't, period.
To attempt to compare them is pure folly. To attempt to tear Reagan down for his admitted errors (amnesty, Sandra Day O’ Connor, not responding to the 83 Beirut bombings) and not acknowledge his impact on the world is pure madness.
Then why are you doing that?
One more time, Reagan, in my opinion, was the greatest president since Washington, no one ever articulated the conservative message as well but his opening week was nothing like what we have witnessed so far with Trump. Pointing that out in no way trashes Reagan.
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