I have been addressing the people on this forum. I don’t care what Leftists think or say. People on our forum supposedly support our President. We know what Ivanka’s beliefs are, and we know what Trump’s record on these matters is.
If we’re going to support the president, then I propose we do it.
That doesn’t mean that we support bad policy, and when he joined Ryan to push his health care plan, we all voiced our displeasure. We should not remain silent when it come to the implementation of bad policy. I do want us to consider all angles on policy though. If we’re getting 75% of what we want, and 15% more of what we didn’t even ask for, isn’t 90% pretty decent. We need to be realistic. We shouldn’t toss 75-90% away, just because we demand 100%.
Some folks, present company excluded, pop up on numerous threads across the forum saying the same things over and over, being as insulting as they can be to Trump’s daughter and her husband.
So even here on Free Republic, Trump gets very little respect for him or his family. That’s a shame.
Some will argue that he gets respect here. No, he gets about 75% support here, and that 25% is downright vicious. There is still a group seething here, and they look for every opportunity to jump in and trash him and his family.
We have a group here who trash Ivanka and Jared constantly. It doesn’t even have to be a thread about them. Further, those that pamper these people have now given them courage to open up about trashing the president as well. This constant negativity does what? Does it help our cause? No.
We are all adults, and we all know the Ivanka situation, and we have pretty much all of us expressed displeasure at what she is doing.
I am not going to go around the forum trashing her constantly. Trump deserves at least one forum on the internet that supports him and respects him enough to allow him to make his own staff choices. Yes, even if it is his daughter and son-in-law, it’s his choice.
Here are my thoughts on the President and his daughter.
Trump has opened the door for states to defund Planned Parenthood. He has also cut off all funds to international groups/agencies that support abortion in any manner. We know this.
As for Syria, contrary to what her brother says, Ivanaka says she and her dad agree on Syria. She did not lobby him on the subject.
As for global warming, the President doesn’t buy in and he’s moving the government OUT of fixes.
I disagree with her voicing her opinion when it conflicts with her dad’s stance. As president and her dad, he deserves better from her. So does the nation.
Her personal opinion does not matter, and she should zip it.
Now, I probably won’t address this again for weeks or a month.
It is not what drives me. Getting Trump’s agenda installed is what does drive me. He has been doing very well with that. Excellent.
I won’t waste my time, and contribute to turning this forum into a hate Ivanka and Jared center, that bleeds over onto the president as well.
I disagree with her views. I disagree with her voicing them from her position. I think what she is doing is disrespectful to her dad and the nation. She should have the adult grasp that her opinion is not important.
Her only statement on policy should be:
“I will refer you to the president on matters of policy.”
I don’t know what his reason is for her and Jared being there. I can come up with some educated guesses, but that’s all they would be.
Among other things, she has been his rock for decades. She is the one constant that he values the most. Isn’t it strange that she could disagree with him all those years, and he was still able to develop his own policies and drive them forward to become our nation’s new policies.
I’m inclined to leave “his rock” alone. It has been working for him..., and I might add, the nation.
Well, that's a switch, Doughty One!
That's what I and an overwhelming number of posters on this and one other thread have been stating in essence from the gitgo....and which you hotly contested, insinuating that we were "trashers" of the Kushners and by extension, undermining the President.
I'm unaware of any "group" of this forum doing "trashing". What I see are concerned Trump supporters upset at Ivanka's liberal statements here and abroad, and these statements being interpreted as her speaking for her father....as well as other good reasons for her to cool her jets as a member of the President's inner ring of security advisors. This is not personal "trashing", but well-reasoned comments from freepers here to express their views on the role of the Kushner's, mainly Ivanka.
Thank you for coming around to agreement with the original premise of all these posts. We end on a happy note of agreement.
Leni