You’re a little off there. We elected a front man and a man who can get things done. Sure, his personnel choices first time around were terrible in too many instances, but this time around they’re much better and he has a VP who actually wants to work with him and not undermine him and lie to us as Judas Pence did.
First time around he had a hostile Republican Congress led by that sniveling backstabber Paul Ryan and helped in great measure by the Turtle. It’s not supposed to be like that this time, but we’ll find out shortly when it comes to how much money is going to be spent on the wall and the legislation we need to reverse this offshore drilling ban.
Despite the bad personnel and despite the hostile Congress, President Trump still got a lot of things done first time around. He wasn’t just preening for the cameras and then spending the rest of the day putting into a glass in the oval office. This guy was working and trying to do as much as possible and he’s going to be doing the same. He already is.
You shouldn’t mistake someone setting the tone for that being his only function and purpose. The same could have been said about Ronald Reagan. He was great with the press and making speeches and setting the tone whether he was talking about the evil empire or The shining City on the hill. But in between those he got things done. It’s the same with Donald J Trump.
I totally acknowledge your points about Trump 1.0 not meaning it’ll be the same as Trump 2.0.
People learn. Someone said Trump the CRE guy dealt with sharks, but President Trump was dealing with demons. It’s a different skill set.
And to be fair, Diamond Dave has some vocal chops. He wasn’t Roger Daltrey or Jon Anderson, but he could belt out a tune. Similarly, Trump gave us three decent SCOTUS picks and a jammin’ economy.
But I still maintain that America doesn’t want a policy wonk, or even a master administrator. DeSantis got wasted in the primaries but, frankly, he’s a killer governor. We want a Frontman, more than anything.
And we got the best Frontman ever. I just hope his Human Resources skills are better.