Ike and Trump are similar that they avoided war yet cast no doubt of their resolve to fight and fight hard if necessary. Although Ike was more reserved, he oversaw a great peacetime and calm prosperous period where Americans were proud to be American.
The two have very different personalities but their hearts were aimed in the same direction. Ike chased illegals back across the border in a time when courts didn’t throw roadblocks in his way. Trump has had to make a superhuman effort to get a real WALL started and underway while getting the Mexican government to partner with border enforcement. Both knew borders were critically important.
There are many more similarities and I think Trump’s 2nd term could see an Ike-like serenity return to America.
Ike was really NOT much of a president.
I love the idea of “Ike-like serenity in America”