Posted on 02/24/2021 8:03:35 AM PST by Starman417
Donald Trump was a bull in a china shop of a President. Or at least that’s the way the media, Democrats, academia, Hollywood and establishment Republicans painted him. And that’s the key to understanding Donald Trump... knowing him through his enemies. Voltaire said: “I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: Oh Lord, make my enemies ridiculous. And God granted it." That prayer very much applies to Donald Trump. His enemies are ridiculous. They are failures at virtually everything they touch. From destroying American schools and cities and the military, Democrats have made themselves beyond ridiculous in the eyes of anyone other than their fellow travelers. Journalists have destroyed journalism as the majority of the media in the United States today is nothing more than a mouthpiece for Democrat talking points. And higher education has become a cartoon into itself, with its focus on safe spaces for sparing the feelings of little snowflake rather than preparing young adults for the real world that exists beyond their ivory towers.
And the mortar that keeps all of that ridiculousness and more together is the regulatory state. The regulatory state is the font from which most power in the United States flows. The power to regulate gives politicians the power to print money… both for themselves and their friends. There’s a reason 7 of the 10 richest counties in America – out of over 3,100 counties – are located in the DC metro area. From cushy government jobs to high paying lobbying gigs to flashy TV news hosting positions to bylines at self important newspapers, wielding power or influencing it or reporting on it is what makes Washington so desirable. A perfect example of that was on display when hundreds of USDA employees decided to quit their jobs in DC rather than move out into the heartland when the Trump administration decided to place offices where regulators and researchers would be closer to the farms and farmers within their purview. They quit because they knew that Washington is where the power is, where the money is, where the influence is and where the prestige is.
President Trump knew that that regulatory state was a rope around the neck of freedom, prosperity and America. That’s why he needed to be vilified, attacked and eventually stopped. Many people ask how some Republicans could stand by and watch as the president from their own party was attacked and disparaged as Donald Trump was. The answer is simple, establishment Republicans don’t really care about party, don’t care about effective government, and don’t care about their constituent's rights. No, they care about only one thing: Power. If they could be out of office and watch government spending and influence slashed vs. be in office and watch government power grow, they would choose the latter every single time. Go along with Democrats and they get to keep their invitations to Georgetown parties, their sponsored junkets to exotic and sophisticated locales, their regular Sunday morning talk show slots, cushy jobs for their families and of course the promise of a lucrative parachute if they ever find themselves defeated. Rein in government? "No chance!"
It was into this well oiled machine of money, power and favors that Donald Trump sought to throw a wrench. It was this “You scratch my back I scratch yours” Rube Goldberg government contraption that Donald Trump sought to overturn. It was this "Go along to get along" understanding where Washington thrives by stealing citizen’s money and freedom that Donald Trump sought to expose. And that is why he had to go.
Donald Trump opened up a schism in the United States unlike anything we’ve seen in 150 years. He didn't do it by demonizing black people or brown people or Muslims or gays or soldiers or any of the other things the cabal of Democrats, media, and Never Trumper Republicans said. In reality, Donald created a schism by reminding Americans that the nation is indeed blessed, that while flawed, America is the greatest nation in history and that fundamentally, Americans and America are good. Donald Trump put the spotlight on working Americans… on factory workers and entrepreneurs and problem solvers rather than on the self important politicians and media personalities. This schism is based on power, not race.
(Excerpt) Read more at floppingaces.net...
What is a Presidential President? How do we define “presidential”.
Food for thought.
President Donald John Trump, the greatest President in recent memory, was exactly who and what we wanted him to be and we were privileged that he gave up a life of luxury and content to serve and work so hard for us. God bless him and all his own.
Trump was certainly an imperfect President but he's clearly tied with Reagan as the best President of my lifetime (which started with Truman).
For 30 years the Uniparty has been keeping the borders open and the laws unenforced to flood the country with foreigners in order to steal the country from the citizens.
President Trump was the President we needed to stop that.
That’s why BOTH parties cooperated to cheat him pout of office.
never really cared that he wasn’t presidential. I only cared that he did or attempted to (while fighting the entire establishment on both sides) do what we elected him to.
As he cleansed the Temple of greed and profit, Jesus quoted from Isaiah 56:7: "My house shall be called a house of prayer, but you make it a den of robbers." (Matthew 21:13, ESV)
Didn’t they say the same sorts of things about both Nixon and Reagan when they were in office?
He was far more presidential than any president since Washington.
Trump set the table for his heir apparent, and that is the most important thing, the movement must survive beyond Trump, and I believe Ron DeSantis is that heir apparent.
If they could all be like DJT then we’d have a whole better definition of ‘Presidential’.
“Presidential” based on what or whose standards, Vince?!
350 Million Americans... we can do better than Donald Trump. I voted for him twice, but when there is a primary next time, I will support anyone over Trump (well not a Kasich type).
In the article there is this quote... “I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: Oh Lord, make my enemies ridiculous. And God granted it.”
Sorry Trump worshipers, Trump was ridiculous. I don’t hear about many of you ingesting Lysol to cure the virus. He said 10 stupid things a day. We can do so much better and we have to.
The same stuff was said in a previous time regarding Andrew Jackson.
Other than devout RINOs the only other pubbies I know who criticized Trump were the ones who still think politics is a gentlemen’s game!
There can be no need, however, to multiply arguments or examples on this head. A feeble Executive implies a feeble execution of the government. A feeble execution is but another phrase for a bad execution; and a government ill executed, whatever it may be in theory, must be, in practice, a bad government.
Taking it for granted, therefore, that all men of sense will agree in the necessity of an energetic Executive, it will only remain to inquire, what are the ingredients which constitute this energy? How far can they be combined with those other ingredients which constitute safety in the republican sense? And how far does this combination characterize the plan which has been reported by the convention?
The ingredients which constitute energy in the Executive are, first, unity; secondly, duration; thirdly, an adequate provision for its support; fourthly, competent powers.
If being “slick” is Presidential then give me effective and purposeful like Donald Trump anytime.
Such a terrible, no good headline.
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