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.
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“Bull in a china shop”? BS. He was a ball; a wrecking ball in a condemned neighborhood.
I guess Patton was not “General-like.”
Unfortunately, he needed two terms to fully restore and fortify US against the coming storm ... but ... “they” took it back too soon and now “they” can finish what they’ve started.
The American Ark President Trump had been restoring was not finished and, ready or not, something evil this way comes.
No one could have done more against so much in the short time that President Trump had and I hope it’s enough.
The storm will soon be upon US.
Trump is The President we needed 30 years ago.
OR the majority of former presidents were not “presidential”.
Nor did the majority of recent former presidents follow the Constitution.
I’ll take the very presidential Donaldus Maximus Trump.
No he wasn't. He was cordial, sociable, debonair, polite, efficient, effective, sincere and civilized UNTIL someone hit him, accused him, impugned him, gainsaid him, etc.
HE NEVER HIT FIRST. But he ALWAYS hit back, and in ways that were painful.
Had there been ANYONE giving him due just part of the time, he would've been able to let some of the slights slide. But there wasn't. He had to toot his own horn or be left in the ditch by the incessant bludgeoning he took from the time he got the nomination.
Apparently being “presidential” is completely OVERATED and akin to being deep state and crooked.
The two reasons for President Trump were that he was neither a politician nor a Lawyer.
Definition of Presidential: weak, full of themselves, clueless, indecisive, couldn’t make it in business, mostly unfaithful to spouse, no adherence to faith and above all out of touch with reality.
Trump still is the President.
I liked him because he wasn’t a politician, too. Because of his business, he knew how to deal with others— here and in the world.
Keyword phrase:
“The regulatory state is the font from which most power in the United States flows.”
And if one should take a walk thru any federal bureaucrat office, one will find fat, low-IQ morons squatting at their desks stuffing their fat faces with potato chips and guzzling two-liter bottles of soda pop.
So, the question is: why do we allow it?
Simple answer: Most so-called conservatives are Mammon-worshiping simpletons and subsequent traitors, more interested in counting dollars than defending their families and communities.
Wow, bull in a china shop is exactly how I described him.
I’m hoping DeSantis is closer to the Reagan. I think he is.
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