Posted on 11/22/2017 10:27:22 AM PST by Oshkalaboomboom
One year out — How does the Trump presidency compare? It depends on who you ask. It depends on your metrics.
In terms of promises kept to the people who elected him? I rate Donald Trump the greatest president since FDR, including Ronald Reagan. By that standard, Donald Trump is a rock star! We’ve seen nothing like it.
Most presidents campaign on one track and then do the opposite after the election.
Trump has increased jobs, reduced illegal immigration, cut regulations, driven ISIS out of its cities, turned around the Supreme Court, finally fixed the worst flaws in the Veterans Administration and given Americans hope in their future. In terms of draining the swamp? He has been relentless, with pressure on both political parties.
The stock market is at an all-time high. Unemployment is at a 17 year low.
So What Will Academia Say?
Presidential historians and the corporate media will give Donald Trump almost universal condemnation for his first year.
Historians will typically ask the following questions. Did he have a great legislative record? Did the economy grow? Did he impact the Supreme Court? Did he change the executive branch, for example, add new cabinet posts? Did he wage and win a popular war? Did he give us soaring rhetoric that can be inscribed on marble somewhere?
By those standards, FDR was a great president. He had them all. Trump has two, a growing economy and turning around the Supreme Court, although they won’t like the Court’s direction. As for soaring rhetoric, critics will say that Trump has tweeted away his first year.
The problem with such analysis is that historians and academics cheat. They can be agonizingly subjective.
(Excerpt) Read more at newsmax.com ...
You sure won’t read this stuff in the “main stream” media.....
President Trump may go down as one of the greatest Presidents ever. Mitch and Paul will go down as losers.
It won’t be in the history books either but it won’t matter because history books are already obsolete. We are writing the history of the Trump administration with every post, and the internet saves everything forever.
Thanks Oshkalaboomboom. Oh sure, but he's no Hillary! :^)
Author’s list is far short of complete. He should add:
* HUGE diplomacy wins in the Middle East and Asia.
* Pulled us out of that God-Awful “Paris Accords” global baloney fake treaty.
* Got the Keystone pipeline going again.
* Decimated ranks of careerists at Dept of State and EPA
* Installing conservative federal judges everywhere
* Stopping bad immigration policy, e.g., temporarily stopping people coming here from hostile lands; ending Haitian “temporary” visas; forcing Congress to put an end to DACA or legalize it; ending spousal work permits for visa holder
* Ending subsidies to “sanctuary” cities
And ALL OF THIS without one bit of conventional Republican support. The man is already a legend in my book.
Congratulations, President Trump. Keep rocking the damned boat.
The biggest failures so far are not shrinking the government and the utterly ridiculous proposed tax overhaul. Tax reform should be used as a way to SHRINK government and reduce taxes on everybody. Instead, the GOPe is making it revenue-neutral, thus hurting the middle class while helping businesses, underclass, and elites. Not good.
I never get tired of reading articles like this one. Go Trump!
“One Year Out and Donald Trump Is a Rock Star”
He rates higher than any “Rock Star” out there today. Let’s just say he’s an American hero, shall we?
He is not the best communicator and seems to have some serious staffing issues.
That aside, I just look at what he has accomplished and it there is nothing comparable except maybe Coolidge, but they had way different challenges then.
My top our stopping the 221 million to the Palestinians, lifting federal coal ban, sanctions on Russia over Crimea, and Pardoning Joe.
Excellent additions! Amended Top Accomplishments list:
* HUGE diplomacy wins in the Middle East and Asia.
* Pulled us out of that God-Awful “Paris Accords” global baloney fake treaty.
* Got the Keystone pipeline going again.
* Decimated ranks of careerists at Dept of State and EPA
* Installing conservative federal judges everywhere
* Stopping bad immigration policy, e.g., temporarily stopping people coming here from hostile lands; ending Haitian “temporary” visas; forcing Congress to put an end to DACA or legalize it; ending spousal work permits for visa holder
* Ending subsidies to “sanctuary” cities
* Stopping Obama’s last-minute payment of $221M payment to the Palestinians
* Ended Obama’s coal-leasing freeze
* Expanded offshore drilling for oil and gas
* Ending Obama’s “Clean Power Plan”
* Sanctions on Russia Over Ukraine Incursion
* Pardon of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio
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