Posted on 11/22/2020 4:06:53 AM PST by Kaslin
Every president has their legacy. George Washington set the standard for presidents, that’s his. Abraham Lincoln preserved the union. LBJ massively expanded government and helped destroy families. Legacies can be good or bad, but they are lasting and form how that president is thought of by future generations. President Donald Trump’s legacy has yet to be written, and if leftists have their way it will be as negative as anyone could imagine. But if there’s justice in the world, and intelligence, Donald Trump’s legacy will not only be positive, it will be lasting.
If you read the New York Times you’d think President Trump will go down as the worst we’ve ever had, if you watched MSNBC-CNN you’d think he’ll go down as a war criminal, even though he, unlike most of his predecessors, didn’t start any wars. But what it should be is clearly and unequivocally positive.
So what did Donald Trump do that should be his legacy? The economy? Record-low unemployment? No, it’s something much more significant and important, provided we’re smart enough as a nation to recognize it and, honestly, not screw it up.
coronavirus, like he could somehow have stopped a microscopic virus China hid from the world until it was too late. But the coronavirus response by the Trump administration led to what could be one of the greatest legacies any president could have: Operation Warp Speed.
I’m not talking about the program that created a vaccine in a fraction of the time it has ever taken to create one, I’m talking about what was done to make it, or more accurately allow it, to happen.
With Operation Warp Speed, President Trump exposed one of the greatest lies politicians have been telling for generations: the government is helpful and necessary.
That’s not to say government isn’t necessary, but what Operation Warp Speed showed us is just how intrusive and obstructive government has become. What normally would have taken years took less than one – a new vaccine, two, from nothing for a virus the world didn’t know existed a year ago.
Operation Warp Speed cut through all the red tape and unnecessary bureaucracy government had allowed to grow, unfettered, over decades. We’d gotten used to it, accepted it, to the point we were barely aware of its existence. President Trump cut through it like a jungle guide with a machete. In doing so, and with spectacular success, the president made us all wonder why it was there in the first place.
The fact of the matter is this: were Hillary Clinton President of the United States, or really any Democrat or any other Republican, this likely would not have happened.
No Democrat would have accepted the removal of government, any layer of it, from a process they’d worked so hard to insert it into. The thought wouldn’t have occurred to them. Democrat governors impose restrictions and lockdowns with the excitement of a kid ripping open Christmas presents; COVID is seen as an opportunity as much as a crisis, and they never want a good crisis to go to waste. Judging by what they’ve said publicly, this is a chance to change things, to impose their perverted view of “justice.” The idea of expediting an end to this opening is inconceivable.
On the other hand, other Republicans in Washington talk a good game about reducing the size and scope of government, but when it comes to actually doing anything to make that happen…they’re not so great at that. Either they campaign one way and govern another, or they’re too cowardly to implement the actions they say they want. Either way, the result in the same: status quo. If the idea of waiving regulations and red tape had occurred to them, the likelihood of them doing anything about it is almost zero. Highly paid consultants would’ve focus-grouped it out of them.
Donald Trump is a lot of things, but one thing he is not is a consultant-driven, focus-group typical politician. He’s a businessman who sees a problem and tries to take the most direct route to solving it. When it comes to legislating, it’s not really possible with Congress being involved. But when it is something completely contained in the executive branch, there’s nothing preventing action, and he took it. Most Republicans wouldn’t have had the guts because it meant also opening yourself up to all the blame if it didn’t work. No guts, no glory.
Donald Trump had the guts entitles him to the glory, all of it. And thank God he was president at a time when we needed a president with guts. As these vaccines roll out, remember he’s about the only person with a chance to be president who would have done what was essential to get us to this point.
More importantly, he’s shown it’s possible to rein in government in an emergency and make things better. Once people realize that, maybe they’ll realize it’s possible in non-emergency situations, and that it’s important there too. And maybe, just maybe, Republicans will start working toward accomplishing some of those other goals they’ve campaigned on wanting too. That is one hell of a legacy.
Barack Hussein 0bama, the worst president ever.
How many empires is Donald John Trump fighting? BEST President EVER.
I’m still thinking that President Trump’s legacy will in large part be in keeping the world from turning into one big Chinese prison camp. Reversing the worst foreign policy mistake in modern history that had been a done deal before he came along.
Justice IS NOT cruel and unusual punishment.
Amazing how this one guy can take on all this garbage, amazing
Absolutely.
The Pride of America.
Typical politician: problem shuffler.
“Trump legacy”? If Biden “wins” they’ll arrest Trump. Bet the farm bet your life.
For what?
I don’t doubt it. But I am confident that the Electoral College will declare President Trump the winner and not Joe Biden, when it meets on December 14th
Exactly “for what”
“For what?”
The lawless need a reason? Since when? Some of their number have openly stated that WE can be arrested for subverting the constitution in merely supporting Trump.
If Biden is sworn in and everybody goes back, grumbling, to their workaday lives for the next 4 years then Trump is in irons inside of 2 years on whatever charges they dream up. If they get away with installing a pretender, if we do not rise and 2nd amendment them, then the road ahead is wide open to their whims and they’ll know it.
STFU!
You are having a premature protestation.
Trump’s legacy can only begin AFTER he leaves office.
You shouldn’t publish someone’s obituary BEFORE they die and You shouldn’t publish someone’s legacy BEFORE they are done making it!
Profound, I know. In case anyone is wondering where that quote came from ... it was right out of my fertile mind.
(Don’t bother to slam me. I don’t read comments made to me and more important I really don’t care what you think).
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