Hi jiminz,
Thanks for your response.
Everything you say has a modicum of truth to it, but when I look back at the Last (4) Administrations, I do't see any one of them that have accomplished for the US that this Administration has.
I absolutely agree with that. I'd even go so far as to say that there hasn't been a presidential administration in my lifetime that has accomplished what this administration has.
Used derogatory name calling as a method of dealing with others...Nope! Not a one.
Continuously and regularly made up facts, figures, statistics...Nope! Not a one.
Ticked off just about every ally that we have...Nope! Not a one.
Seemed so utterly and completely out of touch with the reality of the job...Nope! Not a one.
Created so much noise while getting so little accomplished...Nope! Not a one.
Running trillion dollar deficit budget while having a healthy economy...Nope! Not a one.
Pretty much unable to get any meaningful legislation passed...Nope! Not a one.
So yes, I'm in agreement with you that none of the last 4 administrations have accomplished what this administration has. Problem is, I don't see those accomplishments as being good things for the country, which is where you and I seem to be at odds.
I don't see it as a good thing that instead of trying to work with others, this administration seems to be doing its very best at widening the division between our own political parties and other nations across the globe. I don't see it as a good thing that this administration has done its best to throw the entire world economy into a frenzy with tariffs, that so far, don't seem to be reaching an end game of any kind of success. Europe wants to throw tariffs back at us. China hasn't budged in over a year now. We've had to create a $16B fund to keep our own farmers afloat while this game of power is playing out. For what? What's the purpose in all of this.
As I've written before, so far, the only benefit to out international trade that is better than what it was 4 years ago and prior to that, is that we can now sell our dairy goods to Canada. I'm pretty sure we could have opened that meager market with a lot less of this grandstanding power play that President Trump has involved us in. The problem, as I see it, is that despite his book 'Art of the Deal', which is now some 30 years old, Donald Trump isn't really much of a deal maker. He's just a bully that sometimes got his way in private business by his bullying tactics. However, when we measure his entire career against other successful entrepreneur's entire careers, he hasn't really been particularly successful. There are a lot of captains of business who have made similar incomes that have not left the pile of train wrecks behind them.
Just my 2¢ worth. However, it would seem that, based on national polling, my understanding is shared by a very, very many other people.
God bless,
In Christ, ted
