You grade Trump's accomplishments for the last week

[Mountainmanbob]

White House claiming these accomplishments.

1 -- moving US Embassy to Jerusalem

2 -- leaving the Iran deal

3 -- release of prisoners and Summit with Kim Jong-un

4 -- rising approval ratings

5 -- making the economy great again

Your comments regarding any or all of the above?

M-Bob

 

[EastCoastRemnant]

I voted a B grade only because I don't think the issue of Jerusalem is necessary... not bad just superfluous. I know to pre-trib rapture adherents it might be important but I see no need according to prophetic scripture.

 

[sfs]

Sparked renewed bloodshed in Middle East.
Paved the way for Iran to restart its nuclear program.
Demonstrated that a negotiated agreement with the US is meaningless.
Promised denuclearized Korea, a promise the WH is already backing away from.
Annoyed US allies again.
Lets Chinese company off the hook for violating Iran sanctions.

 

[PloverWing]

It's a very mixed collection. #1 and #2 were probably serious mistakes, but #3 has the potential for great good. We'll have to see how all three decisions play out to know for sure.

#4 is unimportant. The president's popularity/unpopularity is much less important than whether his policies work.

#5: I hope the president has success here, but it's too early to tell yet.

 

[miamited]

Hi MM,

I am certainly one who wants to give credit where credit is due and I wholly support this administrations efforts to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capitol by moving our embassy there. However, Jerusalem has always been Israel's capitol but foreign nations have always been hesitant to proclaim so boldly for fear of reprisals from the other factions concerned with Jerusalem.

However, it must be noted that while President Trump has been instrumental in moving the American embassy to Jerusalem, the U.S. actually passed a law declaring Jerusalem to be the capitol of Israel way back in 1995. We just never had the guts to put our money where our mouth is in moving our embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. For making that move finally, after some 20 years of kicking the can down the road, I give President Trump credit and approve of his work in that.

As for the other 'accomplishments' on your list, I think the jury is still out on any benefit or 'goodness' accomplished through most of them. I am hopeful that North Korea will step into the 21st century and take it's place as a nation of people governed by an open and fair government of those people. Yes, three prisoners were released ahead of President Trump's summit with North Korea's Leader and hopefully some good progress can be made in that summit, but as yet, we don't know how that's going to work out. It's a step in the right direction just as when Reagan called on Gorbachev to 'tear down this wall'. However, President Reagan was a much more polished diplomat than President Trump.

There is still a lot to question about President Trump's accomplishments. For example, he has instituted some sanctions and within a few days of instituting such sanctions is now trying to work side deals to offer exemptions to those for whom those sanctions apply. He just doesn't seem to have a cohesive foreign policy plan and keeps stepping on his _____ (fill in the word of your choice) in doing some of the things that he's doing and then pretty quickly backtracking. This doesn't seem to be someone who leads with the decisiveness and clear headedness that we generally expect in our national leader. We'll see.

Personally, I still rate the president fairly low on the 'how am I doing as your president?' scale, but he has stepped up half a grade for his accomplishment in Israel. We'll see.

God bless,
In Christ, ted

 

[rockytopva]

I gave him a A.

 

[Phil 1:21]

I gave him a B. I'd give him an A if he'd stay off Twitter.

 

[Petros2015]

1 -- moving US Embassy to Jerusalem

Nice idea and probably reflective of reality, but going to cause a lot of bloodshed, division and be a bomb magnet. I hope he insured the building. I give it about 12 months give or take 6. I'm not sure why he felt this was necessary at this time. On the other hand, I feel like it has to happen sometime. B for ballsy / D for wisdom = C

2 -- leaving the Iran deal

F. Seems to have torn down an infrastructure that took years to put in place largely out of personal vendetta for all things Obama, which is a trend. No plan going forward, put nation at increased risk for spite. No reason for Iran not to fully restart nuclear program. Propagation of misinformation about the deal sold to the public in sound bytes.

3 -- release of prisoners and Summit with Kim Jong-un

A for encouraging summit and meetings. Hope he is able to be part of moving forward and be part of a peaceful integration of North Korea sometime in the next 20 years. There's a long way to go, but he can be a part of it if he wants to.

4 -- rising approval ratings

Only applicable in his mind and the minds of his followers as an achievement. Does not count.

5 -- making the economy great again

Not going to rate the white house on this achievement. Too many factors and I don't believe most of their self-press releases. I'm ok to give him a C on this. It could be more properly rated at the end of his term.

So overall grade is a C for these activities

 

[Dropout_Theologian]

I voted an A. That's my first impression but I'm not well enough educated on this to give a well-thought answer. Regardless I honestly believe the President is seeking the Lord so I'd give him an A for that. God bless.

 

[miamited]

Hi all,

Then there's always this little juicy tidbit as to 'why' President Trump might have expressed such concern that we were putting so many Chinese out of work:

Trump Orders Help For Chinese Phone-Maker After China Approves Money For Trump Project

Not saying that there is a link, but certainly needs to be looked at. How a man spends very, very much of his campaign rhetoric decrying all the bad things about China, but as soon as they seem to be willing to pour some money into one of his 'private' ventures, well...

One thing I've learned about Donald Trump is that the 'what's in it for me' is likely the most important question that he ever asks anyone.

God bless,
In Christ, ted

 

[Monna]

Jesus said "blessed are the peace makers..."

1 -- moving US Embassy to Jerusalem

Nice for Israel, but US loses credibility as a peace maker. A tremendous loss for peace in the ME, but perhaps the US doesn't really care. Divide and manipulate (then backtrack) seem to underlie the de facto but unintended "strategy" as witnessed in the Qatar vs Saudi/UAE issue.

2 -- leaving the Iran deal

Raises a lot of irritation, especially with US's allies, adding to previous similar irritations. Raises the prospect of more violence and strife in the ME. Hardly a peace promoting move.

3 -- release of prisoners and Summit with Kim Jong-un

Story not finished on this one. Potentially positive, but I'm not holding my breath. Certainly good for the prisoners. US was not alone in this effort. Arrogant to claim all the credit.

4 -- rising approval ratings

irrelevant.

5 -- making the economy great again

the economy was doing fine when he took over. Threats of tarrifs and renegotiated agreements have increased tensions (rather than cooperation and collaboration), and these specific stories are not finished either. Trump has never defined, as far as I can tell, in which way he wants "America" to be great again.

Summary
It's too early to give Trump and his Administration a grade. The very suggestion that one can do this on a weekly basis shows (me) that the age of "instant ..." remains strong, and that the lessons of (long) history have not been well digested.

Regardless I honestly believe the President is seeking the Lord

Jesus also said "Seek FIRST the kingdom of God and HIS righteousness and all these things shall be added unto you." This applies to nations as well as individuals, as the entire OT is meant (among other things) to prove. I see little evidence of this being done by Trump or his administration.

 

[Dropout_Theologian]

Jesus also said "Seek FIRST the kingdom of God and HIS righteousness and all these things shall be added unto you." This applies to nations as well as individuals, as the entire OT is meant (among other things) to prove. I see little evidence of this being done by Trump or his administration.

Respectfully, he's on good terms with Israel, which are physically (sometimes spiritually) speaking God's people; he moved the embassy to Jerusalem under the given assumption that this was God's will (article); and very recently he's increasing the effective rights of religious groups in America while receiving mostly negative news coverage for it (screenshots). I respect your opinion sir but, in my opinion, either religion or religious voters are on his mind, and I believe the former. Though he's rough around the edges I believe our president is actually a Christian and he's showing that he serves God.

 

[Denadii]

Sparked renewed bloodshed in Middle East.
Paved the way for Iran to restart its nuclear program.
Demonstrated that a negotiated agreement with the US is meaningless.
Promised denuclearized Korea, a promise the WH is already backing away from.
Annoyed US allies again.
Lets Chinese company off the hook for violating Iran sanctions.

Gave another reason for terrorists to kill innocent people, as if they need an excuse.

Sparked renewed bloodshed in Middle East.
Paved the way for Iran to restart its nuclear program.
Demonstrated that a negotiated agreement with the US is meaningless.
Promised denuclearized Korea, a promise the WH is already backing away from.
Annoyed US allies again.
Lets Chinese company off the hook for violating Iran sanctions.

Gave the terrorists another reason to kill innocent people. Not that they need a single reason to kill..They kill because they like to kill..

Iran never stopped their nuclear program.

Demonstrated that the United States can admit they made a mistake and can correct it.

Promised to work with North Korea to denuclearize...North Korea still has the decision.

If standing for the truth and for right annoys people...So be it.

Trump is president of the United States...not of the World...

It takes time to clean up the mess the democrats did in the last eight years.

 

[Denadii]

It's a very mixed collection. #1 and #2 were probably serious mistakes, but #3 has the potential for great good. We'll have to see how all three decisions play out to know for sure.

#4 is unimportant. The president's popularity/unpopularity is much less important than whether his policies work.

#5: I hope the president has success here, but it's too early to tell yet.

Why would #1 & 2 be mistakes?

 

[Mountainmanbob]

Interesting because at this point in time the poll is pretty much split down the middle. Kind of like the United States population. Close to half love Trump and close to half do not approve of Trump.

Probably should not have used the word love, I'm sure there will be somecomplaints.

M-Bob

 

[PloverWing]

Why would #1 & 2 be mistakes?

#1 contributes to instability in the Middle East, as it's probably going to make a peaceful settlement between Israel and Palestine more difficult.

#2 allows Iran to resume its development of nuclear weapons. It's not for me to tell a sovereign nation what to do, I suppose, but I'd rather not see Iran become a nuclear power.

 

[Yarddog]

White House claiming these accomplishments.

1 -- moving US Embassy to Jerusalem

Completely unnecessary and has caused death and injury to hundreds plus lessened any hope of peace.

2 -- leaving the Iran deal

Again, hurts US ability to broker deals in the world. Deal can go on without US.

3 -- release of prisoners and Summit with Kim Jong-un

Thanks President Xi.

4 -- rising approval ratings

Ratings improved but still low.

5 -- making the economy great again

If the economy is great now, it was great before he was elected.

Your comments regarding any or all of the above?

M-Bob

God bless

 

[Mountainmanbob]

#1 contributes to instability in the Middle East, as it's probably going to make a peaceful settlement between Israel and Palestine more difficult.

#2 allows Iran to resume its development of nuclear weapons. It's not for me to tell a sovereign nation what to do, I suppose, but I'd rather not see Iran become a nuclear power.

Palestine is being controlled by Hamas and they don't want peace.

You need not tell Iran what to do, we have Trump for that.

M-Bob

 

[mark kennedy]

White House claiming these accomplishments.

1 -- moving US Embassy to Jerusalem

Reckless.

2 -- leaving the Iran deal

He has nothing to replace it, careless.

3 -- release of prisoners and Summit with Kim Jong-un

Nice for them but pointless politically, North Korea does stuff like this.

4 -- rising approval ratings

At 42% according to fivethirtyeight, nothing to brag about.

5 -- making the economy great again

Baloney.

Your comments regarding any or all of the above?

M-Bob

He should spend as much time as possible on the gold course.

 

[Bobber]

White House claiming these accomplishments.

1 -- moving US Embassy to Jerusalem

Well for people who are basically natural realm people not really seeing any spiritual significance to the act....not a big deal after all it's just a bunch of offices taken to a new location. As it comes to my faith however....I believe Israel has been brought back into the land to fulfill a prophecy....basically that Jesus would rule some day as King from Jerusalem. He comes back to the Earth, the exact time when world nations rail against Israel and go down into the land to rout them out....commonly referred to as the Battle of Armageddon. God haters will lose that battle and it can be read about in Rev 16. The fact that the United States at least it's leader has shown to be a friend to Israel just even having the courage to stand against the status quo I'm thinking will fare well for President Trump. I'm guessing God will show favor to his administration even for this very act. Could be wrong but we'll see.