by Alpha » Mon Apr 02, 2018 2:11 am
Despite RL's suckling on Trump's teat, let's look at this objectively:
First...it's nearly impossible to quantify a President's effectiveness and/or historical impact until YEARS after his term. There, of course, are exceptions (Cuban Missile Crisis/Fall of the USSR) but generally speaking, it takes time and distance. Thus, I'm not commenting on Trump's POLICY initiatives, at this point. The Dow's increase is inconsequential, for example. Most things the President says or does have ZERO immediate impact...in a vacuum. For example, the DJIA increased substantially under the Obama administration. That doesn't mean his POLICIES had ANYTHING to do with it...just as Trump's don't. And IF you want to argue that the SITTING President is responsible for all of the good things, then you have to play it ALL the way back. And you have to say that ALL of the negative things are his fault as well.
The problem many of us have with Trump, is personality based. Even...morality based. The guy is an abject scumbag of a human being. This was known before the election, btw. For example. if you (back in the day) had a problem with Clinton getting a hummer from Lewinsky...you should really have a problem with the Trumpster. I'm not even hating on the guy! When I'm 60, I PRAY I have the chance to knock the bottom out of a 27 year old porn star! Unless I'm married, of course. With a new-born. That's kinda not right...don't ya think? Also...Trump's tagline, during the election was..."drain the swamp" (which MANY OF US WERE IN FAVOR OF). Now...he's not the first (or last) politician to break campaign promises...but he damn sure ain't keeping them. The "non-politicians" he's brought in have either been "FIRED" or have resigned. He's (in essence) brought IN the swamp, in order to "drain" the swamp. How's that working out?
Trump isn't a "politician". That can be a good thing. Personally...I LIKE the fact that he's as nut-bag crazy as Kim is. It keeps him on his toes. Who knows? Maybe he'll get some kind of détente done with that crazy bastard. The flip side is that Trump is NOT the smartest man in the world. I think we can ALL agree on that. That's not EVEN A PROBLEM...just SURROUND yourself with those people. That's all any of us can ask! Have those people on speed dial, for **** sakes! Who does Trump have on speed dial? Fox "News"? WTF!?
Trump THINKS he's the smartest guy in the room. Yet he's not even smart enough to realize he's NOT the smartest guy in the room. That's a REAL problem. Know what you don't know. There's a problem here. He clearly DOESN'T.
And you can be bi-partisan to see this.