Trump’s presidency will be judged on three metrics: ending foreign wars, shutting or drastically curtailing immigration, and restoring American manufacturing. From Patrick J. Buchanan at buchanan.org:
On many issues — naming Scalia-like judges and backing Reagan-like tax cuts — President Trump is a conventional Republican.
Where he was exceptional in 2016, where he stood out starkly from his GOP rivals, where he won decisive states like Pennsylvania, was on his uniquely Trumpian agenda to put America and Americans first — from which the Bush Republicans recoiled.
Trump alone pledged to kill amnesty and secure the border with a 30-foot wall to halt the invasion of our country.
Trump alone pledged to end the de-industrialization of America and bring back our lost factories and lost jobs.
Trump alone pledged to end the democracy-crusading and extricate us from the endless Mideast wars into which George Bush, Barack Obama and the War Party had plunged the nation.
And, upon how he delivers on these three uniquely Trumpian issues will hang his political fate and history’s assessment of whether he was a good, great or failed president.
Where this city stands is not in doubt. It is salivating to see Trump’s presidency broken, his agenda trashed, and him impeached. This city looks to Robert Mueller as the Moses of its deliverance from the tyrant whom an uncomprehending electorate imposed upon it.
While Trump’s support among his deplorables is holding — indeed, he is creeping back up in the polls — the outcome of the battle to bring him down remains in doubt.
Consider. Trump’s border wall was treated like a disposable bauble in the GOP Congress’ $1.6 trillion budget deal. Cities and whole states are declaring themselves sanctuaries for people here illegally and defying U.S. authorities’ requests for help in deporting accused criminals.
A “caravan” of a thousand Central Americans is passing through Mexico, aided by the authorities, and headed for the U.S. border.
When they arrive, rely upon it, the anti-Trump media will be there to bewail any transgressions by the Border Patrol.
The hysterical reaction to news that the 2020 census will include a question, “Are you a U.S. citizen?” testifies to what this is all about.
To continue reading: How Trump’s Presidency Will Be Judged
I think that the judging has already taken place, at least by the left. And now, all that remains is the carrying out of the President’s sentence. We can rest assured that it will involve at a minimum the removal from office, and up to and including the death penalty. I can almost hear the left clapping their hands in glee now. No, wait, that is probably Diane Feinstein, once again thinking that the President just said that he was going to give the Democrats another free gift.
I admit that I was a reluctant Trump voter. I live in Michigan, and so I of course could not afford to try and make a statement with my vote, since I knew that the election would be close. And I could not allow the possibility of Hillary Clinton being elected president while I had a chance to try and stop it. But now, I have to say that I am glad that I did vote for the President. He has done everything he said, and more. Is he perfect? Certainly not, but he is making the right moves in so very many areas, that I can’t understand why the left is not seeing the writing on the wall, and trying to change up their strategy and go with something else. Because the one that they are using now is not working.
One thing we cannot say is that Trump is afraid to make a move, due to fear of offending someone. He is the only president in my memory who has had such a firm and steady resolve and the ability to see ten steps ahead of the opposition, no matter who they are, friend or foe. No wonder he won the election, and no wonder so many on the left hate him. He makes them look like school children, and we already have enough of them trying to tell the adults how to lead the country.