Republicans, Democrats, 3rd Parties, and the media all said he could never do it; now who's laughing?
On November 11th, 2016, I woke up to the site of Donald Trump leading in the election; if memory serves me correctly, Trump was ahead with 140 electoral votes. Honestly, I was in complete and utter shock. Without getting myself too excited by the thought of Hillary Clinton watching her hopes fade away I thought to myself, "Holy crap, Donald J. Trump is going to to be the next president." This was definitely an overconfident belief, considering none of the 6 major states had been called.
As I watched the map of the U.S. turn blood red, as well as the faces of Cenk Uygur and Anna Kasparian, it was clear the results of the left's detrimental activities had come home to roost. The American public is simply fed up with their [the left] oppressive and illogical policies; policies which only cater to emotion, rather than logic, fact, and reason.
Over the past 8 years this administration has made the world less safe both domestically and internationally, implemented a failed healthcare system completely counter intuitive to core American values, and catered to movements rooted in misinformation, hate, and violence which have divided the nation to the point of irrecognition. We have a border akin to a block of Swiss cheese and war tactics which resemble those of Vietnam. Our nationalized healthcare system was a massive glitch from inception, and now people are unable to keep their doctors and are facing up to 116% premium increases (1). There are people marching in the streets in the name of "social justice", unjustly infringing on the rights and safety of others. The country is broken, and the people look to Trump to fix it. The question is, can Trump do it?
Throughout the election my primary complaint about Trump was his vagueness. He regularly used simple sentences which described his changes as "great", "huge", "big things", etc., and was awfully repetitive. In his defense, there were some speeches of his that impressed me, but they still didn't provide a true insight into where we were going - just that it would be "better". ...but what does "better" mean and how do we get there?
In recent days Trump has set out a plan for the first 100 days (2), which offers some impressive points:
- Issue notification of intent to withdraw from the Trans-Pacific Partnership
- Cancel restriction on American energy
- Reduce regulations - for every new regulation, two old regulations will eliminated
- Protect America's infrastructure
- Investigate abuses of visa program
- Impose five-year ban on executive officials becoming lobbyists after leaving the administration and a lifetime ban on executive officials lobbying on behalf of a foreign government
Personally, this opens my eyes a bit to how we are getting to where we are going; especially, number 6. In my personal opinion the majority of the blame for our nation's incorrect path is on the shoulders of lobbyists. Rather than making choices which best suite the American people as a whole, lobbyists use billions of dollars (3) to sway politicians to do their bidding, many times hanging constituents out to dry. If you had doubts about Trump "draining the swamp", this should be a wake up call. Based off this list, I also believe it's safe to say he is serious about immediate job creation, security, and immigration (although we'll all be waiting on The Wall).
Unfortunately, we don't have much to work on as far as gauging Trump. All we can do is wait and watch with the hope his somewhat ambiguous goals come to fruition to the benefit of the people. I do believe this will happen, which is why I openly supported Trump over Hillary Clinton, but only time will tell. He has already delivered on keeping Ford's small car production line in Kentucky (4) and is currently working to keep Carrier Corporation from moving to Mexico (5). If president-elect Trump is also able to deliver on these 6 points within the first 100 days, I think it's safe to say we have president who is a man of his word.
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