In my years on Earth I don’t recall a more hateful person taking the Office of President than Donald Trump. Is it because while growing up he never had to deal with the word NO? Or is he unable to shed his negative attitude? Whatever the case, he doesn’t seem to play well with others.
During my period of active military service I witnessed many commanding officers taking over squadrons to which I was assigned. Some laid back to witness the situation before they began making changes. Others set about reinventing the wheel on day one. The ones who didn’t wait until they had a feel for their new responsibility seldom occupied the commander’s office for any respectable length of time.
Many years ago someone stated that presidents took the office bringing many different viewpoints. But by the time they had served their term they shared many of their predecessor’s views.
If this statement holds true for Trump he has some distance to travel before he resembles anyone I can recall.
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Just my 2 cents Scott, I think if we keep in mind his goal and his approach to that goal we can better understand Trump and his tactics. His goal is to return the US to a level of safety that it had in the past-he really wants safe citizens, and he wants them to have jobs-so he also wants prosperous citizens. His approach seems to be the same as in business-whatever it takes and ignore the criticism. If he is moving and shaking things up that he KNOWS will lead to his goal, which is primarily a focus on citizens and not [Trump] himself, then we won’t necessarily recognize everything he’s doing as a part of that bigger goal. We learn from being in the military, that things are strategized without those carrying out the orders having the benefit of knowing the strategy, they just follow the orders given, and a bigger goal unfolds eventually. I’m just writing this from a neutral position, and from what I know about what he’s doing, which is not from the press. It is from his speeches….what he has always said he would do if elected. Thank you for your post, I found it interesting.
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Thanks for the input. This was my point, to generate some dialog beyond the shouting and finger pointing. He should understand it’s the job of the press to hold his feet to the fire. They are not my enemy. The press is my only window into what’s going on.
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Agree, it’s hard to think clearly with all the chaos. The press does a good job of holding his feet to the fire, as they should, but I notice in recent years also that the press, each company, seems to ‘journal’ more so in line with the perspective of whoever the owner is, versus from a neutral standpoint, allowing people to decide for themselves. It’s more a ‘leading a horse to water’ than in the past, in my opinion. I hope more chime in, but more importantly, chime in with maturity 🙂
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Regarding responsible responses….
Barb and I were married during the early days of the Cuban Missile Crisis. We survived the ordeal and we were surprised when our wing of B-52s were all cocked and waiting. Years later I read somewhere that Huntley and Brinkley had figured out the missile threat and went to JFK with their hunch rather than broadcasting the news. But that still doesn’t make today’s press the enemy of the American people. And it goes even deeper.
Trump fired an advisor for disagreeing with him. Isn’t it an advisor’s job to help point the way? Now the remaining advisors are afraid to speak up.
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Since you mentioned it, it seems frightening that he fires people for disagreeing, totalitarian-esque? Even though he is an individual and not a state in and of himself. Anyway, I would be more shocked by it I guess if I had not worked for a few individuals who did exactly the same thing. I find that quite frightening.
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Back in the 1980s I worked for a car dealer who always signed an agreement with his managers that he would not fire a manager for disagreeing with him. This left the door open for progress.
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Agree.
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Thank you.
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Like even McCain said, media is necessary for democracy and to avoid a dictatorship.
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Absolutely. Just because they know to do their job doesn’t mean they are bad people.
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