Donald Trump’s Presidency- the Real Work Ahead
With eleven days remaining before his inauguration as the forty-fifth President of the United States, Donald Trump is about to embark upon the most difficult job he has ever undertaken.
Unlike his immediate predecessor, Barack Obama, Trump managed to win the election without the help of an adoring media- the same advantage enjoyed by Bill Clinton in 1992. Unlike Obama’s predecessor, George W. Bush, he managed to win the election without the trappings of a political dynasty going back to Bush’s grandfather, Senator Prescott Bush (R-CT) who, in turn, paved the political path for his own son, George H. W. Bush, to eventually win the presidency on the coattails of his own predecessor, Ronald Reagan. Unlike Franklin D. Roosevelt, Bill Clinton, Reagan or Reagan’s predecessor, Jimmy Carter, Donald Trump won the election without having served as a state’s governor. Trump won the presidency without having served as a U.S. senator, as in the case of Richard Nixon, John F. Kennedy and Harry S. Truman. In fact, no president has ever been elected with less political experience than has Donald J. Trump, going all the way back to the nation’s first president, George Washington…
Yet, while his political opponents continue to beat the demagogic drum that he is therefore “totally unprepared” to enter the Oval Office, the very same people don’t realize (or are willing to admit) that “the Donald,” in a very real sense, has been preparing for this job since 1971, when he first took charge of his family’s real estate and construction firm. Practically everything he has done in the forty-five years hence, has enabled him to hone the skills necessary to win a national election, against all of the formidable odds stacked against him, and will likely serve to pave the way towards a successful stewardship of the nation’s highest office.
From his own project management of New York City’s Wollman ice skating rink’s refurbishment, to the many high-profile hotels, sky-scraping office buildings, resort casinos and golf courses bearing his name, from his television success with “The Apprentice,” to his entry into both the sporting and beauty pageant arenas, and from his own branding of a host of products, and even into the world of publishing, with his best-seller, “The Art of the Deal”, with rare exception, virtually everything in which the president-elect has been involved has proved to be an incredible success. Having mastered the skills of contract negotiation, project implementation and public relations, it can also be argued that Donald Trump has achieved more personal and professional success, than any president who has ever served as president.
While others have largely talked their way into the presidency, Donald Trump has achieved entry into the White House through determination, hard work and an unfettered focus on getting real results through his own actions- and he has done so, much to the chagrin of professional politicians, the mainstream media and politicos from both major parties.
Now, as he prepares to take office, the real work of leading a decidedly-divided country begins. Among the challenges he faces…
- Repealing and replacing the abject national failure known as ObamaCare
- Reforming the tax code which has only served special interests and has also sent a substantial part of our national wealth overseas
- Eliminating reprehensible and restrictive regulations that have only served to impair entrepreneurship, commerce, prosperity and energy independence
- Establishing a domestic and foreign policy agenda which places American interests ahead of a globalist agenda, which has all too often cost far too much in terms of national treasure and bloodshed, alike
- Renegotiating trade deals which have only served to export jobs and outsource manufacturing
- Regaining judicial restraint in the United States Supreme Court
- Defeating radical Islamic extremism, both here at home and throughout the world
- Restoring national unity and healing the divisions that have been the unfortunate offspring of political correctness, for decades
These are but a few of the challenges which now face this nation and the new president, as he prepares to enter the Oval Office. It is a daunting and ponderous list, indeed, and one that is seemingly beyond the capabilities of most mortals but, then again, there has never been a mortal like one Donald Trump.
Carpe diem, Mr. President-elect !
-Drew Nickell, 9 January 2017
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