To bad your ability to reason isn't as good as your ability to insult. Insults are all you have.
Trump's role in the Trump administration
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President Trump had another winning week
Which means you did too.
His formula is simple: hire the best, let them do their thing, and sell it to the public.
Donald Trump has done that for 45 years as a chief executive officer. His architects, project managers, contractors, concierges, ghostwriters, et cetera, are always the best. He gives them great leeway.
But his role is that of the salesman. Always Be Closing, right?
General Mattis is a fine example. Trump said annihilate the Islamic State. OK. Next thing you know, MOABs are dropping on their headquarters in Afghanistan. Suddenly the sphincters of the evil-doers of the world shrank two sizes too small.
The stock market gets Trump. He's a CEO -- a particular kind -- an Iaccoca or a Jack Welch. Investors get it, which is why stocks are bubbling.
From the Washington Free Beacon:
In the first quarter of 2017, Americans’ net worth hit $94.8 trillion, which was up 1.4 percent, the Associated Press reported.According to the Federal Reserve, stock and mutual fund portfolios increased by $1.3 trillion in value and home values were up $499 billion.Before the recession, which began in December 2007, household net worth stood at about $66.5 trillion.Household net worth has greatly increased since then.“Record-high stock prices are the primary driver of greater household wealth,” the article states. “The Dow Jones industrial average has more than tripled from its recession-era low of 6,547 to 21,174 on Wednesday.”My 401-k grows and I am happy.
America is getting back closer to where we should be -- up almost 50 percent in the last 10 years.
President Trump has little more to do with this than sign the documents. Congress passed 14 resolutions rolling back a few of the draconian Obama administration fiats. Trump's Cabinet is doing the rest. Jeff Sessions is cracking down on crime. EPA's Scott Pruitt is undoing Obama's damage. Ryan Zinke at Interior is doing his thing.
Everyone has a role.
And Trump's main role is to be the flack and the flak-catcher of his own administration. Oh, he calls the shots. Sure. But he lets the experts do their job.
Those who suck get canned. Comey was the first, but not the last, to go.
Trump caught hell for it, but as we saw this week, Trump made the right call.
He won't always be right, of course, but his tirades against the press have done enough damage to blunt the impact of a bad call, bad move, or actual scandal.
The dummies never let up -- and made major mistakes.
Golden showers?
Really?
President Trump 40-plus years of experience dealing with the press. He's vanquished the press. They did all they could to stop him. He won.
This is an incredible time in America. We are getting back to where we should be. Trump's way is entertaining, sure, but it also is sensible and professional. The only person I think could be a better Commerce secretary than Wilbur Ross is Carl Icahn.
And no, I cannot think of a living person who would make a better president today. He's like Drano® for swamps. |
