Is Trump Hurting Us?
In looking at the presidency of
Donald Trump, I can’t put all the blame on him. Throughout the election he
showed who he was. One aspect that he didn’t show was a lack of leadership. He
talks tough and tries to portray himself as a leader, but once in a position
where he had to show it he can’t.
Leaders take charge, leaders take
responsibility, leaders look forward, leaders are respected, but more
important, leaders get positive results. Pres. Trump has failed on all these
leadership qualities.
I also fault the “leadership” in
Congress. The republican leaders have not stood up and spoken out when Pres.
Trump says a lie or something really wrong. It would be very easy for
congressional leaders from both parties to come together to make decisions that
are best for the country, but they don’t. They will do whatever it takes to get
the smallest political gain over the country’s interest.
The Presidents staff also is
accountable. Each one of them has to look in the mirror and say they are doing
what is best for the country. I don’t see any of them resigning when the
president says something offensive that is an embarrassment to the country.
Trump is who he is. Or who I thought
he was on leadership. He is hurting the country because he does not understand
that he represents the whole country, not just his base. What he says should
energize an uplift most of the country and not just his base. No president is
going to enjoy support from all the country, but he or she should form a good
majority.
He should be a man of his word and he
is not. He should inspire, but he doesn’t. He should project strength but also
have humility and he doesn’t. He should make people want to be loyal to him by
his actions not by just demanding it. He should admit when he is wrong and in
this area we have seen he is incapable of doing that.
He is hurting us, but those who can
make things better also refuse to do so.
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