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Who is Donald Trump?
Ever since Donald Trump announced his candidacy for president on June 16,
2015, people have been asking this question.
Trump is not a Liberal or Conservative, He’s a Pragmatist. (Definition: A
pragmatist is someone who is practical and focused on reaching a goal. A
pragmatist usually has a straightforward, matter-of-fact approach and doesn'
t let emotion distract him or her; AKA a problem solver).
Donald Trump sees a problem and understands it must be fixed. He doesn't see
the problem as liberal or conservative; he sees it only as a problem. That
is a quality that should be admired and applauded, not condemned.
He sees it as a reasonable and logical way of doing things or of thinking
about problems that is based on dealing with specific situations instead of
on ideas and theories.
Viewing problems from a liberal perspective has resulted in the creation of
more problems, more entitlement programs, more victims, more government,
more political correctness, and more attacks on the working class.
Viewing things according to the so-called Republican conservative
perspective has brought continued spending and globalism to the detriment of
American interests and well being, denial of what the real problems are,
weak, ineffective, unassertive, leadership that amounts to Barney Fife
Deputy Sheriff, appeasement oriented and afraid of its own shadow. In brief,
it has allowed the rise of liberal ideology with an overwhelming power to
the Democrat Party.
Immigration isn't a Republican problem – it isn't a liberal problem – it
is a problem that threatens the very fabric and infrastructure of America.
It demands a pragmatic approach, not an approach that is intended to appease
one group or another.
The impending collapse of the economy isn't a liberal or conservative
problem; it is an American problem. That said, until it is viewed as a
problem that demands a common sense approach to resolution, it will never be
fixed because the Democrats and Republicans know only one way to fix things
and the longevity of their impracticality has proven to have no long term
beneficial effect.
Successful businessmen like Donald Trump find ways to make things work; they
do not promise to accommodate.
Trump uniquely understands that China ’s manipulation of currency is not a
Republican problem or a Democrat problem. It is a problem that threatens our
financial stability and he understands the proper balance needed to fix it.
Here again, successful businessmen like Trump who have weathered the
changing tides of economic reality understand what is necessary to make
business work, and they, unlike both sides of the political aisle, know that
if something doesn't work, you don't continue trying to make it work hoping
that at some point it will; that's the definition of insanity.
As a pragmatist, Donald Trump hasn't made wild pie-in-the-sky promises of a
cell phone in every pocket, free college tuition, and a $15 per hour minimum
wage for working the drive-through at McDonald's.
I argue that America needs pragmatists because pragmatists see a problem and
find ways to fix them. They do not see a problem and compound it by
creating more problems.
You may not like Donald Trump, but I suspect that the reason people do not
like him is because:
(1) he is directly opposed to the “good old boy” method of brokering
backroom deals that fatten the pockets of politicians;
(2) they are unaccustomed to hearing a candidate speak who is unencumbered
by the financial shackles and favors owed to their donors;
(3) he is someone who is free of personal political ideology; and
(4) he is someone who understands that it takes more than hollow promises
and political correctness to make America great again.
We have had Democrats and Republican ideologues and what has it brought us?
Are we better off today or worse off? Has it happened overnight or has it
been a steady decline brought on by both parties?
I submit that a pragmatist might be just what America needs right now.
People are quick to confuse and despise confidence as arrogance, but that is
common among those who have never accomplished anything in their lives (or
politicians who never really solved a problem, because it's better to still
have an "issue(s) to be solved," so re-elect me to solve it, (which never
happens) and those who have always played it safe (again, all politicians)
not willing to risk failure, to try and achieve success.
Donald Trump has his reputation, family, and total financial empire at risk
in running for president; that says it all. Vote for Donald Trump and "Make
America Great Again!" |
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