Quite a few people that may read this never lived through the Carter and Reagan years. Carter was and is a nice man. So is Obama. But they both have this idea that America was an imperialist nation who was responsible for the world's problems and felt there was too much inequality and racism in the world. The economy was ruined when he was in office. Interest rates were 16% and he didn't know what to do about it, or to do about much of anything, for that matter. America at the time had lost respect around the world because they saw Carter as a pacifist and borderline socialist. He thought that Americans in general were greedy and should sacrifice more so that others who had less, could have more. He was aloof. Society at the time mirrored the president, and America was in a malaise.
Along came Reagan, and his first act was to fire the air traffic controllers whose union engaged in strong arm tactics and refused to negotiate. They claimed that airplanes would fall from the sky if anyone was fired. Reagan warned them, and they didn't listen, and he fired them. The liberals were hooting and hollering and warning of disaster, and what occurred instead was that Americans saw they had a leader for a president instead of do nothing follower. They saw a man that was not afraid to make enemies and take charge. They saw a doer who knew that government was not the answer to life's problems, but that individuals were. In short, Reagan put America first.
History is repeating itself. Trump is not even in office and already has promises of bringing jobs to America. Instead of golfing and waiting for something to happen, Trump is using the time honored law of cause and effect and making things happen by just picking up the phone and convincing people that they should look at a better way. Instead of being a globalist and president of the WORLD, Donald Trump, as was Ronald Reagan, is content with being president of the United States. Instead of striving for inclusion and equality for the world, Reagan put Americans first. Trump is doing the same, and letting it be known in no uncertain terms that it is AMERICA first, instead of Muslims, illegals, women, minorities, poor people.
We had formerly middle class workers in farms and factories across the land that lost their jobs due to globalization and the answer for them was a shrug of the shoulders and more concern as to whether or not rioters had the right to burn the American flag because of past injustices or perceived racism while we saw black ball players making millions of dollars a year and a black president was elected twice. We saw jobs being shipped overseas with a president on the golf course proclaiming that we lived in a global world after all, and other countries deserve "fairness" too, as he teed up without a care. Cops being shot for no reason other than black people thought America was racist and again, the president was silent. Rioters overturning cop cars and the man in charge talking about how "demonstrations" are part of Americas past and a good thing.
The malaise and division continues with the alt left, and people such as Van Jones and other alt left liberals getting a voice on major TV shows (I don't call them news stations) saying Trump being elected was a WHITE lashing, and other liberals on TV saying white people were racist if they didn't go along with the liberals claim that certain cabinet picks said off color remarks 35 years ago.
The alt left needs to be marginalized, and for the first time in 8 years this writer is starting to see what a real president of America can do, instead of someone who, like Carter, wants to head the UN. No more will be shamed in having pride in America because we won't have a president who sees himself as someone who has to make other countries happy by taking in their poverty and customs. Immigration will once again be for those who promise to love AMERICA and all it stands for instead of those who want to come here and accuse us Americans of being racist war mongers because white people owned slaves and we went to war and lost our brave soldiers fighting wars for other countries in the past.
America needed a man of action at this point in history to replace the one who just sat back and let things happen. Americans were tired of being called racist, and we need more people slapping down those who insult them with charges of racism if they disagree with their failed policies. Venezuelan citizens supported Hugo Chavez even when the economy was collapsing because he showed the rich people how greedy they were, and took over what they built in the interest of "fairness and equality". We see now in Germany and France what happens with inclusion and equality for all and with no requirements for work and assimilation. In some minds, fairness is when everyone has nothing, and when the achievers like Trump are brought down to where they are.
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