One Hundred Days

What can I say?  I would have liked to have seen, like millions of other voters, more progress coming from President Trump.  And, like those other supporters, I wanted to see a brutal and final death to that obamination known as Obamacare.  That didn't happen.  Yet.  I wanted to hear the sweet sounds of heavy diesel machinery digging the foundations of the border wall, but, alas, that hasn't happened.  Yet.  And I would like to have seen the resignations of all the Kenyan's appointed vermin, and see them sent slinking out of the DC swamp and into the harsh, cleansing light of day.  But that hasn't happened,  Yet.

But I, like millions of other voters, realize that it would require divine intervention for one man to accomplish all these Herculean tasks in the first hundred days of his presidency, especially give the level and intensity of his opposition.  From all sides, I might add.  And realizing this this, I'm more than willing to cut the man some slack.  Fighting the New York Times and Chuck Schumer and Paul Ryan, et al, all at the same time, can't be easy.  So I, and millions of other supporters, will watch.  And wait.  And take copious notes.

Realistically, however, the nomination of Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court in of itself was worth the election.  Chances are good to excellent that there will be one, and most probably two, vacancies on the Court within the next four years.  And if those nominees are as constitutionally oriented as is Justice Gorsuch, I am encouraged to believe the nation can be saved.  Hallelujah and praise be!

But most concerning of all is Trump's adherence to a big tent philosophy in his administration.  By that I mean that, while recognizing Trump is not an ideologue, he does recognize that he is where he  is - that is, that he won the election - because he promised to rid us of the entrenched political elites and their continuing mismanagement of the government.  By keeping these philosophically misaligned operatives on board, he risks having his agenda sabotaged, neutered and rendered moot.  The people won, so why should we include the losers in our policy making?  We shouldn't, of course, and these DC swampers must go.  Immediately.  In that vein, and not to put too fine a point on it, but Ivanka and Jared have exactly NO role in making administration policy.  While they're pretty and successful, and all that, it remains true that they are young, politically inexperienced and deeply rooted in their New York, liberal upbringing.  Which is exactly what the American voters voted against.  I understand nepotism to a degree, but this ain't a monarchy.  

Concerns about these issues are heard when one puts one's ear to the ground.  Others are commenting in similar ways, as well. He's got an uphill fight, and we are behind him.  Understanding Trump, it may be part of an overarching plan to quell the left simply by having them sit at the table.  That's a big and bold - and possibly dangerous - plan, but if anyone can pull it off, it's Trump.  He's told us time and again, deal making is an art form.

Let's hope that is the situation.  And that it works.