Gonna take a walk around the block on this post and hit a lot of varied and interesting topics. There are so many good writers and journalists out there who seem to fall through the cracks sometimes; the ones that make the most noise are not always the ones we should be listening to. I hope to point out a few of them in this piece.
With
just a mention or two about the past election, I want to make an effort to put
that behind and focus on the future and where our new president might lead
us. I am convinced that Donald Trump
served as the vessel used by a majority of American voters to voice their
displeasure with the direction our nation was heading. Imperfect as he is…he clearly loves our
country; he has a proven record from his past administration; and he was a
clear and “new direction” candidate
compared to the “status quo” Kamala
Harris.
Allow
me to address one more issue before moving into the articles. Trump is gonna be Trump. I accept that his ego drives him to approach
the presidency more like a monarch than a chief executive. That is who
he is and that is how he has
accomplished what he has throughout his life. I accept that given the historically-unfair treatment he received throughout his first
term…from the deep state, from his own party, and from the liberal/progressive alliance…no one
could blame this man for placing a huge priority on loyalty as a selection
criterion for his new administration officials.
This time around, he is clearly bringing a gun (rather than a knife) to the gun fight. He is a lame duck from day one and he must do
everything within his power to hit the ground running when he takes
office.
The
task that lies before him to clean up the mess made by the Biden Administration
and its cronies is gargantuan. The
challenge is staggering and he has every right to recruit people who he deems
reliable and that he can trust implicitly.
However, there are three quick points that I feel Trump is carelessly
and irresponsibly tossing aside in his haste to get started on his critical
mission.
The
first one is his effort to by bypass the Senate confirmation process with
recess appointments. There is simply no excuse for this. Our constitution plainly spells out the
confirmation process; he has a Republican majority in the Senate work with on
his appointments; and this is neither the time nor place to disrespect the
blueprint of our democracy in order to expedite the process according to his
personal desires. After witnessing the
constitutional abuse heaped upon by our government by the Biden Administration,
it is imperative that Trump demonstrate a new-found
respect for the principles set forth in our democracy’s blueprint. We should uphold
the process. We should trust the process.
As
a second point…Trump certainly deserves
to have his selected appointees approved.
However, there is a reason
that our founders included the confirmation process in the constitution, and
that is to insure that we have qualified, competent, and quality individuals
serving in these positions of great power and influence. To any objective observer, it is clear that
in some cases Trump has allowed the loyalty
quotient to override the importance of competence
and quality. There is no excuse for
this to happen. Donald Trump has a long
and impressive list of individuals from which to select his administration
personnel. He has every right to pick
the ones he wants; but those choices should have some background experience
that clearly makes them competent to perform their duties. Loyalty in and of itself does not, should
not, and cannot compensate for incompetence.
Did we learn nothing from the
Biden Administration follies?
And
thirdly, Donald Trump must take full advantage of the fact that he enters
office with a large dose of good will from the public and with his own party in
control of Congress. The Republican
majorities in the Senate and House are not super-majority. At some point, it will be essential to obtain
bipartisan agreement in order to accomplish the changes necessary to bring our
government back into proper form. Trump
will not accomplish this through executive actions. Trump unwound
Obama’s executive actions. Biden unwound Trump’s executive actions. Trump will unwind Biden’s executive actions. The point here is that executive
actions are largely temporary in nature and do not effectively foster long-term
and structural change in government.
That must be accomplished through legislation.
It
is understandable that any president would become exasperated with the
foolishness that the Senate and House exhibits in the course of their
proceedings. But that does not change
the fact that our constitution wisely requires that the Executive Branch work with the Legislative
Branch, and under the auspices of the Judicial
Branch to govern this nation. Trump
and his Administration need to do the heavy lifting necessary to partner with
Congress and make the fundamental legislative changes needed to restore this
government to its intended purpose. Perhaps
this is a great opportunity to use Vice-President Vance as a congressional
liaison. As I mentioned before,
Trump has always been self-reliant and that has served him well; but he has not
been elected King. He has been elected
President. We all want him to make some changes. We all want him to clean house. But we should
all want him to do this in a fashion that respects our government and the great
model our founders gave us for its functions.
So…what
about those Trump nominees?
https://www.nationalreview.com/2024/11/the-senate-should-assert-its-power-to-block-bad-nominees/
Whew…dodged that bullet:
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/justice/3237670/matt-gaetz-withdraws-attorney-general-nomination/
https://americanmind.org/salvo/kennedy-haters-relax/
https://reason.com/2024/11/20/trumps-energy-picks-are-refreshingly-competent/
https://freebeacon.com/policy/rubio-and-the-return-of-the-monroe-doctrine/
So…what
is the future of the Department of Education?
https://amgreatness.com/2024/11/20/how-will-trump-handle-education-policy/
https://www.newsmax.com/us/education-department-school/2024/11/21/id/1188941/
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/aft-randi-weingarten-linda-mcmahon/2024/11/20/id/1188784/
https://amgreatness.com/2024/11/16/saving-the-country-from-the-university/
And…how
will Foreign Policy change to address the “world on fire” global environment?
https://www.newsmax.com/world/globaltalk/russia-ukraine-war/2024/11/21/id/1188923/
https://www.newsmax.com/world/globaltalk/iran-funding-hamas/2024/11/19/id/1188595/
DOGE
is the hot topic…but will it amount to anything?
https://reason.com/2024/11/15/doges-chances-are-slim-but-it-might-be-our-only-hope/
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/some-budget-cut-suggestions-for-the-new-administration/
https://reason.com/2024/11/14/to-cut-wasteful-spending-start-with-energy-subsidies/
Is
the Economy going up…or down…or sideways? Hard choices on Federal Spending lie
ahead.
https://reason.com/2024/11/18/social-security-approaches-its-day-of-reckoning/
https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/16/business/50k-car-prices/index.html
The
Biden Administration and the Democrats are going to squeeze all the progressive
juice they can get before giving up the power.
They are celebrating and pleading on their way out.
As
for this “One”…don’t let the door hit you in the ass on your way out. Just…go…away.
https://amgreatness.com/2024/11/14/barack-obama-the-political-genius-that-wasnt/
And
finally, here is a sad footnote to one of the largest political hoaxes in the
history of our nation. So many lives
have been destroyed by this travesty and all for the simple pursuit of power
and politics.
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