The writing appears to be on the wall. This much is clear from the perspective of the majority, aside from the most die-hard of Trump supporters. We are six months into a presidency that has accomplished little, aside from alienating the United States from its allies and embroiling Trump and company in an investigation. Progress is not always made quickly from a presidential standpoint, and one could surely argue that he needs more time. However, this is not true.
On the campaign trail, Trump made a few distinct pledges, which he repeated, time and time again to cheers from the audience. These promises included a 30-day plan to defeat ISIS, Obamacare being swiftly replaced by something much more efficient, a wall that would be built to completely block the borders of Mexico and the United States and even the promise to investigate Hillary—a promise made to chants of “lock her up” from the boisterous rally crowds.
It isn’t as though those plans are in the works-they never were to begin with. Sure, the Republicans attempted a health care bill and currently have one they’re covertly trying to get through, but the first bill was a dud-it was never even sent to a vote. While the most recent bill has passed the first stage, it’s unlikely that it will ever pass through the Senate. After all, how does one explain taking 23 million people off healthcare?
ISIS is still causing havoc internationally, and with little to no hindrance from the current administration. That 30-day plan is evidently not what its name indicates, and probably never existed at all. The wall between Mexico and the US will never be built. The logic behind using a physical wall to stop illegal immigration is insanely primitive and to believe it would work would not be logical. It is a documented fact that most illegal immigrants crossed into the United States legally, but simply overstayed their welcome.
The so called “swamp” that Trump so vigorously promised to drain has only increased in size. He has lined his cabinet with billionaires and elitists, which were certainly his decisions, but also a major departure from that promise. The ever so remarkable part is that he is under FBI investigation.
While it may have been a matter of time, Trump has only intensified the heat on himself with his out of control and childish tweeting. While he was not under investigation originally by the FBI, his firing of James Comey and subsequent intimidation tweet about how Comey should hope there weren’t tapes of the conversation brought more pressure to Trump and thus, Comey’s testimony prompted Robert Mueller to increase the investigation tenfold.
This is no witch hunt, as Trump loves to claim. The investigations stem from very true facts such as, Michael Flynn lying about his ties to Russia, Jeff Sessions secretly meeting with the Russians and lying about doing so and Jared Kushner setting up secret communications to Russia before inauguration day happened. Trump himself once ironically said that someone who is under FBI investigation shouldn’t be president-which seemed clever when campaigning against Hillary, but now shrieks of irony.
To support Trump is to be clueless, naïve, ignorant or all of the above. A logical conservative would choose Pence over Trump, because they would know that Pence has a political background and isn’t under the biggest investigation of all time for a president. And while it continues, the country and administration is too embroiled to pass anything agenda wise, which wouldn’t happen much regardless.
It’s simply embarrassing at this point. Trump has accomplished very little in a government that is completely controlled by the Republicans. Not a single Democrat vote is required for Trump to pass whatever he’d like on his agenda. And yet, nothing has passed-a sure sign of incompetence in a party that is struggling to stay afloat.
There’s only so many times that “fake news” can be screamed at anything oppositional before it becomes embarrassingly repetitive and devoid of value. One could argue that to discredit the media may be dictatoresque, but Trump is no dictator. He’s a very clever con man, someone who sold dreams to a very clueless and angry group of people.
While this unfolds, Trump is making money. Sure, he promised to not take a salary, but what’s not making $400,000 a year when you’re making millions every time you travel to Mar A Lago, the so called “winter white house,” where Trump golfs nearly every weekend?
At the end of the day, the Republican Party can turn a blind eye to this and prolong the inevitable for as long as possible. However, if they won’t do something in 2018 should the Democrats win, they will.
At the end of the day, impeached or not, Trump’s presidency is a failure. It’s remarkable to be so lost in office that even die-hard liberals yearn for the days of George W., but that’s where we’re at. Because while W. Bush may not have been a good president, he knew his agenda and worked to make the country better from the perspective he thought was best. That’s how it should be, politically, not an embarrassing routine of tweets from the leader of the free world that reek of childish scorn and immaturity.
Trump is a failure, and history will reflect that. It all comes out in the wash and as this investigation dives deeper into the financial history of Trump, the flames are only getting hotter. Simply put, a president should not be under FBI investigation, right Donald?
