TWO REPORT CARD GRADES FOR PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP

"We know you like Trump, Galagher so let us guess whatever the subject matter is, you are going to give him As."

Well Dear Reader, you'd be half right:

Subject Matter One...Defence of the Free World.

In this important area the United States is truly back.  After 8 long years of apologies from Obama coupled with inaction in the face of aggression, Trump is bringing his country back to the delight of his allies and chagrin of America's enemies.

This is most evident in America's dealings with two of the world's out-of- control rogue States ....Iran and North Korea.  The former has threatened that once they have acquired the Nuclear Bomb they are going to wipe Israel off the face of the earth.  The latter, under the lunatic Young-Un, has threatened to reduce USA's major cities to rubble along with the death of millions of their citizens.

So here you are correct, I give the President a strong A.

Note: In order to keep this A at the end of coming Winter Term, President Trump will have to do more to de-denuclearize these two outliers.

Subject Matter Two...Free Trade:

Trump was elected on a platform that included Isolation for America especially when is comes to Trade and Commerce.

I never thought that he would actually stick with this nonsensical position since it is clear that Free Trade is a boon for Importing and Exporting Countries alike. (I won't get into the reasons for this but if you insist, will deal with that specifically in a future blog). 

One of his first actions in office was to take America out of the Pacific Trade Agreement which includes the most influential and growing economies in the Far East.  Instead of looking to America for guidance, they will now look to China and the Chinese cannot believe their good fortune.

Trump is also threatening to deep six the North American Trade Agreement his country has with Canada and Mexico.  All three countries have benefited immensely under this agreement and all have seen a dramatic rise in jobs.  

And you need look no further than Brexit to see the predicament the Brits have placed themselves in having to leave the European Union.

Bottom-line....Isolation does not work and to think this is being done on the brink of China replacing the United States as having the largest economy in the world.

So Dear Reader I give President Trump a solid F.

One final note, if Trump sticks to his approach in the above two areas ...Subject Matter Two will eventually erode the State's ability to deal effectively with Subject Matter One.

In other words, they simply will not have enough money to keep adequately funding Defence. 

As I see it...

'K.D. Galagher'

FIRST WORLD ISSUES (F.W.I.)

OUR FOREFATHERS CUT THEIR WAY INTO THE WILDERNESS TO EKE OUT A HAND-TO-MOUTH EXISTENCE.


They endured plague, war and depression and yet kept their human spirit.

Issues of the day included worrying about whether or not there would be enough food to eat, enough wood to burn, and whether they could escape the multitude of diseases for which there were no cure.  

Men were men and women worked in lock-step beside them in true partnership against the elements.

As we enter nicely into this, the 21st Century, the Issues of today would have made our Forebears giddy with relief.

But there are consequences with these new preoccupations and it is up to each of us to determine whether they are good, bad or indifferent.  Or more to the point, whether those consequences are worth ??

First of all, the Individual's Rights and Freedoms are being replaced by Group Rights where Individual Groups are the ones being protected by law.  

Governments continue to grow while Democracy rapidly declines;  the Courts make the law rather than the Legislatures while Special Interest Groups are catered to at the expense of the Majority. 

Belief in God is being replaced by Environmental Worship especially when it comes to the related issues of Global Warming  and Climate Change. And as a consequence, Our Economic Health is being sacrificed to the delight of our competitors in South East Asia and beyond.

Marriage is no longer the preserve of a man and a woman and the terms male and female too are under strong attack.

We have become a throw-away Society and this has extended to the elimination of our most innocent and frail.

So you vote.  Are you okay or not okay with the direction that Society appears to be headed.

Yes or No?

And if No, what are you going to personally do about it.


As I see it...

'K.D. Galagher'