President Trump makes it quite clear that he was not prepared for all that being the President entails. In a recent interview, Mr. Trump stated that "...this is more work than my previous life. I thought it would be easier". He goes on to talk about how he misses his life before the presidency and how he is shocked at the complexity of different issues, healthcare for example.
The President is someone who should be an inspiring example to American citizens, who carefully decides how laws should be enforced, a person who connects our nation to other nations and makes careful decisions regarding our military while also being an economic and legislative leader. Now, the people of the United States are being lead by a man who seems like he wishes this never happened and is unaware of the great responsibility it takes to be a President.
If we take a look on what these first one-hundred days of leadership under President Trump encompass, we can clearly see that all of his talk in the election has lead to very little action. For starters, Mr. Trump has made little progress when it comes to major legislation, almost everything he has started has come to a halt for one reason or another (take the healthcare bill and the wall for example). The President has also only made about 50 nominations for the executive branch positions, and there is 553 positions to fill. This means about 90 percent of these jobs have been left with zero nominations. There is also the fact he does not have a clear foreign policy and has been under several scandal investigations since the inauguration.
It is very clear that Mr. Trump has found himself in a position where he is uncomfortable and inexperienced. Will he make it through his full term, or will he throw in the towel to go back to his old life? I guess only time will tell, but the future of our nation needs to be in responsible and knowledgeable hands.
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I chose my fellow classmates blog "What to do when it's harder than you thought?" and felt more informed after reading it. I have found myself agreeing with the blog to where it shows how Trump has held up since he has become president, and the little he has done or accomplished since doing so. Even more so, how he didn't realize how hard it would be once he won, and that he stated "this is more work than my previous life."
That last statement to me is just alarming to say the least. As my classmate Kelli states, our president needs to lead our nation by example, and not be all talk per say. Of course leading the nation is one of the hardest jobs there is, and so I believe President Trump should of really taken account of that before he decided to run for office. He should of always had the mindset that everything would be more chaotic and more perplexed once he took office, and that it's a huge responsibility for our nation.
I think overall Kelli explained his first 100 days in office beautifully, and that our president needs to really step it up and take responsibility for everything he said he was going to try and fulfill, and that hopefully he sees it through because our nation needs to be in the best hands possible to get us back on track.
My classmate Kelli Rogers wrote a blog article entitled “What Do You Do When It’s Harder Than You Thought?” Kelli highlighted many of my concerns about Donald Trump and his admitted perplexity with the role he has assumed as President of the United States. One can understand that it is hard to know what all would be entailed in fulfilling that role, but Mr. Trump stands out from many other former presidents in the fact that he has been a businessman his whole life rather than having served in public service roles. There’s a big difference in the role of a businessman, one who makes decisions for the best interest of his company (and himself), versus the leader of a nation, one who is charged with the responsibility of caring for the masses and protecting the nation as a whole.
Kelli raised a valid question: "Did Mr. Trump just want to win the election, without thinking about what would happen when he actually won?" His track record of being an aggressive businessman would certainly tip the scale to the “just wanting to win” side.
Kelli stated it well when describing what a president should be: “someone who should be an inspiring example to American citizens, who carefully decides how laws should be enforced, a person who connects our nation to other nations and makes careful decisions regarding our military while also being an economic and legislative leader.”
The president of the United States has long been a revered position, a position that should be reserved for someone who possesses a unique set of attributes that will be an overall benefit to an entire nation. For those of us who are dismayed, we do have something to be encouraged by. As much as Donald Trump’s inflated ego has been a hindrance, it might actually serve us well because it seems that he would prefer to be admired more than criticized, to be hailed rather than hated. Many, including myself, regard him as a narcissist. The definition of a narcissist in psychology terms is “extreme selfishness, with a grandiose view of one’s own talents and a craving for admiration, as characterizing a personality type.” Perhaps in his quest to be admired he will stumble upon ways he can “fix” things in a way that will really help more than just a select few.
Kelli Rogers’ concerns are shared by many. One thing we can all be grateful for is our system of checks and balances. There’s a reason why the United States has three separate branches of our government. Our nation is not in the hands of one person. Therefore, hope springs eternal.
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