Opinions: August 23, 2018
Like many of you, I’ve followed Donald Trump since the early 70’s. I’ve admired what he accomplished, the Trump Tower, building the skating rink, Plaza Casino’s dinner with Sinatra then pissing him off, and couldn’t stand the glitter, screwing lenders including small bond holders who he charmed and sub contractors and his ability to charm and dump. He truly was a mixed bag to the extremes who wound up at 70 bigger and more controversial than ever. His criticisms of Senator McCain, acerbic insults, pettiness left me cold. I supporter Kasich and earlier on Bush, Rubio, almost any other. Republic candidate with my fingers squeezing my nose I voted Hillary as the devil I knew. I feared Trump as having a remote chance of being a dictator.
Now I must say he’s done a terrific job. The economy is blazing. Poor kids in inner cities even have more jobs than ever.
He’s building the military. He’s speaking to dictators who weapons of mass destruction. He’s putting sanction and military pressure on North Korea, Iran, Russia and in a way China. Keeping General Kelly bring in Niki Haley at U.N (present in the 20’s), General Mattis, widely respected CIA leader, Homeland Defense Secretary, Secretary Azur putting pressure on prescription drug companies, even Zinke who I thought I would not like talking sensibly about removing dead trees and better forest management (environmentalists saving trees doesn’t help if they all burn), these substantive matters I agree with. (On EPA emission standards rollbacks I don’t). His apply trade pressure on Chinese and others who find ways to protect their industries at expense of ours I applaud, especially those here making essential metals and vehicles.
His seeing enforcement of the southern border by wall or otherwise is no different than New York or San Francisco requiring passports and visa, from flyers or boaters, most of them white or Asian. As for refugees from Central American we could reduce the 1.1 million legals we take by carving out 100,000 of well vetted political refugees.
On the Press, the paper and cell networks always write or broadcast in favor of their point of view. It’s nothing new. There are more sources than ever. Some of it is misleading. Some of it is written by unduly biased reporters. Opinions and news are different Trump played publishers his entire career. He hates criticism. He’s not the first. He’s the most outspoken.
I’ve seen no signs of his trying to our being capable of shutting a paper or TV broadcaster. Sidestepping the Court System. Unduly using executive orders.
My objective is that America continues to prosper, stay Number 1 for those who work at it.
On progressive politics in San Francisco. What is this term or the result of those politics. Is it “vagrants” (no longer permissible word) laying down town in street, or disrupting traffic, is it needles or over 9th and Mission and thirty users where pedestrians walk on Mission and 9th.
Is it forty naked men whose butts are hanging over bicycle seats and children asking about it, is it college campuses keeping out speakers who they think they should not hear (could change their minds after all)? Is it race haters who will not say it’s wrong for a man white, black or Asian to have children they will not raise because it’s; a sign of virility? Is it progressive to say good family structure produces kids who will go on to succeed in life? Is it progressive to think that business is a bad thing, all rich people are taking advantage of someone?
Clearly the meaning of liberal open to discourage and debate seems to be under attack.
Having just been in Colombia cities where Venezuelan refugees are begging and taking lower level jobs, I see that progressive Chavez Maduro led dictatorship so destructive to a beautiful once wealthy for all country.
