On TV last night, there was a graphic that illustrates much of what is wrong with news coverage. It was a chart categorizing the items that President Trump set as his goals for the first 100 days. Eleven were listed as accomplished, 18 as "some progress", and about 25 as nothing done. No information was given as to which items fell into particular categories. That's just silly.
Consider this: is it more important that Justice Gorsuch is on the Supreme Court or that Obamacare has not yet been repealed? Is it more important that America's standing in the world has changed in a major way or that regulations of the Department of Labor have been rejected? Each of these items are important, but some are clearly more important than others. Accomplishing a quarter of your goals may be poor performance or wonderful performance based upon which goals are met. The chart doesn't provide a clue about that.
So here's the real question that needs to be asked about Trump's 100 days (other than why does anyone care about it). Has the direction of America been changed for the better? If so, will that change last? Everything else is window dressing. The answer is also pretty clearly YES. Just the Gorsuch appointment will change the USA for the better for multiple decades. The next Supreme Court nomination will reinforce that change in a major way. Trump has also made clear to the world that the Obama years of "not leading, not even from behind" are over. America is back. Large numbers of regulations have been dumped. Enforcement of the law regarding immigration has restarted. Things are moving in the right direct after eight years of drift and moves that hurt the country.
Consider this: is it more important that Justice Gorsuch is on the Supreme Court or that Obamacare has not yet been repealed? Is it more important that America's standing in the world has changed in a major way or that regulations of the Department of Labor have been rejected? Each of these items are important, but some are clearly more important than others. Accomplishing a quarter of your goals may be poor performance or wonderful performance based upon which goals are met. The chart doesn't provide a clue about that.
So here's the real question that needs to be asked about Trump's 100 days (other than why does anyone care about it). Has the direction of America been changed for the better? If so, will that change last? Everything else is window dressing. The answer is also pretty clearly YES. Just the Gorsuch appointment will change the USA for the better for multiple decades. The next Supreme Court nomination will reinforce that change in a major way. Trump has also made clear to the world that the Obama years of "not leading, not even from behind" are over. America is back. Large numbers of regulations have been dumped. Enforcement of the law regarding immigration has restarted. Things are moving in the right direct after eight years of drift and moves that hurt the country.
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