The media is back at it. They're telling us that the White House is in CHAOS! It's a never-ending attack on President Trump. Everything about Trump causes chaos, or so they tell us.
Truthfully, I'm tired of this nonsense from the media even though I acknowledge that it has worked with some people who don't pay attention or bring critical thinking to the issue. Remember, the same media told us that the Trump campaign was in chaos during the primaries in 2016 (but Trump won.) Then we were told that the Republican National Convention was going to be chaotic due to Trump (but it wasn't.) Then Trump's campaign against Hillary was supposedly descending into chaos (but again Trump won.) The transition was the height of chaos, or so the media told us. (It wasn't.) The Trump administration started and ever since then no matter what happens, the media tells us that it is due to chaos at the White House. Today, there are even articles by supposed reporters for outlets like the AP that warn that with the departure of General Mattis from Defense, the last person preventing all out chaos at the White House is departing. It was nonsense and Fake News in 2016. It was again in 2017 and it still is in 2018.
The truth is that things are changing. Indeed, Trump is changing things.
1. Our relationship to China has changed. For the first time in decades, the Chinese have been made to pay a price for cheating in trade deals and for stealing American intellectual property. There has been a bit of uproar as tariffs and disputes have flown through the air. The key thing, however, is that the Chinese have blinked. They can't accept an all out trade war with the USA. America would not be benefited in the short term by a trade war, but it would be a disaster for China. So things are changing, and that change should benefit the American people.
2. Our relationship with out NATO allies has changed. With Obama in the White House, the USA didn't care if our allies met their promises in the NATO Treaty. The USA paid for defense and most of the allies got a free ride. Trump threw a monkey wrench into that arrangement. He demanded that our allies meet their commitments. The allies weren't all that happy about it, but suddenly a big batch have upped their defense spending to take on the burden of the common defense AS THEY HAD PROMISED TO DO. This is a big change which also benefits America. It's change, not chaos.
3. America's economy has been shifted. Taxes are lower. Unnecessary and onerous regulations put in place by the Obamacrats have been wiped away. That's beneficial change, not chaos. For all the froth in the stock market, the economy is strong.
4. American forces are leaving Syria. With ISIS essentially defeated, the President doesn't want to commit US troops to keeping the peace in this middle-eastern excuse for a country. That's not really a change in Trump's view. Still, the people who think it would be beneficial for America to have an outpost in Syria are screaming. I have to say that I agree with them, not with Trump. Still, this is not chaos. It is a foreign policy decision as to America's role in the world. If the Secretary of Defense resigned because he disagrees, that also is not chaos. It's a disagreement.
5. Trump is sticking to his guns with regard to building a wall on the Mexican border. No rational person could call that chaos. Sure, the Democrats don't want to give Trump the money he seeks for the wall. As a result, they are fighting over what can only be described as small change. Trump, however, hasn't changed his mind. He's been quite clear all along that he will build the wall. Indeed, all that has happened is that the media decided that Trump had given up on the wall and spread that word across the country. The problem, of course, is that Trump didn't say that; the media just decided that his spokesperson's statements about willingness to negotiate and looking to see if there were funds available elsewhere meant Trump had given up. The current impasse is not a symptom of chaos, but rather of resolve. If the Democrats actually cared about the will of the people, they would pass the bill with the money Trump wants. After all, it was damn clear in 2016 that a major policy goal of Trump's was to build this wall, and the PEOPLE VOTED FOR TRUMP. For the President to stick to his guns is not chaotic.
I understand that for those who don't pay close attention to Washington or for those who get taken in by the media nonsense, it's easy to get the perception that things in Washington are chaotic. If you get nothing but constant statements about chaos from the media, after a while it just seeps into your consciousness. But here's the problem: if the media has told us for years and years that everything Trump does is chaotic and if the media has been wrong until now, isn't is a reasonable conclusion to decide that the media is just running a Fake News campaign? So the next time you think that there really is chaos, take a step back and think to yourself just what that chaos truly is. If you think about it, you will quickly realize just how idiotic this chaos meme actually is.
Truthfully, I'm tired of this nonsense from the media even though I acknowledge that it has worked with some people who don't pay attention or bring critical thinking to the issue. Remember, the same media told us that the Trump campaign was in chaos during the primaries in 2016 (but Trump won.) Then we were told that the Republican National Convention was going to be chaotic due to Trump (but it wasn't.) Then Trump's campaign against Hillary was supposedly descending into chaos (but again Trump won.) The transition was the height of chaos, or so the media told us. (It wasn't.) The Trump administration started and ever since then no matter what happens, the media tells us that it is due to chaos at the White House. Today, there are even articles by supposed reporters for outlets like the AP that warn that with the departure of General Mattis from Defense, the last person preventing all out chaos at the White House is departing. It was nonsense and Fake News in 2016. It was again in 2017 and it still is in 2018.
The truth is that things are changing. Indeed, Trump is changing things.
1. Our relationship to China has changed. For the first time in decades, the Chinese have been made to pay a price for cheating in trade deals and for stealing American intellectual property. There has been a bit of uproar as tariffs and disputes have flown through the air. The key thing, however, is that the Chinese have blinked. They can't accept an all out trade war with the USA. America would not be benefited in the short term by a trade war, but it would be a disaster for China. So things are changing, and that change should benefit the American people.
2. Our relationship with out NATO allies has changed. With Obama in the White House, the USA didn't care if our allies met their promises in the NATO Treaty. The USA paid for defense and most of the allies got a free ride. Trump threw a monkey wrench into that arrangement. He demanded that our allies meet their commitments. The allies weren't all that happy about it, but suddenly a big batch have upped their defense spending to take on the burden of the common defense AS THEY HAD PROMISED TO DO. This is a big change which also benefits America. It's change, not chaos.
3. America's economy has been shifted. Taxes are lower. Unnecessary and onerous regulations put in place by the Obamacrats have been wiped away. That's beneficial change, not chaos. For all the froth in the stock market, the economy is strong.
4. American forces are leaving Syria. With ISIS essentially defeated, the President doesn't want to commit US troops to keeping the peace in this middle-eastern excuse for a country. That's not really a change in Trump's view. Still, the people who think it would be beneficial for America to have an outpost in Syria are screaming. I have to say that I agree with them, not with Trump. Still, this is not chaos. It is a foreign policy decision as to America's role in the world. If the Secretary of Defense resigned because he disagrees, that also is not chaos. It's a disagreement.
5. Trump is sticking to his guns with regard to building a wall on the Mexican border. No rational person could call that chaos. Sure, the Democrats don't want to give Trump the money he seeks for the wall. As a result, they are fighting over what can only be described as small change. Trump, however, hasn't changed his mind. He's been quite clear all along that he will build the wall. Indeed, all that has happened is that the media decided that Trump had given up on the wall and spread that word across the country. The problem, of course, is that Trump didn't say that; the media just decided that his spokesperson's statements about willingness to negotiate and looking to see if there were funds available elsewhere meant Trump had given up. The current impasse is not a symptom of chaos, but rather of resolve. If the Democrats actually cared about the will of the people, they would pass the bill with the money Trump wants. After all, it was damn clear in 2016 that a major policy goal of Trump's was to build this wall, and the PEOPLE VOTED FOR TRUMP. For the President to stick to his guns is not chaotic.
I understand that for those who don't pay close attention to Washington or for those who get taken in by the media nonsense, it's easy to get the perception that things in Washington are chaotic. If you get nothing but constant statements about chaos from the media, after a while it just seeps into your consciousness. But here's the problem: if the media has told us for years and years that everything Trump does is chaotic and if the media has been wrong until now, isn't is a reasonable conclusion to decide that the media is just running a Fake News campaign? So the next time you think that there really is chaos, take a step back and think to yourself just what that chaos truly is. If you think about it, you will quickly realize just how idiotic this chaos meme actually is.
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