Utah's newest senator on the sitting president.
The Trump presidency made a deep descent in December. The departures of Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and White House Chief of Staff John F. Kelly, the appointment of senior persons of lesser experience, the abandonment of allies who fight beside us, and the president’s thoughtless claim that America has long been a “sucker” in world affairs all defined his presidency down.
It is well known that Donald Trump was not my choice for the Republican presidential nomination. After he became the nominee, I hoped his campaign would refrain from resentment and name-calling. It did not. When he won the election, I hoped he would rise to the occasion. His early appointments of Rex Tillerson, Jeff Sessions, Nikki Haley, Gary Cohn, H.R. McMaster, Kelly and Mattis were encouraging. But, on balance, his conduct over the past two years, particularly his actions last month, is evidence that the president has not risen to the mantle of the office.
To a great degree, a presidency shapes the public character of the nation. A president should unite us and inspire us to follow “our better angels.” A president should demonstrate the essential qualities of honesty and integrity, and elevate the national discourse with comity and mutual respect. As a nation, we have been blessed with presidents who have called on the greatness of the American spirit. With the nation so divided, resentful and angry, presidential leadership in qualities of character is indispensable. And it is in this province where the incumbent’s shortfall has been most glaring.
Uh...not so much, no. Unless you seriously believe that President Romney would have fought hard or at all for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
The word you're looking for here, Willard, is "results."
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Results, yes. And: We have been suckers in world affairs for quite a while.
Meanwhile, Nationalism (civic, not ethnic) is sweeping globalists out across the globe. You are past your sell-by date Romney.
I can easily name most democrat presidents in my lifetime who were below Trump. It's great to have the MSM as your publicist if you are a democrat. And how about that Nancy Pelosi? If she were a Republican, the press would already be pulling the dementia card.
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