The most surprising political development of the 21st century was that Donald Trump became president of the United States. The least surprising development was that he turned out to be bad at the job.

Evaluating p**********l performance can be difficult. Some presidents' qualities only become clear long after they leave office, as previously unknown information comes to light and the revelations of history render their decisions more or less justified than they seemed at the time. Ideological predispositions inevitably color our views of political figures, who sometimes rise or fall in retrospective estimation as subsequent intellectual trends shift the grounds on which they are judged—like the renewed emphasis in recent years on the importance of civil rights that has bolstered the reputation of U. S. Grant among p**********l scholars while damaging that of Woodrow Wilson. And there is no consensus, even among experts, on what the responsibilities of the president are and what standards are appropriate to determine success in office.

Regardless of these challenges, the general verdict on Trump among historians and political scientists, reporters and commentators, and most of the Washington political community (including, at least privately, many Republicans) is guaranteed to range from disappointment and mockery to outright declarations that he was the worst president in American history. And there is little reason to expect that the information yet to emerge about the internal operations of the Trump administration will improve his reputation in the future. Instead, it's far more likely that there are stories still to be told about the events of the last four years that history will find just as damning as today's public knowledge.

Trump's defenders will respond that the scholars and journalists who claim the authority to write this history are fatally corrupted by hostile bias. It's certainly true that these are collectively left-leaning professions, and that the Trump presidency treated both of these groups as political opponents from its earliest days. So what if we tried for a moment to give Trump the benefit of the doubt by attempting to evaluate his presidency as much as possible on its own terms? Did Trump succeed in achieving what he wanted to do, even if it wasn't what others wanted him to do?

One approach to answering this question involves returning to the 2016 campaign and comparing the positions of Trump the candidate to the record of Trump the president. Trump did deliver on some of his promises once in office: he cut taxes and regulations, he strengthened barriers to immigration and travel from overseas, and he appointed a large number of conservatives to the federal judiciary. But his signature proposals were never enacted, including the repeal and replacement of the Affordable Care Act, the significant renegotiation of international trade agreements, a major federal infrastructure investment, and a wall spanning the nation's southern border funded by the Mexican government.

There was also a more general set of failures that didn't concern specific policies as much as a basic approach to the job. While a candidate in 2016, Trump presented himself as an energetic deal-maker who would fight harder than his predecessors in both parties for the interests of the American people. But he turned out to be much less invested in his official responsibilities than in spending his daily "executive time" watching cable television and his weekends playing golf; he was sufficiently self-conscious about this lack of work ethic to inelegantly deny it in public ("President Trump will work from early in the morning until late in the evening. He will make many calls and have many meetings") but not to actually alter his behavior.

Trump's pre-e******n suggestions that he would attract an all-star team of executive personnel to join the government similarly stood in sharp contrast to the actual staff of his administration, which was by some distance the least qualified and talented group of subordinates assembled by any modern president of either party. (And many key positions were filled by acting appointees or were simply left vacant for months and even years.)

With Trump's evident lack of interest in substantive details, his instinct for combativeness (a universally-acknowledged personal quality which many of his supporters admired), and his apparent difficulties in grasping the motivations of others, the promised knack for deal-making never materialized either. Both major legislative achievements of his presidency—the 2017 tax cut bill and the two rounds of C***D relief in 2020—were, by all accounts, developed and enacted with minimal direct involvement by the president. When Trump did insert himself in legislative negotiations in late 2018 and early 2019 by demanding that Congress approve funding for his border wall, the result was a prolonged government shutdown and subsequent retreat after Senate Republicans abandoned their support for his position.

Of course, politicians occasionally have been known to make promises on the campaign trail that they do not expect to keep if elected. Maybe it's inaccurate to treat public commitments in the midst of a tough e*******l race as evidence of a president's true goals. So, based on the actions of the Trump administration once it began, what can we conclude about what it wanted to do and whether it succeeded in doing it?

The primary animating force of the Trump presidency, the juice that fueled the president and his subordinates every day, was the waging of a permanent political war against an array of perceived enemies. The Democratic Party was one such enemy—this was by far the most thoroughly partisan presidency in memory—but hardly the only one. The news media, career bureaucrats, intellectuals and educators, the entertainment industry, and any insufficiently supportive Republican were all dependable targets.

This war was unrelenting, but achieved few victories outside the bounds of the Republican Party (where Trump's influence and threats were most effective at punishing dissenters). Trump's critics spent the past four years feeling sad, angry, offended, and even fearful about the potential destruction of American democracy. But it's hard to make the case that their political or cultural power was weaker at the end of his presidency than it was at the beginning.

Trump succeeded in preventing Hillary Clinton from leading the country, but he wound up empowering Joe Biden, Nancy Pelosi, and Chuck Schumer instead. He railed against liberal elites who predominate within social institutions like universities, media


organizations, and technology companies, but his time in office only saw a continued progression of leftward cultural change in American society and a parallel departure of highly-educated v**ers from the Republican Party. The conservative intellectual project has not suffered as much damage in many decades as it did over the past four years; conservative thinkers and writers were internally divided into pro- and anti-Trump factions, were exposed as holding a limited ability to speak for the conservative mass public, and were deprived by Trump's behavior of a precious claim to moral superiority over the left. And the fact that the Trump administration is leaving office complaining of being "silenced" and "canceled" by a multi-platform social media ban imposed on its leader is evidence enough of its lack of success in gaining influence over the tech sector.

A final, inadvertently-acknowledged testimony to the failure of the Trump administration was its prevailing communication style. Both the outgoing president and his succession of spokespeople stood out for two distinctive traits: a lack of commitment to factual accuracy and a perpetually grouchy demeanor. The typical public statement from this White House was a misleading claim delivered with a sarcastic sneer. Of course, no member of the administration would admit on the record that the Trump presidency was anything less than a parade of unparalleled triumphs. But it doesn't make sense to lie so much unless the t***h isn't on your side, and there's no good reason to act so aggrieved all the time if you're really succeeding as much as you claim.

...David A. Hopkins

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David A. Hopkins tried to portray an asymmetrical relationship between Republicans and Democrats. Assymetric indeed but the goals of president Trump are retaining the country to its constitutional-republic, that had been proven its success for 245 years. Maintaining that freedom for all, endowed by God, and development of its individual potentials as gifted by God to those who work to obtain and achieve.

Whereas the democrats want social change. Change to the most radical means almost the eradications of freedom of the people which they have been partially and slowly put into action. A change in the system of governance.

Enabling dependency of the people to the government for uniformity of status regardless of the merits of its potential abilities . Dependency of the people to the government where everybody is equal regardless of the difference of its own calibers and potentials by degrading those who have the natural abilities to be more productive that benefits all.

Here is where the democrats are going. Thru CRT's, WOKE, Cancel Culture, and proven to be a Marxist ideology. And by indoctrinating children to behave that way. In addition to changing to a flawed history, destructions of our historical facts. Those are the radical asymmetric development between these 2 parties.

Other asymmetric factors that divide our country.
Democratic Party is a coalition of social groups. Republican leaders prize conservatism and attract support by pledging loyalty to broad values. Democratic leaders instead seek concrete government action, appealing to v**ers' group identities.

But David Hopkins presentation were all but lies and denials of the achievements of president Trump. Again, it's asymmetry because the lies prevail over t***h but not for long.

On David's assessment president Trump was a failure, twisted facts of denial and lies because the fact of the matter was for a brief period of time, president Trump had brought our country to prosperity that benefit almost 97.5 % of the whole population.

Regardless of what culture and race everybody was able to taste the rewards of success in their own making. That was because of freedom was available to all.

David A. Hopkins denied all of these president Trump's achievements.
1. We have the best economy.
2. We were respected by all countries of the world.
3. Even China was in good peace relationship with president 4. 4. Trump the fact that they had to engage increased tariff spending on US exports. And many others that had been under control.
5. Because of Trump's exceptional executive abilities, he was able to maintain good relations with China.
6. We were respected by all countries in Europe, and respect and peace achieved within the Arab countries.
7.Five Nobel Price nominations, peace was achieved between Israel. Commerce among between Israel many countries of the Arab nations.
8.3.5% of historic unemployment records. Black youths are released and given training for jobs until they were able to have permanent ones. Increased funding for black colleges and universities.
9. We were happy secured and peaceful all over.
10. Iran's terror Soleimani was removed.
11. ISIS terror Baghdadi was removed.
12. Israel Capital was moved to Jerusalem.
13. US soldiers locked up in NK were returned home.
14. Reduction of taxes for all.
15.Reduction of corporate taxes to 21% that increased profit provided growth to our economy and created more taxes for the government, and increased employment.
16. Made our country independent on oil and the first time that the US had its own oil resources in abundance. But scientifically under control of pollutant.
17. No inflation and in fact prices of oil and all consumptions went down.
18. Law of supply and demand was balanced.
19. More profits generated by corporate industries which resulted higher collection of revenue for the US Treasury.
20. Manufacturing companies came home. Therefore, employed our people and paid their taxes home.
The NAFTA was replaced by USMCA. This allowed our men and women work in the US automotive industries with better pay.
21. Tariffs from China was increased. Saving the US imports $650 billion annually.
22. Curtailment of China's thieveries on Intellectual Properties.
23.Requirement of all NATO members to pay their own committed dues, instead of too much dependency to the US.
It will be a very long list. I need to write a book to complete them. I must save this thru summarized input of his legacy achievements by historians.
24. Had improved relations with NK.
25. Fact is the low tax rate of president Trump is still in effect under president Biden. That is why our economy is moving forward. Until president Biden raises taxes that will paralize us. Right now president Biden's problems are massove. Our country is in crisis. So much for that, I must discuss that in another topic.

Despite of the barriers, relentless assaults, by Congress president Trump has accomplished too much.

He is considered the one of the best 3 presidents since 1961,
1961 president John F. Kennedy.
1981 to 1989 President Reagan
2017 to 2020 President Trump.

China's C***d shorted his achievements. Jan 2020, he halted travels from China to prevent spread of CCP C***d19. But he was able to motivate Pharma to manufacture v*****e WARP SPEED, that saved hundreds of millions of people in our country and around the world. We shared v*****e to other countries.

All his criticisms of president Trump were the opposite of the facts considering that president Trump has had so many betrayals from the left. Series of harassments and assaults and I believe the e******n was s****n.

Here are more of president Trump's magnificent legacy of achievements . Historians recorded them!

https://herald-review.com/opinion/columnists/robert-mooth-trumps-list-of-accomplishments-lengthy/article_b258e508-df8a-557f-9376-40b846838486.html

https://wsau.com/2020/01/16/full-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments/

https://www.gadsdentimes.com/story/opinion/columns/2020/10/18/trumps-long-list-accomplishments/3671585001/

Now goodnight! Radiance