Failed President?

Lately, there's been a lot of talk in the Liberal media about how President Trump hasn't really accomplished anything so far. Some are going as far as to refer to him as a "failed" President, and pointing to the attempts to repeal Obamacare as proof.

First of all, this is a blatant lie, and the people saying it know better. President Trump has accomplished quite a bit already. Getting Gorsuch confirmed and appointed, bombing Syria for using chemical weapons (instead of drawing an imaginary line he was never going to enforce), passing forty-six bills through Congress, lowering both the actual unemployment rate and the number of illegal aliens sneaking into our country, getting China to approve sanctions on North Korea, getting NATO member countries to pay their fair share... The list goes on.

The truly incredible thing, is when you look at everything he's had to face to get any of it done.

Granted, Obama had to deal with a few "obstructionists" and "Birthers", but nowhere near what Trump is seeing.

The "birthers" were a small fringe element (including Trump), who held no real power, and we're widely ridiculed by even the people on the Right (their own side). Obama could have easily shut them up (rather than keep it going, like he did) by showing his birth certificate sooner.

Trump, on the other hand, has the Russian Collusion Delusion, and no way to shut them up, until they finally admit there's no proof.

Obama called all the Republicans "obstructionists", when only a handful actually resisted him at all cost. Most only "obstructed" him when his plans or agenda didn't match their own. (That's why we have more than one party, it's called democracy and politics.) He rarely ever had any Democrats against him on any issue (nevermind every issue). Again, when they did, it was for policy reasons, not personal.

On the flipside, Trump has been dealing with the Democrats' "resist movement", and a healthy dose of RINOs (Republican In Name Only). Both of the groups have made it amply clear that they find him personally distasteful and offensive, and will never side with him, no matter what the issue. If he found a way to cure all disease for free to everyone, they would vote against it, just because he did it. That's not democracy, it's childish, stupid and putting our country in danger over a petty grudge.

Then, there's the "Obama Darlings" (as they were actually called more than once)... The media. Like them or not, our news services in America go a long way to shape public opinion on people or issues. As much as some like to claim they hate the news, the only way to really get any information  (or most misinformation) about a politician or an issue, is through the media.

During his Presidency, the media never missed a chance to sing Obama's praises, give him a pass when he screwed up, and downplay or spin anything he did against American principles or Constitutional law. For the most part, the media has been Obama's personal cheering squad for the past eight years  (and still are).

Trump however, has had to deal with an openly hostile, unapologetically biased media with no morals or scruples. He has to figure out how to get his message out, despite the outright lies, misdirections and made up stories from so-called journalists people depend upon for presumably factual information.  So far this year CNN, MSNBC and the New York Times has had to retract at least seventeen stories about Trump that were blatantly untrue (with countless others they still refuse to acknowledge as untrue). Stacked against this level of corruption, it's no wonder the President has to use Twitter and campaign style rallies to get his message to the people.

I've said it plenty of times before, Donald Trump is far from perfect as a President. But, he's a hell of a lot better than what we jad, and what we almost had. Before you criticize the President's supposed inability to get thing done, perhaps you should look at what he has actually done, and all the things he has to overcome.