Numerous individuals in the media have openly suggested that the President is a bungling, unskilled incompetent that doesn’t appear to know what he’s doing. His ignorance, they say, will lead to the downfall of the republic. This frenzy is unpardonable and merely part of a Democratic Party campaign to oust the president and derail his agenda. “Everything we had been saying about racial integration was vindicated, but he’s incompetent” said liberal extraordinaire Gore Vidal. This was the case the left leveled against Barack Obama.
Even the liberal leaning Washington Post was forced to admit all was not well in Obama world when they reported that the White House wasn’t ready for conflicts over policy: “President Obama’s advisers acknowledged that they were unprepared for the intraparty rift that occurred over the fate of a proposed public health insurance program, a firestorm that has left the White House searching for a way to reclaim the initiative on the president’s top legislative priority.”
In Britain, for decades our closest ally, the talk in the press—supported by polls—was about the end of the ‘special relationship’ with America. French President Nicolas Sarkozy openly criticized Obama for months, including a direct attack on his policies at the United Nations. Sarkozy cited the need to recognize the real world, not the virtual world, a clear reference to Obama’s speech on nuclear weapons.
The point is that President Trump isn’t the first President to be criticized after taking office. The difference however, between Obama and Trump is that within just weeks Trump has already managed to reach outside his inner-circle, meeting with people from all stripes and political parties, industries, and interests. Obama failed to do so in eight years. Yet, Trump is the bungling idiot? I don’t think so.
Even the liberal leaning Washington Post was forced to admit all was not well in Obama world when they reported that the White House wasn’t ready for conflicts over policy: “President Obama’s advisers acknowledged that they were unprepared for the intraparty rift that occurred over the fate of a proposed public health insurance program, a firestorm that has left the White House searching for a way to reclaim the initiative on the president’s top legislative priority.”
In Britain, for decades our closest ally, the talk in the press—supported by polls—was about the end of the ‘special relationship’ with America. French President Nicolas Sarkozy openly criticized Obama for months, including a direct attack on his policies at the United Nations. Sarkozy cited the need to recognize the real world, not the virtual world, a clear reference to Obama’s speech on nuclear weapons.
The point is that President Trump isn’t the first President to be criticized after taking office. The difference however, between Obama and Trump is that within just weeks Trump has already managed to reach outside his inner-circle, meeting with people from all stripes and political parties, industries, and interests. Obama failed to do so in eight years. Yet, Trump is the bungling idiot? I don’t think so.
