Blog 7

I know that almost (if not all) of my blog posts are about Trump and his administration but if I'm being honest it's hard to want to write about anything else when endless amount of content over his actions have popped up. I was reading a post on "Washington Monthly" by Nancy LeTourneau and she provided quotes from another article "The education of Donald Trump" written by Josh Dawsey, discussing the kind of president Donald Trump is. Dawsey even provided quotes from one of Trumps senior administration officials. The quote that really made me giggle over the ridiculousness of it was "You go in and tell him the pros and cons, and what the media coverage is going to be like.” the senior administration official was discussing how to present a policy or strategy to Trump and what will win him over. The previous quote shines light on the fact that Donald Trump is more concerned with the amount of attention he will get for doing a certain thing rather than what will benefit the country as a whole. I do not think that he understands the importance of the presidency, but I mean when you elect someone with no political background what can you expect for him to know what all it entails. He is the most egocentric man and unfortunately he is also our president.

Colleague's Blog

Jennifer Torres wrote a blog post discussing how Donald Trump has been doing as our president and she has made some valid points while discussing his progress thus far. Torres titled her blog "Having Trouble Making America Great Again Trump?" and I thought it was extremely clever. Trump made so many promises while campaigning and I honestly think he lacks the knowledge to realize the amount of effort being president actually takes. I feel as if he took his campaign as a way to prove that he could be even more powerful than he already was, his intentions to me didn't seem to be beneficial to the nation but more of a way to benefit himself. Trump promised to change the healthcare act that Obama set in place and he has yet to do so because he cannot come up with a better one himself. Many of his supporters wanted him because of that promise, I wonder if they now realize that he is not going to be able to keep up with most of the things he said. Torres gracefully discussed Trump in a way they pointed out his flaws without attacking him and I admire her for that. Just like Torres I do hope that Trump proves me wrong and does great things for our country, but unfortunately as of now I cannot see that happening.