Volume 4, Issue 48
We as citizens of the United States find ourselves in a time of expectancy following the elections of 2016.
Everything we know as “business as usual” is upside down. The election outcome was a shock to the system. President Elect Trump is exercising a process to fill key cabinet posts in his Administration that appears to be unorthodox. It’s not that he is schismatic. He is going about business in a normal course for a private citizen. It just seems strange to the elite media and career politicians.
The national press still doesn’t get it. They are obsessed with what could be termed “Trumpism protocol.” They ask: What about his conflicts of interest? How can he distance himself from his businesses with his children at the helm? When will he stop tweeting?
This past weekend on ABC News, Martha Raddatz interviewed Senator Bernie Sanders and was unrelenting in asking his opinion of Donald Trump’s business conflicts of interest. Even Bernie Sanders was indignant. He basically rejoindered, why are you asking this? He expressed his desire to pursue the big issues of the day – climate change, job creation, regulation of Wall Street, and big money in politics. The closest Raddatz could come to a national issue was the pertinence of the recounts. Even Bernie Sanders yearned for the future while accepting the present.
The discussion we should be having at this point in our country’s history is, how are we going to get back on the right track? Define “the right track” you might say. Eighty-eight percent of the American public consistently responds to the right track-wrong track question that we’re on the wrong track. Therefore, defining problems and solutions pertaining to society is the discussion the national press should be facilitating. How do we fix Obamacare and continue to cover pre-existing conditions? How do we restructure our immigration policy and make all nationalities feel at home in America? How do we restructure international trade agreements in light of flawed currency exchanges while maintaining our commitment to free enterprise and free markets? How do we negotiate international trade with China when we demand that they revalue their currency while we ask for their help reigning in North Korea’s dictator Kim Jong-un?
The electorate was resounding in the casting of their votes to proclaim that business as usual will not work. They have twice now voted for substantial change. First, in the election of President Barack Obama. In that hope, they had faith that Congress and intellectual elites, including the media, would tow a different line. Instead, in their opinion, they got an acceleration of the government engine down the wrong track. The election of Donald Trump was a clear indication and signal that the public had lost all confidence in the “establishment” of any category of elected national power and those in the media who support them.
The United States of America is the greatest country on earth. And, in its commitment to democracy, is the world’s greatest hope. The Constitution of the United States is the greatest governing document ever penned by man. It has stood the test of time and sheltered the solution for many mortal conflicts.
Donald J. Trump was elected by the people, pursuant to the Constitution and the Republic of the States, as the country’s 45th President. He deserves not only the chance to lead, but the commitment of our help. Though he pursues the instrument of government absent business as usual, he is not unprecedented in this effort. The ultimate stand against government business as usual was our Declaration of Independence in 1776. Perhaps this course of action is exactly what our great country needs at this time.
In this reflective season of Advent, wherein we accept current circumstances in hope of deliverance to a brighter future, we should stand not on ceremony, but on principle that freedom is the ultimate foundation for righteousness. And in our pursuit of freedom, God’s purpose and government’s purpose align.
In this season, may we remain hopeful and expectant.
My name is Marc Nuttle and this is what I believe.
What do you believe?