The part that I thoroughly enjoy about being a writer and a sometime radio host is that I get to explore some of the material that is currently bouncing around the world wide interwebs. On any given day, there's some weird stuff bouncing around those interwebs, and it never stops, which can be delightful and frustrating.
Occasionally, when I read a story outside of the Salem media websites, which of course, RedState is part of, I have to sit back and ponder the meaning of it.
Yet man, did I hit the jackpot here with this story.
This article from the Detroit News made me do a double-take, and as you can see, even the title had me intrigued. If Trump is a king, he's terrible at it.
Damn.
The lady who penned this piece goes right for the jugular.
As protesters gather for "No Kings" gatherings, rallies and even a First Amendment concert in New York City on President Donald Trump's 80th birthday, I can't help but snicker. If Trump is acting like a king, he's doing a lousy job of it.
Hot diggity dog.
I really can't agree with that more.
Democrats and others who have opposed his policies have had no issue challenging Trump and those policies in court. While I don't have total figures yet because Donald Trump still has a lot of his second term presidency to go, it seems every couple of days, he is having a lawsuit filed against something his administration is attempting to do.
Sure doesn't seem like he is a king to me — a man with overwhelming authority.
Mostly because he is not.
The author continues...
Contrary to the smears in my inbox, I'm not such a rabid MAGA supporter that I can't see Trump's flaws. He is thin-skinned and dodges accountability. He threatens and postures ‒ against media, allies and foes alike. He acts too quickly and sometimes crosses the line.
But enforcing the law aggressively is not tyranny. Trump sent troops to Washington, DC, to restore order. Democrats called it an overreach, but it seemed to help. He threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act in Minnesota to quell riots against Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, then didn't follow through. Masked agents could stand to be more civil, but a nation that refuses to enforce its immigration laws quickly becomes a lawless one.
He's not a humble wallflower. He's a man of action who sometimes makes mistakes. But that's not the same as being a tyrannical dictator.
Exactly.
Donald Trump is someone who expects results much quicker than the federal government, or any government for that matter, is used to moving and accomplishing its goals. This is not a character flaw, but it is just a statement of the fact that there are many layers to go through with the largest government entity in the country, and every president, whoever they have been, has run into that.
Trump learned during the first term what restrictions he was given, and it seems to me in the second term, he would rather do something and then, if the court overturns it, that's fine, but he would rather act first, ask for permission later. All presidents, in my opinion, at some point hit this stage.
Finally this...
By invoking the language of America's founding, the No Kings movement cheapens what that struggle actually meant. America was born from years of real tyranny, paid for in blood by people who had none of these freedoms.
Nailed it.
I have no idea how American history is being taught in the schools today. I sure hope it is at least as decent as it was when I was in the classroom back in the day.
What the founders went through to hand us the gift of a republic such as the United States of America was incredible, and something, as we come up on the 250th anniversary of the nation declaring its independence, that we should all take a moment and treasure. I really do hope that, as a nation, we do appreciate this more than we probably have in the past.
With that all being said, I sure hope that President Trump can keep up the hectic pace that he is known for and kick some you-know-what in his 80th year and America's 250th.
Also, he should keep mocking the No Kings folks because they have zero sense of humor about it, and that makes me laugh.
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