Trump vs. the Enemies of the People
By
Andrew Klavan
August 27, 2017
It's true that Donald Trump
cannot yet claim a major legislative accomplishment. It's also true that
he himself bears some of the blame for that: the distractions of his
chaotic style have given cover to a divided and spineless GOP
legislature. Nonetheless, those of us who voted for him with misgiving
can still feel more than well pleased with his three major achievements
so far: the appointment of an excellent Supreme Court justice; the
battle against the Giant Squid-like beast of the regulatory state; and
the fact that he's not Hillary Clinton, a felonious battle-axe who
would've continued the Chicago-style corruption of the Obama
administration and destroyed the American Experiment with
freedom-smothering socialism. Speaking personally, I'd put Trump on
Mount Rushmore for that last achievement alone.
But
there's a fourth major accomplishment too, unofficial and
extra-governmental though it may be: Trump's emotional torture of the
press.
This is no small
thing. It's hero work, for my money. Trump hasn't assaulted the First
Amendment — as Obama did with his corruption of the IRS and Hillary
would have with her pledge to overturn the Citizens United
decision. But he has given sweet, well-deserved and genuinely holy hell
to that corrupt arm of the Democratic Party that is generally called
the Mainstream Media: the New York Times and the Washington Post and the like, the network news, and of course tiny little unwatched and unwatchable CNN.
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