2018 REPEAT OF 2017?

I don’t write much anymore. It’s not because there isn’t much I want to write about … there is.  There’s been a lot I’ve wanted to write about, but I haven’t.  It’s hard for me to gather my thoughts around just one topic to write about.  Like most guys I can’t multitask well … I guess I have a one task mind.

But lately (especially now that we’re entering the New Year) I’ve been thinking about what might happen next with President Trump and the Republican Congress.  They haven’t worked well very together and honestly I don’t see that changing in 2018.  I hope I’m wrong.  I’ve been disappointed with Congress and I know that I’m not alone.  Most of us that held up hope for a change of course and a correction from the previous administration haven’t been satisfied with Congress’s actions … especially since they’ve been given complete control of Washington D.C.   We expected a lot from them, that’s because we expect little from the other side. But they’re also Americans that have lost hope in the Republican Congress. 

Why have they lost hope? Well, they haven’t actually lost hope … they’ve lost trust.  They no longer trust Republicans.   A lot of Americans voted Republican for the first time because of Donald Trump’s message and passion. They still trust him and he’s going keep their trust. Why will he keep their trust? ...because he hasn’t done anything to lose it.  But that doesn’t mean that they’ll stay with the Republican Party, they’ll stay with him. If he’s gone - so are they.

President Trump is the only person in Washington D.C. that is focused on saving our country for Americans of today and for Americans of tomorrow.  That’s what I like about him.  I wasn’t always a Trump supporter but he’s earned my support by doing what he said he would.  I did not expect that from him. I misjudged him.  I do expect Republicans to do what they say they’ll do, even more so when they claim to be conservatives.  Yet, now with President Trump in office, we’ve see more than a few “conservatives” not keep their word and not honor their promises.   I don’t like that. I don’t think you do either.

The Republican Congress has a lot to prove and a lot to lose this year.  It’s an election year, had the Republicans taken advantage of their victories in the 2016 elections the country would be moving on to better things.  We might even be on the road to solving some of our long held problems: over spending and deficits, national security, immigration, healthcare, etc.  But instead in 2017 we heard too much of the same old arguments being fought by the same old people (other than President Trump) as always. 

Republicans have a lot of work ahead of them with very little time to do it in.  They must to do what they’ve promised to do and somehow win back Americans’ trust ... then keep and hold Congress.  That won’t happen if this year is a repeat of last year, and from what I’ve seen so far it’s already looking like a re-run.

There you have it,

Eddie