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I would hope most Americans watched President Donald Trump's rally in Phoenix on Tuesday evening. Much of it was classic Trump, touting his accomplishments, criticizing "fake news" and talking about the swamp in Washington, D.C. Certainly, it wouldn't be President Trump without his in-your-face attitude.
If you missed it, go online and listen to the last few minutes of the speech. In my opinion, that's what it was all about.
This is exactly what President Trump needs to be doing-speaking directly to the American people about tax reform and tax cuts for American businesses and middle-class citizens, about infrastructure improvements and about the greatness of the American people.As he reminded the crowd, we are the people who dug the Panama Canal, put a man on the moon and defeated Communism. No wonder people cheered when he said, "We can do anything, we can build anything and we can dream anything. ... We are Americans, and the future belongs to us."
It's one thing to complain, whine and basically have your entire administration held hostage by a do-nothing Congress and, in some respects, the news media. But this president needs to do just one thing-and it happens to be something he's very good at-take his agenda of making America great again directly to the people.
Ultimately, the people are the only ones who will get anything done. We the people are the ones who can change this do-nothing Congress by voting them out of office. We the people are the only ones who will be able to convince Congress to do something.
Comment: That the US is working on its posturing rather than viable and productive solutions, suggests Mattis is creating a holding pattern until there is less resistance to either a more productive relationship with China and Russia or a clearer path to war.