While Trump may be the first reality TV turned politician and elected to office without “political” experience, he is not the first celebrity elected to the presidency with no “political” experience. Off the top of my head,I can think of two Republicans who meet those criteria: Grant and Eisenhower.

But both, like Trump, were more than celebrities. All three had successfully managed large organizations, which I think is a benefit for someone being elected to the office of Chief Executive.

I also put “political” in quotes, since the management of large organizations and the negotiations among different stakeholders and interests is inherently political, i.e., dealing with people in organizations. The politics of government is only a subset. To what extent experience in government politics is beneficial or detrimental depends more on how that experience is used and how it influences a person’s actions.

They needed Jackson to fight for him because Jackson was the only with the guts and wisdom to do so. Ironically, Trum is the same figure of authority to the Alt Right.

The moment when the physical ratchet gets to a point where they can die or feel the PAIN OF BURNING, then they back off and kneel down like the omega weaklings that they are.

Sean, I think there is a LOT less legislation than there could be, and should be – but it is 100% the fault of Reps in Congress.
President Trump has not vetoed nor even threatened to on any piece of legislation the Reps want.

Yes, I know, the legislative legislates and the executive executes, I get it (thanks everyone, I already knew that). But the Dems are doing yeoman’s work with their Russia-Collusion b.s. of distracting the Pubs, and Trump is giving them all kinds of material to work with. He loves the fight, and that’s great, but there’s more to it than the fight.

What happened to the promise that big trum man in the white house would protect you all from the ctrl left?

The real problem, as the Tea Party pointed out, is that too many GOPe Reps seem to prefer being in the powerless to do anything opposition — so they spout cliches and complaints about the Dems, but don’t really have alternatives.

Where is the GOP alternative to Obamacare? Well, maybe Trump has said he won’t accept full, complete, and simple repeal; tho maybe he would accept that, but won’t accept other alternatives that have downsides.

The media is too distracted by Tweets to report on what is really happening on healthcare, but it’s clear the Reps didn’t and don’t have an agreed to plan they are willing to legislate.

Trump has kept his promises far more than most Reps in Congress, including (or especially?) McCain (2008, I voted for him, too). But anti-Tweeters don’t even measure that.

I like Trump’s tweets, crude (tho now seldom really lewd) because I think they do distract the media.
I like Trump’s genius at the personal insult; there are so many Dem targets he won’t run out of targets for 4, nor 8, years.

Notice how the Trump is Hitler meme has pretty much disappeared? Trump worked with Russia is about to disappear, too.

Scott Adams, “Trump is a Master Persuader” seems the best pundit on Trump, not VDH who is so much better a philosopher. I now think VDH, like myself earlier, is wrong to oppose Trump’s “authentic” tweets.

Trump is the most authentic President since Truman; and almost opposite.

I just published a post on that.