Well said. You touched on exactly the reason he was elected, that he represents a lot of people in America who have not been represented in the past, or for a long time, at least. Though I am a conservative, I too did not vote for Trump (I of course did not vote for Hillary). But I can recognize the many good things that he has accomplished, and will likely vote for him in the next election. Do I wish he was less reactionary to every little thing someone says about him? You bet. He needs to have a little thicker skin sometimes. Do I wish he would limit his use of twitter and sound more presidential when he does use it? Absolutely. But that's not who he is and part of the reason people feel like he represents them is precisely because he doesn't follow the norms. The fact that every liberal in America is so vehemently apposed to everything he says or does is a back-handed endorsement for keeping him there and trying to get the Republicans in congress to more fully support his agenda.

@WilliamLWeaver, can you explain the 'challenge to middle management that they created that does nothing but regulate other managers' comment? I'm not in that kind of a business, but I'm interested in the systems in business and the complex hierarchical structures within business, as well as the impact they have on company-wide production.

@chuckpo Certainly. My experiences are limited to NASA and Higher Education. I'm not the only observer to mention this, but since the mid 1980s until 2016, there has not been much innovation outside of computing. During that time there was a glut of college-educated Boomers who demanded upper-middle class salaries. They found them in the Regulation and Compliance industry. Diversity officers, Regulation Compliance Liaisons, Environmental Impact officers, and the like, created ever-larger management teams with the goals of improving safety for humans and the environment. Whenever there were accidents, it meant that these managers needed more power and resources to keep everyone 100% risk free. At NASA, this risk aversion led to the shutdown of the Manned Space Program and its mission change to the study of CO2. In Higher Education, the Government FASFA program removed personal risk from education loans and Universities raised their costs (400% above inflation) to create layers of Administration and Management to keep students safe from physical harm, and later social harm, and triggering mental harm.

President Trump slashed regulations and allowed private industry to risk capital and reap the monetary rewards from risk. The current "Swamp" of Regulation Compliance Officers cannot afford for the public to learn that Risk/Reward results in better overall quality of life improvement over Risk Adverse Fail-Safe environments. President Trump must be removed at all cost, all while ridiculing his heretical ideas as being a fanciful magic wand.

In two years, while under investigation for mythical treason, NASA is headed back to the Moon in 5 years the economy is enjoying 3+% GDP growth, and unemployment is the lowest in history. All because of the reduction in Rules and Regulations on Risk-taking Entrepreneurs and not because of the For-Your-Own-Good Regulators.

@WilliamLWeaver

My experiences are limited to NASA and Higher Education.

Ah, only that, hahaha! Impressive. But, it may not be the same in corporate America, which is what you're implying. Makes sense. I just thought your intro was funny.

Okay back to reading the rest...

@WilliamLWeaver, wow, that's REALLY interesting. Thanks for taking the time. I'd buy you a beer or 3 to hear your stories...Good stuff!

The only cure is sever personal tragedy on a level that shakes a person's faith and understanding to it's foundations. Most people are blind to the glasses they wear, I was the same until I was forced past my ignorance. I can only hope that people will learn life lessons without suffering; but if we must suffer that we suffer well.

@DaddyBob, that's quotable. Nice.