As one might have expected, Trump easily made Time Magazines’s list of the 100 most influential people. But what I didn’t expect was that Ted Cruz would be the one writing about Trump for the magazine.
Here’s what he had to say:
President Trump is a flash-bang grenade thrown into Washington by the forgotten men and women of America. The fact that his first year as Commander in Chief disoriented and distressed members of the media and political establishment is not a bug but a feature.
The same cultural safe spaces that blinkered coastal elites to candidate Trump’s popularity have rendered them blind to President Trump’s achievements on behalf of ordinary Americans. While pundits obsessed over tweets, he worked with Congress to cut taxes for struggling families. While wealthy celebrities announced that they would flee the country, he fought to bring back jobs and industries to our shores. While talking heads predicted Armageddon, President Trump’s strong stand against North Korea put Kim Jong Un back on his heels.
President Trump is doing what he was elected to do: disrupt the status quo. That scares the heck out of those who have controlled Washington for decades, but for millions of Americans, their confusion is great fun to watch.
What do you think? Too glossy a review of Trump for such a list?
Yes, we all have our complaints. But at the end of the day, Trump does have a decent list of good accomplishments in his corner. I would add to Cruz’s list above a big one, and that is Trump recognizing Jerusalem and moving our our embassy to their capital.
And I would go as far to say if Republicans in Congress were truly as conservative as they claimed when running for office, Trump would be able to add the repeal of Obamacare – and a lot more to his list of good accomplishments.