President Trump - Part 1 - How to Respond to the New Reality

Reality -  Donald Trump is President for the next four years.  

So how does a thoughtful person respond to this new reality?  

There is little to be gained in complaining.  He has a guaranteed four years.  Protests and denials are not going to make him go away.  They may actually enhance his credibility with the base of voters who elected him.  

I believe the most productive way to respond is to focus on his substantive policies.  Educate the public with pertinent historical facts, scientific data and common sense about likely results from his policy initiatives.

The good news is that Mr. Trump is not an ideologue.  He has ideas he thinks are right but seems flexible on almost anything.  In fact he doesn't seem to really care about what policies he pursues, he just wants to be the guy running the show.  He said a lot of offensive things in his campaign but in his mind that just seems to be what he needed to say to get elected.  He is already, in fits and starts, backing away from virtually every outrageous claim he made during the campaign.  

Of course that could change.  But lets be positive and push constructive dialogue.

So this is the introduction to a series of blogs addressing specific policies the President Elect has proposed in the hope constructive dialogue can make his Presidency a positive for the nation.  

My next topic with be his proposed tax cuts.

I invite others to pick a topic and join the conversation.