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Mark Caserta: Free State Patriot editor
Our 45th president, Donald J. Trump, just completed his first overseas trip as commander-in-chief.
What an overwhelming success for the administration and the American people!
Unlike the “appease and apologize” tours Americans were accustomed to seeing under the Obama administration, President Trump delivered what the world has been waiting to see from the U.S. for eight agonizing years – unwavering leadership and a reliability in partnering with our global allies.
The president and his wife Melania’s first stop was in Saudi Arabia, where they received a warm welcome by Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud. During his two-day visit, President Trump signed a major weapons deal with the Saudis, essentially freeing American soldiers from the field of battle in the region by supplying high-tech weaponry to the Saudis. U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was reported by Al-Jazeera as saying the arms agreement will help Saudi Arabia deal with “malign Iranian influence.”
The president also attended a summit of more than 50 Arab and Muslim leaders to discuss the fight against “extremism,” as reported by multiple news agencies. Trump’s bold speech on Islam called for increased unity in the fight against “radicalism” while characterizing the effort as a “battle between good and evil,” wrote The Associated Press.
On the second leg of his journey, President Trump visited our strongest ally in the region, Israel, where he helped strengthen the U.S. relationship with Israel and reaffirmed his commitment to Middle East peace. He became the first sitting U.S. president to ever visit and pray at the Western Wall, considered by the Jewish people to be one of their holiest sites. Trump was accompanied by the Rabbi of the Western Wall, Shmuel Rabinowitz, who was complimentary of the president’s commitment to the Israeli people.
“(Trump) said that he understands the significance of the Western Wall for the Jewish people and that’s why he decided to visit here during his first trip to Israel,” Rabinowitz said. “He is certain he will come here again, perhaps many times. He was very moved,” Reuters reported.
“America’s security partnership with Israel is stronger than ever,” Trump said during his visit. “Under my administration, you see the difference,” the president was quoted as saying by The Washington Post.
The third leg of the president’s overseas trip included a visit to Rome, Brussels and Vatican City for a meeting with Pope Francis, where they cordially discussed terrorism and the radicalization of young people, per a multiple-authored column last week in The New York Times.
Sadly, yet increasingly predictable, the mainstream media included in nearly all “news” reports of the president’s monumental trip an intentionally distracting reference to the firing of James Comey and the progressive propagation of the conspiracy between Russia and the Trump campaign which liberals propose “must” be the reason Hillary Clinton lost the 2016 presidential election.
Frankly, liberals are rapidly conniving their way to irrelevancy.
Regardless, President Trump continues leading the United States back to greatness.
And our “broad stripes and bright stars” are gleaming brighter for many Americans.
Mark Caserta is a conservative blogger, a Cabell County resident and a regular contributor to The Herald-Dispatch editorial page.
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Mark Caserta: Free State Patriot editor
5.26.17
Liberals are scared to death of Donald J. Trump and his commitment to “fundamentally” returning America to greatness.
It’s not surprising the mainstream media are reduced to taking advantage of marginally informed Americans by propagating illegitimate news such as “potential” Russian collusion with the Trump campaign in defeating Hillary Clinton, despite not having a shred of evidence. Frankly, it’s all they’ve got.
Political bias from our nation’s major news outlets has never been more pronounced. Anyone suggesting differently is trying to sell you something.
Allow this humble conservative writer to remind readers exactly why Donald Trump is the president of the United States and why Democrats have lost 900 plus state legislature seats, 12 governorships, 69 House Seats and 13 Senate seats in the last eight years, per the Washington Post.
The Obama presidency represented a leftist Xanadu for progressives unlike anything they’d ever enjoyed. Electing arguably the most liberal president in history made “fundamentally changing America” much easier. Life was good for liberals.
But life wasn’t good for Americans. Millions had fallen out of the U.S. labor workforce which was at its lowest since the 1970s. Over 94 million workers were either not working or unable to find work, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
As a result, the number of food stamp recipients went up by 10.7 million people, a 32 percent jump, during the liberal reign, according to the Department of Agriculture.
One doesn’t have to be an economist to understand the fewer people working, the weaker the economy. How can a nation possibly prosper with so many people unemployed?
The American dream had become a nightmare. Hope for a prosperous future was fading.
An intangible that liberals never discuss, but possibly the most relevant to our times, is that economic stagnation helps foster an environment of hopelessness, so debilitating for some they partake in behaviors consistent with individuals lacking a sense of self-worth and purpose.
I believe this has been a huge contributing factor in the increased level of drugs and criminal activity across the country.
But where should voters turn? Hillary’s leftist solution involved more government programs and handouts. And these benefits were seemingly being generously offered (at the taxpayer’s expense) not only to residents, but anyone willing to make the trip to the United States.
Democrats were proposing a scenario suggesting we could sustain more people with government assistance, using fewer tax dollars, from a dwindling workforce. It was senseless.
This could only be possible by raising taxes on working Americans and U.S. business charged with creating jobs. Anyone with any business acumen understands this would stifle the growth of industry and reduce the growth of jobs.
But given all this, liberals are choosing to focus on delegitamizing the Trump presidency rather than partner in returning our country to prosperity and jobs to our communities.
In other words, compromise your quality of life for their political gain.
My advice to Donald Trump: Keep your eye on the prize, Mr. President.
Continued success in reviving the economy and jobs will quiet the resistance.
Mark Caserta is a conservative blogger, a Cabell County resident and a regular contributor to The Herald-Dispatch editorial page.
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