Quite possibly the most important person on this planet is the President of the United States. The President is the face of our country. To outsiders, what the President says or does is our policies and ideals. The person sitting in the oval office must work to gain (not bully) the respect of all Americans, our allies, neutrals, and many unfriendly countries.

No past or future President will ever have complete support of all Americans or the respect of all other countries. Our greatest Presidents have never achieved it. FDR and Lincoln still have many detractors. Washington wasn’t a heroic figure then and not for decades.

LBJ did many great things for our poor and destitute. However his handling of the Vietnam War created the second most divisive period in our history. Not until today have we had so many Americans taking to the streets.

From the day he announced his candidacy, Donald Trump has gotten very little respect from here or abroad. After being elected he has alienated even more in American and in other countries. The protests in the country and around the world are beginning to rival those of the Vietnam Era. Twice as many protested him on January 21st as supported him on the 20th.

He has lost the respect of leaders and people of Australia, United Kingdom, and Germany among others. I have friends in those countries and an Australian friend summed it up by sending this, “I don’t blame you for having an idiot for President.”

I think he might redeem himself if he fired his advisors, muzzled himself and let party leaders and his more intelligent cabinet secretaries guide him. He is obviously in over his head and bullying people, companies and countries isn’t the way to gain respect.

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