I was viewing television Sunday night and found Ken Burns’ excellent film series about the history of baseball.  Though not a baseball nut myself, I enjoy watching history and baseball on TV during the World Series.

There was a point in the presentation in which Ty Cobb, the great player for Detroit, was highlighted.  I found it interesting how they spoke of Cobb — a fierce competitor; athletic, fast, base stealing wizard, with a lifetime batting average of .367 (highest overall).  His competitors hated him, his teammates feared him, his aggressive traits and style made him an outcast.   He changed the face of baseball from a sanguine gentleman’s sport to a competitive style, just less than all-out war.  Baseball was never the same after Cobb.

Fast forward 85 years for a Cobb-like politician to take the political world by storm.  Donald Trump has beaten all professional politicians at their own game.  Classic example is beating Hillary Clinton.  She was the “smartest, most experienced and qualified politician,” according to presidential lightweight President Obama.

We had 16 years if inaction, first milquetoast Bush, then “who, me!” Alfred E. Neumann lookalike Obama.  Congress was languishing in inaction and “go along to get along” thinking.  Nothing was being done about the economy, United Nations/NATO, trade, stupid agreements and treaties, illegal immigration, and Israel.  President Trump didn’t need the job, he was already rich.  He didn’t need the headaches, but he saw the country was directionless and decided to do something about it. Let’s examine what he has done in less than 3 years without cooperation/support from Democrats:

• Passed the largest tax reduction bill in history.  The economy that was sputtering along got a boost and has grown in jobs and increase in pay.  Companies were feeling competitive again with the tax and regulation burden that was keeping them from growing, with lower tax rates, favorable depreciation rates, and fairer trade policies.

• United Nations/NATO – The Marxists in the United Nations are now stymied by the President’s initiatives and getting NATO members to pay up for the defense of their countries by United States troops stationed in their countries.  No more ripping off the United States.

• Trade agreements have been negotiated between the U.S/Canada/Mexico.  It will soon go into effect.  The Chinese agreement is underway and in Phase 2, hopefully it will be finalized soon, if Congress will do its job.

• Trump pulled out of the Paris Climate Agreement, which is an idiotic document that places all the burden on the most advanced countries while leaving the major polluters like China and India off the hook to clean up their pollution for years.  President Trump was correct in pulling out of the agreement.

• Illegal Immigration was a big issue with President Trump and still is.  The Wall is being built, despite no Congressional cooperation, and ICE is enforcing laws.  You want in the country, get in line and come in legally.

• Israel has been promised a U. S. Embassy in Jerusalem since the 1950s.  It took Donald Trump to get it done.

The United States needed President Trump because it was stale.  It needed new blood and attitude to get things done.  He was voted in to clean up the Swamp and he’s doing it.

I have a criticism of Trump in that the debt burden has increased since Obama left.  It doesn’t surprise me in that the required outlays for Social Security, Medicare/Medicaid, defense, federal retirements, etc. is an ever present burden for any president.  I would suggest he needs to trim the government and give the responsibilities back to the states and take less tax money from the states so they can afford to take on those responsibilities with finances commensurate with the burden.  There is no reason to have Departments of Agriculture or Commerce at the federal and state levels.

It is the media crying about the debt level, but was relatively mute when Obama took it from $8.5 trillion to over $18 trillion in just eight years.  It didn’t seem to be a big deal when it was under Obama, but when Republicans take over, the focus is on the debt.

If you think there is a winner in the lineup the Democrats now have debating and focusing on, think again.  There is nothing but socialism and Marxism as far as the eye can see in any of these clowns.  They are all about giveaways and how to tax you for money they will waste on programs benefiting nobody.

The rotting of America from within continues…