Real estate mogul, host of multiple TV shows, and fellow New Yorker Donald Trump let it be known last week on Fox News that he is considering running for president and would do so as a Republican.
I can’t say for sure who I would vote for in two years, but I can for sure say I think he should run, and not as a Republican.
There is something to be said about making it big in New York City, the focal point of the Revolutionary War, the largest city in America, the most diverse city on earth, and arguably the most influential city on earth. To really make it here requires character, stamina, and ingenuity. Trump has all of these characteristics in spades.
Most seem to agree that the American economy is hurting, and Washington needs to be shaken up. As a total outsider to Washington, Trump’s business acumen could be a huge asset to shaking up the government and really creating change that will benefit the economy.
This isn’t to comment on his specific platform; which has nothing specific to speak of, but rather his purebred leadership skills. For example, in his blog he recounts how he likes to sign his own checks.
“I had one job that for some reason the pricing seemed very high, and I was very unhappy with costs. I was not signing the checks at that job. I got very angry at the people running the job and ultimately said to them, ‘Dammit, I want to personally sign every single check.’”
His costs on the job immediately went down 15 percent, and he ended up firing the management. I suspect more than one of the countless government departments and agencies could use this kind of hard-nosed management.
Trump’s only possible agenda item that he has made clear is that he will not tolerate China’s corrupt trade practices that hurt our economy. In truth, I couldn’t think of anything more important.
Where the Obama administration has feebly tried to challenge China’s corrupt trade practices, and the Bush administration seemed to let them go altogether, Trump has made it clear that he is playing hardball.
“From the [Chinese] gymnasts caught cheating at the Olympics to the singer caught lip-syncing on international television, I don’t have the highest esteem for their ethics. It’s all a charade,” reads Trump’s blog.
Yet, for what he is up against on a national scale, Trump is fooling himself if he thinks he can pull off a run as a Republican. His moderate stances on social issues are the same that easily sank former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani in the Republican primaries in 2008. The nonpartisan group On the Issues even ranks Trump closer to the left than the right.
Besides, all of the polls show a clear and deep dissatisfaction with the political establishment itself, both Republican and Democratic. The Tea Party movement has largely been a movement against the Republican Party itself. If there is ever a time for an independent candidate to become president, it will be 2012.
I can’t say for sure who I would vote for in two years, but I can for sure say I think he should run, and not as a Republican.
There is something to be said about making it big in New York City, the focal point of the Revolutionary War, the largest city in America, the most diverse city on earth, and arguably the most influential city on earth. To really make it here requires character, stamina, and ingenuity. Trump has all of these characteristics in spades.
Most seem to agree that the American economy is hurting, and Washington needs to be shaken up. As a total outsider to Washington, Trump’s business acumen could be a huge asset to shaking up the government and really creating change that will benefit the economy.
This isn’t to comment on his specific platform; which has nothing specific to speak of, but rather his purebred leadership skills. For example, in his blog he recounts how he likes to sign his own checks.
“I had one job that for some reason the pricing seemed very high, and I was very unhappy with costs. I was not signing the checks at that job. I got very angry at the people running the job and ultimately said to them, ‘Dammit, I want to personally sign every single check.’”
His costs on the job immediately went down 15 percent, and he ended up firing the management. I suspect more than one of the countless government departments and agencies could use this kind of hard-nosed management.
Trump’s only possible agenda item that he has made clear is that he will not tolerate China’s corrupt trade practices that hurt our economy. In truth, I couldn’t think of anything more important.
Where the Obama administration has feebly tried to challenge China’s corrupt trade practices, and the Bush administration seemed to let them go altogether, Trump has made it clear that he is playing hardball.
“From the [Chinese] gymnasts caught cheating at the Olympics to the singer caught lip-syncing on international television, I don’t have the highest esteem for their ethics. It’s all a charade,” reads Trump’s blog.
Yet, for what he is up against on a national scale, Trump is fooling himself if he thinks he can pull off a run as a Republican. His moderate stances on social issues are the same that easily sank former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani in the Republican primaries in 2008. The nonpartisan group On the Issues even ranks Trump closer to the left than the right.
Besides, all of the polls show a clear and deep dissatisfaction with the political establishment itself, both Republican and Democratic. The Tea Party movement has largely been a movement against the Republican Party itself. If there is ever a time for an independent candidate to become president, it will be 2012.
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