The president moves forward

It’s there largely to save us from harm or getting killed but has itself killed through laggardness. As has been documented by Henry Miller, a physician and Hoover Institution fellow who worked at the FDA for years, the bureaucrats overdo caution in admitting new drugs to market. They thus protect themselves from castigation if something goes amiss but deprive Americans of a means to save their lives. Trump made it clear in the speech that he wants to fix this, and it’s about time.

Trump’s immigration plan is not just to deport those here illegally after they’ve committed crimes. As he made clear in the speech, he wants to go further in admitting legal immigrants on the basis of merit. Yes, many low-skill immigrants do a great deal of good, but many struggle. It is just as compassionate to admit those with high skills as it is to admit those with low skills, and in a high-tech society, they can contribute massively instead of costing us massively.

Here was not a speech focused only on such issues, but also on how we Americans are in fact united on standing up against the horrors of antiSemitism and racism. It was an emotional evening during which those in attendance poured out their hearts for a woman whose husband had given his life for his country.

Too often, Trump has done himself in with smallmindedness or juvenility on top of what’s best about him. But on this occasion, everything about him seemed a step up the ladder. No, many steps up the ladder.

Please, Mr. President, keep it up, and please, Congress, work with him, and please, critics, give credit where credit is due. Jay Ambrose is an op-ed columnist for Tribune News Service. Readers may email him at speaktojay@aol.com.