The Citizen (Gauteng)

Don’t underestim­ate good ol’ Trump

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He has constantly been mocked, vilified, pilloried, and called everything from moron to idiot by the Democrats, CNN and other anti-Trumpers.

Donald Trump’s administra­tion has been called bizarre, in turmoil, dysfunctio­nal etc. Yet, The Hill states: “Trump has perhaps been the most successful first year American President in modern US history.” The Washington Examiner lists 81 major achievemen­ts in his first year.

The Democrats, in opposition to the above, have done nothing but reject, resist and obstruct – never giving credit where credit is due.

Just a few of Trump’s achievemen­ts: consumer confidence is at its highest level in 17 years; the Dow set a record-high 70 times; companies have given raises and bonuses; corporate taxes have been cut by 21%; and the US GDP has grown by more than 3%.

Unemployme­nt is the lowest in American history – 3.8% – and 233 000 jobs were created in May alone. Trump has brought about the release of US prisoners abroad. Illegal border crossings are down by 41%.

To top all this, he has just completed a historic summit with North Korea, lauded by China, Japan, South Korea, Guam and others – except CNN.

Trump has shaken the internatio­nal world out of its lethargy with his no-nonsense approach, much to the chagrin of the Democrats and mainstream media. John

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