Trump's first 100 days - an executive success

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I had to spend some reflective moments before saying this out loud-- the notion that these first 100 days of Donald Trump’s presidency are the best opening 14 weeks of any presidency since I’ve been alive.

I’m not eighty, but I’m not thirty, either. I was born in the year of Dwight Eisenhower’s second inauguration, 1957. So, presuming my choices will be culled from Republican presidents, my choices are Nixon, Reagan, both Bushes and Trump. The ascendancy of Gerald Ford, splashed across our history in the messy wake of Watergate, did not exactly unfold with the kind of initiatory agenda that freshly elected Presidents get.

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Trump starts to amass 100 Days points just by not being Hillary? He absolutely does.

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Borders mean something again, and America is actually going to pay attention to who enters the nation, and keep track of them once they are here.

Job creation is again a major focus of economic policy, promising growth that finally provides some progress out of our abyss of debt. Tax reform gives businesses and individuals hope that they will no longer be punished for success.

Terrorists and tyrants the world over have already been served notice that the years of “leading from behind” are over. Our allies know they can rely on us, and our enemies know they should not underestimate us.

Our military can swell with pride under a Commander-in-Chief that has their backs, supporting them in sincere spirit and with the nuts-and-bolts promise of refurbished aircraft and expanded naval fleets.

Americans sick of seeing their faith mocked and sidelined will enjoy a President who will blast through the political correctness that is the foremost enemy of Judeo-Christian belief.

The regulatory state, which strangles job creation, hamstrings banks and shackles individual initiative, is on its way to a long-deserved dismantling.

Our energy policy once again embraces American energy sources, from cleaner coal to new oil technologies to natural gas. Renewables and alternative options will be welcome, but gone are the days when they are force-fed to us by activist politicians hostile to human productivity.

Sanity has returned to the climate debate. The junk science of presumed man-made global warming will wither under the harsh light of proper scrutiny, but there is good news for all: we will be good stewards of the planet because it is the right thing to do, not because Al Gore thinks the oceans will soon swallow Miami.

Has there been a legislative stubbed toe on one of the main Trump agenda items? There has, and the next flight of Obamacare repeal needs to go better than the launch pad explosion we went through last month. But does anyone doubt that the result will be infinitely superior to the dark prospects we would have faced under Hillary Clinton?

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