POISED FOR GREATNESS? – AT 12:38 P.M. ET:  The anti-Trump press has the president practically out the door.  But there is a growing realization among the grown-ups that, with all his faults, he's a serious man doing serious things, and may be poised for greatness.  From Conrad Black in Canada's National Post: 

It is distressing to read and listen to the nonsense in the Canadian media about Donald Trump. It is too early to predict whether he will be a successful president or not. But no one relying on the Canadian media would be aware that he has more than doubled the economic growth rate, reduced illegal immigration by about 80 per cent, withdrawn from the insane Paris Climate accord, helped add trillions to U.S. stock market values, created nearly two million new jobs, led the rout of ISIL, and gained full Chinese adherence to the unacceptability of North Korean nuclear military capability. He will probably pass the greatest tax cuts and reforms since Reagan, if not Lyndon Johnson, by Christmas, and may throw out the most unpopular feature of Obamacare, the coercive mandate, with it.

He can be a tiresome and implausible public figure at times, and the reservations widely held about him, in the United States and elsewhere, are understandable and not unfounded. He is, however, the most effective U.S. president since Reagan.

COMMENT:  Well said.  The verdict is far from being in, and the president can destroy himself.  But thus far his record is remarkably good.  We recall that Reagan, at this stage in his presidency, was still regarded as an "amiable dunce," and is now seen as an accomplished, possibly great president.

Great presidents usually do one or two great things.  All the rest becomes the background chatter of history.  If Trump can build a great economy, and pull off one major foreign accomplishment, like a Mideast peace deal or the taming of North Korea, he will make his mark, with or without the approval of CNN.

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December 10, 2017