Today the media (inclusive of social media) is sorely reminded of just how wrong they were, as Donald Trump gets sworn in as the 45th President of the United States.
What I personally take away from the events leading up to his inauguration is to not under estimate just how unhappy the American people really are with the current state of politics. Many are masking their unhappiness by glamorizing the past eight years and our outgoing President. I understand.
But recognize that many voted for Trump (and against Hillary) because he represents the polar opposite of what is our current political system - the good, the bad and the ugly. Well today America inaugurates into office "an experiment" that many hope will usher in significant change to our political system.
Will it happen? I have no idea, but I have hope.
On Trump's agenda is a health care strategy better than ObamaCare, taking a tougher stance on illegal immigration, a constitutional amendment to set term limits on members of Congress, removing restrictions on American energy production to increase self-sufficiency, and carving better deals on trade to restore jobs here in the US.
As a country I hope we can focus on the issues we face and how best to develop solutions to address them, not the man taking the oath today. He was elected, just as other past presidents were, and has a lot of work to do to restore our country's waning faith in our political system. He is imperfect in a multitude of ways, just as all past presidents are and have been, perhaps even more so. I collectively share the disgust for many of his actions and words.
But I don't hope Donald Trump fails. In fact, I hope for exactly the opposite. He needs knowledge, facts, understanding, support, wisdom, empathy and compromise. He needs that from all of us.
In these unprecedented times I pray now more than ever that God Bless the United States of America.
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