{"id":112779,"date":"2017-02-15T11:28:21","date_gmt":"2017-02-15T19:28:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=112779"},"modified":"2017-02-15T11:28:21","modified_gmt":"2017-02-15T19:28:21","slug":"can-trump-get-it-done","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=112779","title":{"rendered":"Can Trump Get It Done?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chaim Amalek writes: If his critics are right, Trump may simply not have the intellectual toolkit to be an effective president, even though he was and is right on two very critical issues (immigration and trade). What&#8217;s that you say, &#8220;The Establishment does not like me, and they oppose me&#8221;? Cry me a river. Competent leaders, once they assume the reins of power, move beyond that. If they are any good. So is Trump any good? Well, just because you are in the right on some issues does not mean you have the necessary competence to move forward on any of them. His reliance on his kids for advice is strictly 3rd World stuff. Ball remains in his court, let&#8217;s see what he does with it. Too bad he did not hire AMALEK to guide him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chaim Amalek writes: If his critics are right, Trump may simply not have the intellectual toolkit to be an effective president, even though he was and is right on two very critical issues (immigration and trade). 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