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Until President
Donald Trump sees Americans as key to achieving his vision for America, his
precocious beginning may soon turn out a disaster, reports JAMES OJO.
When On Friday, January 20th, 2017, President
Donald Trump stood tall on the West Front of the United States Capitol Building
in Washington, D.C. to give his inaugural speech as the 45th President of
unarguably, one of the most powerful nations in the world, many, if not all,
Americans at least, were thrilled by his promise of taking the country to
Eldorado. Their joy, if not for anything, was borne out of the fact that
Americans would be an integral part of realizing the dream. His campaign
slogan: ‘Make America Great Again,’
raised less doubt and above all, the reality America for Americans, as promised
was mind-blowing.
“What truly matters is not which party controls
our government, but whether our government is controlled by the people. January
20th 2017, will be remembered as the day the people became the rulers of this
nation again. The forgotten men and women of our country will be forgotten no
longer,” Trump had said in his inaugural speech.
Welcome to Trump’s dream America!
From the outset, Trump appeared keen to sticking
it out his promise of making America great again, but so far, it seems the
president has forgotten the greatest arsenal to achieve this: collective efforts
of Americans. And about eight months into his administration, it appears the
feeling of collectiveness that earlier heralded the Trump’s
Presidency is on the wane.
Hiring and firing
One of the criticisms of Trump is his penchant
for arbitrarily sacking appointed members of his cabinet. On May 9, James
Comey, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation was giving the
boot by Trump over his investigation of Russian collusion in the 2016
Presidential Election for alleged incompetency. Since then, the list of those
fired from the White House has continued to grow. Sean
Spicer, Sally Yates, Steve Bannon, Michael Flynn, Reince Priebus among
others have all quitted either willingly-through resignation- or forcefully the
vision they were once committed to for some reasons.
In each of these instances, Trump, in his
seemingly unguarded utterances and actions, appeared not to have fully defined
Americans’ role in his new vision for the United States. In the first place,
the rate at which he has been firing his aides has continued to raise concerns
over his managerial acumen, leadership-cum-administrative proficiency and level
of team spirit required to steer US to the dream land.
Also, Whether or not patriotism, loyalty and the
needed dedication that could spur Trump
America’s dream is achievable on the part of the newly appointed aides, is
an issue staring many in the face, as many of them would hardly commit
themselves to the president's long term vision. After all, who knows who
is next to be fired?
Such fear-enveloped atmosphere is no doubt, in
sharp contrast to the collectiveness the president had earlier canvassed for.
In an America meant for and governed solely by Americans, the leaders and led should have unity of purpose, driven
by team spirit and collectively work in the overall interest of the country
without giving room for rift of any sort. Even if disagreement arises due to
variegated interests, swift measures should be in place to amicably resolve it.
But the Trump presidency seems to be failing in this regard.
The Trump’s Presidency challenge
At the moment, there are lots of issues
confronting the Trump Presidency. The tension between US and North
Korea is going through the roof over the latter’s nuclear programme,
with many predicting World War Three. His administration’s battle with the
media has not backed down. He has also been in the eyes of the storm over some
of his executive orders- that of immigration for instance. However, of all
these, Trump’s major challenge now should be how to jack up and sustain the
public trust Americans had earlier reposed in him by demonstrating the place of
their efforts in achieving the America dream from time to time. This is the
only way his administration can achieve the dream of making America great
again. #Trump #MakeAmericaGreatAgain #Collectiveness.
