While everyone runs out to support or protest America’s new president, the best-kept secret
of Washington remains the best-kept secret: No politician can be rightly judged on only
campaign promises and threats, nor cheers and jeers from the masses.
Until Trump has results to judge, any support and protest is a mere theater rating.
If background has any bearing on the future, the 19 months of Trump’s career have shown
something unusual for a politician: a consistent message.
That consistency has been tested more than any politician before him with constant objection
at every turn, and he still has not changed his message, not even at his inauguration.
And, the first executive orders he signed also stayed on message.
So far, Trump has been consistent.
Trump protesters and supporters have a single, telling difference: Maslow’s Hierarchy of
Needs.
Trump supporters believe the bottom level of needs is in crisis (food, shelter, basic
economics, physical safety); Trump protesters believe the middle levels are in crisis (social
relations both foreign and domestic, emotional needs, individual identity); both believe
it is a crisis that threatens America’s existence.
Before running for office, Trump fired people for not working hard or not correctly experienced
for the specific job.
His message and methods haven’t changed.
Looking at the consistency in Trump, his supporters, and his protesters, the future will not go
to arguers or defenders, but to the hard-working, no matter what their politics.