​Democrats simply cannot accept the fact that Donald Trump has been elected president of the United States. Their anguish is mixed with anger and they have decided to oppose everything and anything Trump and the Republicans propose. Trump has picked a cabinet of top drawer people, but the Democrats are doing everything possible to delay and if possible derail these nominees. In so doing, they are preventing the president and the Congress from acting effectively. 
On another front, the president has proposed an executive order limiting for a period of time immigration from certain middle eastern countries based on security considerations. The Democrats have found patsys like the Attorney General of Hawaii to file actions in Federal Courts opposing the president's orders, using  carefully selected judges to attempt to stymie the president's actions. They succeeded once before and got the pathetic 9th Circuit Court of appeals to rubberstamp these decisions and they are winning again as toadies like Judge Watson in Hawaii issue restraining orders. Judge Watson's actions are outrageous, illegal, and unconstitutional. In part, he based his order on statements attributed to Trump during the presidential campaign. This is not only absurd it borders on insanity. There is no law or precedent that allows a judge to cite the reports of a candidate's statements in a political campaign as evidence supporting a judicial order. The judge also wrote his order without citing a federal law that explicitly authorizes the president to issue orders precisely like the one Trump issued. The decision must not only be reversed, this judge must be removed from the bench. 
But Watson is not the only toady who has ruled this way. A judge in Maryland, and probably others will follow his despicable lead. 
At this moment in time, rogue judges and rogue Democrat legislators are undermining American politics, American culture and western civilization. Notwithstanding his sometimes coarse and vulgar commentary, Donald John Trump is the duly elected president of the United States. Those arrayed against him are not patriots, they are terrorists and possibly traitors. We are in a time of crisis, and foolish Democrat leaders like Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer are not representatives of the people they are America's enemies. Joined by a feckless press and a contaminated judiciary they pose a clear and present danger to all of us.

This post is a further development of the previous Trump post.
​Trump is a jerk and a genius. Can this be?
Last year, months before the national election I posted my personal evaluation of Donald Trump. It was, to say the least, disapproving. It never even occurred to me that there was any real chance he would be the Republican nominee, let alone that he would be elected. I have never been more wrong about anything.
In the event, I voted for him. I could not vote for Hillary Clinton, an unindicted felon—a miserable, mean-spirited, mendacious miscreant. Nevertheless, I knew my vote was wasted because I live in California, which is overwhelmingly Democratic, for reasons mysterious to me. Of the 2,900,000 votes by which Clinton’s total popular votes exceeded Trump’s, 4,200,000 came from California. In other words, Trump won the popular vote by 2,300,000 votes in 49 states.
What now? Trump has begun his term by selecting a superior band of nominees for his cabinet—despite the fact that the Democratic party is determined to make his administration a disaster. General Flynn, a rather strange figure, is gone, and the reasons are not yet fully courts available. Puzder’s nomination as labor secretary was derailed, not because he was dishonest or incompetent, but because he was (is) both honest and competent.
The Democratic party is working assiduously to delay and if possible destroy Trump’s nominations. This dishonest program will assuredly delay implementation of many of Trump’s goals, and in so doing will damage his administration and the well-being of the country. It will limit his overall achievements in an as yet undefinable degree.
Trump has issued a number of executive orders. His order about immigration from 7 middle-eastern countries was beaten down by courts carefully selected by liberal/progressive Trump enemies. As an attorney for over 60 years, it is my opinion that the order was constitutional and legal—there is a specific law on the federal books that authorizes his actions, which are, in any case, fully within his authority as president. The judges who voted otherwise are left-wing ideologues and they are 100% wrong, but this is only part of the decline of the U.S. judiciary, which is now virtually an arm of the Democratic party.
It is far from clear what the result will be of Trump’s efforts to repeal and replace Obamacare. This was always a wretched and disastrous piece of legislation which nevertheless provided access to INSURANCE for millions of uninsured Americans. Most of these Americans were (are) enrolled in Medicaid, a very poor, profoundly flawed program wherever it exists. Overall, Obamacare is a disaster, with shrinking coverage, increasing premiums, and lower quality care. But now the healthcare system is “owned” by the president and the Republican party. The Ryan plan, whatever  its merits, is under attack in  both House and Senate. Some opponents, like Senator Rand Paul, are merely egomaniacs, and their sole purpose is to gain publicity and perhaps authority.
Others may be sincere, but Ryan and Trump and their supporters are going to have to wield their magic to accomplish meaningful reform.
Thus far, Trump has been energetic, inventive and open-minded. We’ll soon learn if the Republican party (despite its qualms) is willing to help him improve the American econpomy, our healthcare, our defenses and our foreign status. I hope he does far better than I ever expected.