Trump is not a liberal or conservative, he's a Pragmatist

Below is a very interesting perspective from a great writer. I completely agree with this perspective which is why I support Donald Trump!  

Wille P

Mychal S. Massie is an ordained minister who spent 13 years in full-time Christian 

Ministry . Today he serves as founder and Chairman of the Racial Policy Center 

(RPC), a think tank he officially founded in September 2015.

RPC advocates for a colorblind society. Massie was founder and president of the 

non-profit “In His Name Ministries”. He is the former National Chairman of the 

conservative black think tank, Project 21-The National Leadership Network of 

Black Conservatives and a former member of its parent think tank, the National 

Center for Public Policy Research.  

              Trump is not a liberal or conservative, he’s a Pragmatist.

We recently enjoyed a belated holiday dinner with friends at the home of other 

friends. The dinner conversation was jocund, ranging from discussions about 

antique glass and china to theology and politics.

At one point reference was made to Donald Trump being a conservative, to which I 

responded that Trump is not a conservative.

I said that I neither view nor do I believe Trump views himself as a 

conservative. I stated it was my opinion that Trump is a pragmatist. He sees a 

problem and understands it must be fixed. He doesn't see the problem as 

liberal or conservative; he sees it only as a problem. That is a quality that 

should be admired and applauded, not condemned. But I get ahead of myself.

Viewing problems from a liberal perspective has resulted in the creation of more 

problems, more entitlement programs, more victims, more government, more 

political correctness, and more attacks on the working class in all economic 

strata.

Viewing things according to the so-called Republican conservative perspective has 

brought continued spending, globalism to the detriment of American interests 

and well being, denial of what the real problems are, weak, ineffective, 

milquetoast leadership and afraid of its own shadow. In brief, it has brought 

liberal ideology with a pachyderm as a mascot juxtaposed to the ass of the 

Democrat Party.

Immigration isn't a Republican problem – it isn't a liberal problem – it is a problem that 

threatens the very fabric and infrastructure of America . It demands a pragmatic 

approach not an approach that is intended to appease one group or another. 

The impending collapse of the economy isn't a liberal or conservative problem, it 

is an American problem. That said, until it is viewed as a problem that 

demands a common sense approach to resolution, it will never be fixed because 

the Democrats and Republicans know only one way to fix things and the 

longevity of their impracticality has proven to have no lasting effect.

A successful businessmen like Donald Trump find ways to make things work, they 

do not promise to accommodate.

Trump uniquely understands that China ’s manipulation of currency is not a Republican 

problem or a Democrat problem. It is a problem that threatens our financial 

stability and he understands the proper balance needed to fix it. Here again 

successful businessmen like Trump who have weathered the changing tides of 

economic reality understand what is necessary to make business work and they, 

unlike both sides of the political aisle, know that if something doesn't work, 

you don't continue trying to make it work hoping that at some point it will.

As a pragmatist Donald Trump hasn't made wild pie-in-the-sky promises of a cell 

phone in every pocket, free college tuition, and a $15 hour minimum wage for 

working the drive-through a Carl’s Hamburgers. I argue that America needs 

pragmatists because pragmatists see a problem and find ways to fix them. They 

do not see a problem and compound it by creating more problems.

You may not like Donald Trump, but I suspect that the reason people do not like 

him is because: (1) he is antithetical to the “good old boy” method of 

brokering backroom deals that fatten the coffers of politicians; (2) they are 

unaccustomed to hearing a candidate speak who is unencumbered by the financial 

shackles of those who own them vis-a-vis donations; (3) he is someone who is 

free of idiomatic political ideology; and (4) he is someone who understands 

that it takes more than hollow promises and political correctness to make 

America great again.

Listening to Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders talk about fixing America is like 

listening to two lunatics trying to “out crazy” one another. Jeb Bush, John 

Kasik, and Marco Rubio are owned lock, stock, and barrel by the bankers, 

corporations, and big dollar donors funding their campaigns. Bush can deny it 

but common sense tells anyone willing to face facts is that people don't give 

tens of millions without expecting something in return.

We have had Democrats and Republican ideologues and what has it brought us? 

Are we better off today or worse off? Has it happened overnight or has it been a 

steady decline brought on by both parties?

I submit that a pragmatist might be just what America needs right now.

And as I said earlier, a pragmatist sees a problem and understands that the 

solution to fix same is not about a party, but a willingness and boldness to 

get it done.

People are quick to confuse and despise confidence as arrogance, but that is common 

amongst those who have never accomplished anything in their lives (or 

politicians who never really solve a problem, because its better to still have 

an "issue to be solved" so re-elect me to solve it, which never happens) 

and those who have always played it safe (again, all politicians) not willing 

to risk failure, to try and achieve success.

Donald Trump has his total financial empire at risk in running for president - that 

says it all. Success for the US !