[TheRealThing]

Well, I think that even a cursory review of my posts during Trump's campaign will show that my perspective is not even close to one of hindsight. I knew for a fact that Trump's past position on illegal immigration did not match his campaign rhetoric. Ted Cruz was the only Republican primary candidate who had a credible record of standing tough on illegal immigration.

Previous presidents have faced much tougher obstacles when they took office than Trump did. Reagan faced double digit inflation and interest rates, and a national unemployment rate of 7 percent. Lincoln took office with the nation on the brink of a bloody civil war. FDR took office during the Great Depression.

Now, with the benefit of hindsight, I would not give high marks to FDR or Lincoln for results, but nobody can argue that any of the presidents mentioned above were not effective leaders who shaped public opinion and turned their agendas into actions despite bitter partisan opposition. (Lincoln ended slavery a little earlier than rapid industrialization would have, but at the cost of more than a half million deaths; and FDR saddled us with a legacy of socialism from which we may never recover.)

It is time to stop making excuses for Trump's blunders and playing make believe by saying he has faced unprecedented challenges. That argument is ludicrous.

Any Republican president would have overseen a much improved economy after freeing the country from the shackles that Obama placed on American businesses. JFK and Reagan proved that following a recipe of cutting taxes and reducing regulations will always stimulate the economy.

Trump deserves credit for the improved economy, but so far, he has failed miserably to effectively address our illegal immigration problems.

As for crowing about Trump's failures, I have supported and will continue to support Trump's policies with which I agree. Illegal immigration is an existential threat to this nation and it is the primary reason that I supported Ted Cruz over Donald Trump in the Republican primary campaign.

If Trump fails, all Americans who value their personal and economic liberty will suffer the consequences. If that happens, then it will be of little consolation to be able to say, "I told you so."

Don't forget Jack Kennedy.

Oh there is no need to review your posts, I remember them. But I'll tell ya one thing, if there were presidents facing much tougher obstacles than Trump's case, you or nobody else can find them among the examples you offered up in support of your statement. Trump has remained unflinching despite the fact that he's gotten nothing but the back of somebody's hand at every turn.

And in just hitting the some of the high spots, He is an innocent man, being hounded by possibly the most powerful prosecutorial force ever assembled; 24/7. They've gone after his family and his associates. NO president has ever had to face down his own DOJ before, and among the more noteworthy and powerful against him are the CIA, the FBI, the NSA, the DNI, the DIA plus what, 10 more US intelligence agencies? A rabid left wing judiciary, several powerful news networks, literally hundreds of hate mongering billionaires and other men and women of means who've set up shop on the internet against him, Hollywood, members of foreign intelligence agencies, both Houses of the US Congress and certain among his own cabinet. And all this certainly not while dealing with trade issues and military issues of the ominous world powers of our age. And in a time when absolutely any information one may seek being hadable in nearly real time.

Trump doesn't need anybody's help against the weasels out there who want to see him fail. Let alone my own. TV didn't even exist for anybody you mentioned except Reagan. His enemies did do their worst with the way they used it at the time, but they were girl scouts compared to today's dog pack.