Caribbean Times 12.02.2016

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Caribbean Times | December 1-14, 2016
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COMMENTARY
It is normal for Political-Aspirants
and Candidates
to attract and cultivate
cheer-leaders, cheer-followers,
and cheering-spectators.
Then in a more particular
manner, those Aspirants
and Office-seekers turn up
with catch-phrases; catchthemes;
catch-clauses; and applause-lines
for the crowds to
CHANT with.
But after the Elections are
over, the successful Aspirants/
Politicians quickly discover
that the cheering-crowds are
looking to have their desires
and expectations satisfied as
quickly as possible.
The Elected-Ones also
swiftly graduate to the reality
that their cheering-crowds
could be impatient campers
who are looking for”Instant-Gratification”.
The natural course that
however follows, is that elected-Officials
find out over time
that there are lots of hurdles
and obstacles in meeting deliveries
that they made along
campaign trails.
So after being victorious
at the November eighth elections,
President(elect) Donald
J,Trump has to start to
deliver...I stop at DELIVER...
because Mr. Trump does not
only have to deliver to his supporters
and followers, but He
has to deliver to all of America.
(Journalist-F.H.Buckley
described Mr.Trump as a
shape-shifter and the Agent of
transformation).
Usually, although crowds
lend cheers to a variety of
applause-Iines, deep down
inside, the masses are mostly
interested in their ‘Bread
& Butter issues’, for example
Jobs, Income Tax-Reductions
and Student-Loan forgive-
T’s on-going challenges....
BY CARLYLE HARRY
ness.
Mr.Trump’s jobs’ promises
is on a good highway,
because President Obama is
leaving him a gift of a very
strong economy which is
close to full employment...
Unemployment is at 4.9%,
following months of healthy
job production...While Median
household income had
risen significantly by 5.2% in
2015...3.5 million people have
been lifted out of poverty...
And Housing start-ups are the
highest in nine years.
In spite of his advertised
qualities Mr.Trump has to get
things done, the Elected-One
will have to start to deliver almost
immediately on his lavish
promises to various publics
and constituents.
PERSONAL-CONFLICTS
The next big issue confronting
Mr.Trump, is the
future of his Multi-National
Business Empire.
Due to multiple media-reports
about Mr.Trump and his
family-members exerting diplomatic
pressure(s) on foreign
leaders in order to accomplish
business and other benefits
for their property-holdings
around the Universe, there is
increasing calls for the President(elect)
to sell all of his
businesses, in order to avoid
conflicts of interest.
Mr.Trump’s National and
International possessions are
not widely known, because he
did not submit Tax-Returns
prior to this year’s elections.
The New York Post
opined”Of all the issues facing
the President-elect and his
brain-trust, the question of
In spite of his advertised qualities
Mr.Trump has to get things done,
the Elected-One will have to start
to deliver almost immediately on
his lavish promises to various publics
and constituents.
how to avoid conflicts of interest
with his global businesses,
might be the thorniest”.
The Wall Street Journal’s
Editorial Board concluded
that there’s only one way for
Trump to avoid being engulfed
in litigation and investigations,
and that is to sell
off every piece of the entire
Trump Organization, and
place the proceeds in a true
Blind Trust.
HEALING
Finally, may be the largest
challenge now confronting
Mr.Trump, is what he is going
to do, in order to heal a divided
United States of America.
For a summary of those
divisions, I shall rely on Governor
Andrew Cuomo...In
an address at the Abyssinian
Baptist church in Harlem,
on Sunday, November 20,
Mr.Cuomo exclaimed”I come
to you with a heavy heart, the
ugly political discourse of
the election, did not end on
Election-day, in many ways,
it has gotten worse, into a social
crisis that now challenges
our identity as a Nation
and our people...The spike
in hate crimes in New York
and across the Nation, goes
beyond politics, it questions
our American character, who
we are, and what we believe...
If you sow fear, you reap hysteria”.
The Southern Poverty Law
Center has reported more
than 500 cases of intimidation
aimed at Blacks, People
of color, Jews, Muslims, Immigrants
and members of the
LGBT community, since the
election.
Larry Sabato--Director
of the Center for Politics at
the University of Virginia
said”Trump is situational
more than ideological...He is
going to be full of surprises”
THE MEDIA
After sixteen grueling
months of campaigning
that involved back-biting;
name-calling; race-baiting
and dirt-digging, divisive and
hard fought ( verbal) battles,
thank God, the elections are
over.
The Media-Houses can
now return to bringing us the
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