Miles Lynn
1/10/17
AP Government and Politics
I read an opinion piece by Anders Fogh Rasmussen, a former prime minister of Denmark and former secretary general of NATO. Anders talked about Trump and shared his views on how he feels Trump could positively impact or strengthen America's global leadership. One point Anders makes is that of the people he has appointed in his cabinet, most are “globally respected figures from business and military”. He also goes on to say Trump will be an “outside the box” type of president, and will be able to “look at the global stage with fresh eyes”. After reading I could see the point Anders is trying to make. This author seems like a smart man, he has impressive credentials, so I think I’m going to trust him on his views on Trump in regards to American Leadership, for the most part. Just knowing Trump, who he is and what he is done, it is hard to see him being better at restoring America's global leadership then some of the past presidents. I feel like most of the world will view Trump as a threat and not an ally, making it harder for him to strengthen America's global leadership.
I read an opinion piece by John Kass, a writer for the Chicago Tribune, with an article title of “Before the president from Chicago says farewell, there’s disappointment”. Before even reading the article, based off the title, I thought he’d talk about how Obama saying good bye and having Trump as the next president would be a huge disappointment. But instead I read an opinion piece that was a full of ridiculous opinions on our (soon to be former president) Obama. Kass talks about how Obama is leaving after 8 year, and leaving the American people and his legacy with disappointment. He went on to say Obama in his 8 years failed to make a great, and not even a good, legacy with failed policies and promises. Going on to say that Obama was built up by the media to be this “messiah” and that he was nowhere close to being a messiah or Jesus. Then going on to say how whatever parts would be considered his legacy will be undone (Obama Care and other policies). Now after reading I couldn't help but disagree. Now I was not following his presidency back in 2008-2012 because I was only 8-12 years old. But as I have grown into my older teenage years I followed it and saw it was pretty successful, and like all presidents there was some failure. But a lot of good came out of Obama presidency. And I believe no matter what of Obama's policies get repealed, he will still have the legacy of becoming the first African-American president of the United States.
Source: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-obama-farewell-speech-kass-0111-20170110-column.html
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