BloggeRhythms

The past two days entry’s have included mention of differing perspectives of the new POTUS which became argumentative on Facebook.
 
What was found upsetting by several on the left was my commenting that the reason Trump had a lower turnout for his inauguration than did Obama, was because “most Trump supporters had jobs and were working, therefore they weren’t able to attend.”

The rationale for continuing the theme today is that after only five days in office, considerable evidence mounts that there’s a growing national acceptance of Trump’s “taking care of business” approach already. And if he actually proves good for the nation, how will those on the left who offer nothing but obstinance and ridicule defend their refusal to even consider him worthy of the job he now holds?

One subtle indicator of trends toward Trump's public acceptability is evidenced by the The Hill’s report that ratings for Tucker Carlson, who took over the 9 p.m. primetime slot from Megan Kelly this month on Fox News “are up 95 percent when compared with Kelly File ratings from January 2016.”

“According to Nielsen Media Research, TCT is averaging 775,000 viewers per episode in the key 25-54 demo, while Kelly’s program drew an average of 398,000 viewers in the demo last year.” Carlson is also reportedly up 37 percent in total viewership with an average of 3.73 million total viewers, compared with Kelly’s 2016 average of 2.72 million viewers.

This correlates with today’s premise regarding Trump’s growing appeal because Kelly and he don’t get along very well. While not offering specifics, she’s accused Trump of threatening her and during one of the presidential debates asked about his reputation for calling women names like "dog" and "pig." 

Carlson, on the other hand, has hosted news shows on CNN and MSNBC, later founding the conservative news website The Daily Caller. After replacing “Fox News anchor Greta van Susteren in the 7 p.m. hour after she left in November to host a new show on MSNBC. Martha McCallum replaced Carlson as the 7 p.m. anchor with a new show, The First 100 Days, after Carlson was moved to Kelly’s former time-slot.” 

So, here we have additional confirmation of a changing move toward conservatism supported by comparative statistics, much like what transpired in the past election.  

At the same time, the new POTUS continues to rapidly fulfill campaign promises, this time instituting of a media blackout for the EPA, banning press releases and social media posts on official agency accounts, according to FoxNews.com. 

The Washington Post reported Monday that an email was sent within hours of Trump’s inauguration ceremony to employees of the Office of Acquisition Management to temporarily suspend “all contract and grant awards.” 

The agency also moved to “delay implementation of at least 30 environmental rules finalized in the closing months of President Obama’s term, a potential first step to seeking to kill the regulations.” 

Whereas staffers in EPA’s public affairs office are now instructed to forward all inquiries from reporters to the Office of Administration and Resources Management, one of them said: “Not the most inspiring time at EPA right now but we're fighters.” Which seems to be a confirmation that to much of the existing staff, a bureaucratic approach and continual regulation regardless of true necessity remains paramount.       

Nevertheless: “The Trump administration has also ordered what it called a temporary suspension of all new business activities at the department, including issuing task orders or work assignments to EPA contractors. The orders were expected to have a significant and immediate impact on EPA activities nationwide.” 

Myron Ebell, Competitive Enterprise Institute director, “who oversaw the EPA transition for the Trump administration," told ProPublica that the move isn’t unprecedented. “They’re trying to freeze things to make sure nothing happens they don’t want to have happen, so any regulations going forward, contracts, grants, hires, they want to make sure to look at them first. This may be a little wider than some previous administrations, but it’s very similar to what others have done, he said.” 

And in that way, another stumbling block to business development and operation is being curtailed or eliminated, helping pave the way to growing the GNP to 4% or greater ASAP.  

Reader Danny Noonan2014 offered a comment reflecting thoughts of many others: “Not the most inspiring time at EPA right now but we're fighters,” the EPA staffer, who would only speak on condition of anonymity said." 

“Translation: Leftist activists, who make up the EPA, will continue to push the lies of man-made global warming, while wasting huge amounts of taxpayer money and stifling industries.” 

While “experts’” pundits and theoreticians on both sides of the political aisle postulate about Trump’s opening gambits, actual evidence comes from the major stock exchanges current performance.   

Erik Holm @wsj.com wrote this morning: “The Dow Jones Industrial Average just powered through the 20000 level for the first time ever, setting an all-time intraday high three trading days after the inauguration of Donald Trump. Moments after the open, the Dow shot up to 20033.77.” 

In all, stocks have been rising for much of the past three months, adding to one of the longest bull-market runs in U.S. history since Election Day. Closing under 18000 on Nov. 4, they’ve risen 12% since then. 

In recognition: “The rally has been dubbed the 'Trump bump,' as most of the run higher has occurred since Mr. Trump was elected president on Nov. 8. Investors have been bidding up stocks on the belief that he’ll ramp up infrastructure spending, cut corporate taxes, deregulate industries and give the economy a boost. 

“The broader S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite have also set several records since the election, and are both flirting with fresh highs again Friday.” 

Putting the market’s performance in context with today’s theme of leftist denial of any and all positive accomplishment by Trump, one has to wonder again as to how those deniers will counter whatever success he achieves during his term in office. Because they are leaving themselves with no leverage whatsoever in their all or nothing approach.     

An example can be seen in a comment from reader, Mike Lavender, who wrote: “I just saw Christine Romans come on CNN to make sure the viewers know that the Stock Market is a measure of "Corporate profits" and has very little to do with ordinary Americans.” 

Yet, the truth is, according to David Kostin at Goldman Sachs': “Households directly own 38 percent of the US equity market. However, the total effective household ownership is closer to 80 percent when combined with indirect ownership in the form of mutual funds (20 percent), pension funds (16 percent), and insurance policy holdings (7 percent)." 

So, once again, the leftist media refuses to accept reality, preferring to mislead and misguide their shrinking audiences. Raising today’s question once more: What will they say or do in the future if Trump continues to prove them consistently and unequivocally wrong? 

That’s it for today folks. 

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