The President Goes to Europe (and the Liberals Go Crazy)

So, our President is doing what presidents do and meeting with foreign leaders this week, and the mainstream media is once again doing their best to sabotage anything and everything he does. CNN’s Jim Acosta, not satisfied with being rude and disrespectful here at home, has gone all the way to England to act a fool. The rest of the liberal media has continued to point out every negative thing they can find and spin every comment, photo, and rumor, to make America look bad on the world stage. They make sure we get lots of pictures of every protester with an ugly sign, so they can exaggerate the numbers and pretend that every single person in Europe hates our President as much as they do.

Honestly, I am torn watching all the nonsense. On the one hand, do I really care what foreigners think of our president? Not really. What does bother me is that Americans are behind ninety percent of the protests going on. George Soros hasn’t run out of money yet. Barack Obama is busy doing his best to ruin our country from the shadows. (Google “Organizing for Action” if you don’t believe me.) And the American media is trashing our President on a daily basis, and doing all they can to spread the news to everyone they can, including foreign citizens across the itinerary, to protest and hate on us as well.

In London, with the full support of the mayor, our President is being openly mocked with a huge balloon. Wonder how our media would react if he came to our country for a visit and we returned the favor? Oh wait, we can’t do that because he’s a Muslim and only white Conservative men can be treated so disrespectfully and still be cheered on by the media. Unbelievable!

Indulge me while I make a point here. I once worked in a small school district with a less than stellar reputation in our part of the state. Several friends were shocked when I took the job and worried about me and my safety at such a place. They were surprised to hear that in my opinion the district was actually a wonderful place to work. I informed them honestly that the district was no different than any other in which I had served. In fact, there were probably fewer problems than in the five or so other schools within a thirty mile radius. So I wondered, why did everyone think we were all thugs and outlaws?

One of the coaches from the school gave me the obvious answer. She had family employed by the district, and she herself had graduated from the school and returned to teach there years later. We were talking one day about a recent scandal that had occurred in one of the neighboring districts. In no time, we had easily managed to list a series of events that had plagued almost every school in the county. Most were far worse than the negatives that surrounded us. I asked her why she thought we were the ones with such a bad reputation in the area.

Her opinion, which was brilliantly spelled out, was that we were doing it to ourselves. When other schools had scandals, they kept the troubles in-house. They closed ranks and protected themselves from public scrutiny. We, on the other hand, constantly spread our bad news and shared every bit of gossip there was to share, often with embellishment. I quickly realized how right she was.

Friends of mine working at other schools seldom shared anything negative about their campus. If a “scandal” happened, they either denied knowing anything or simply changed the subject. Usually, they would just say they couldn’t really talk about it. Parents might spread gossip, but at least school employees were not guilty. Our teachers and staff members did the opposite. They were notorious for telling anyone and everyone the latest news, good or bad. You could always hear about our latest problems at the local Walmart. When it came to public opinion, we were our own worst enemies.

Right now, America is doing the same. The Liberal Democrats (who have reached new lows in negativity) are obsessed by their hatred for the President and are bound and determined to tell the world. Is it any surprise that Europeans are repeating the same things broadcast daily by the US media? Whatever your opinion of President Trump, he is currently representing us in foreign lands. Insulting our own leader and taking our criticism global does nothing but make us all look foolish. Isn’t it time we stopped being America’s worst enemy?