By Adith Gopal
Trump has handled a national crisis about as well as any President has handled a national crisis. In 2008, President Obama came into office with a national crisis already in his hands, the Great Financial Crisis of 2008, and handled it very well. Right away, he spiked up GDP (Gross Domestic Production) growth, from a sickening -5% GDP growth to slightly less than 1% GDP growth in his first year. Since then, he has increased annual GDP growth to as high as 2.6%. Clearly, Obama handled his national crisis well, but he didn’t take the U.S. economy to another level, a level it should and could have been at. President Franklin D. Roosevelt had to deal with the Great Depression, and finally got the U.S. out of it once WWII ended, but he wouldn’t have gotten the U.S. out of it if it wasn’t for WWII. President George W. Bush started the “war on terror” against al-Qaeda and other terrorist groups, but he sent the U.S. through the greatest foreign policy mistake in the 21st century, known as the Iraq War. Although all of the presidents above either solved their crisis or initiated a plan to end it, they made some mistake that prevented the US from growing even stronger in the world, while President Trump has helped southeastern Texas already start to grow back without any further issues. As of now, President Trump has handled this crisis almost perfectly, with very little mistakes made that will not prevent the country from growing onto unprecedented heights. President Trump has clearly been trying his hardest to help the victims of Harvey. He just signed a $15.3 billion bipartisan disaster aid package act into law. It received 316 votes for it, but many conservative congressmen were against the fact that so much federal money was going to southeastern Texas for Hurricane Harvey. Although, the fact that many conservative congressmen do not like it just shows that Trump has handled the situation well and benefitted the American people. Almost all congressmen do not do what they promised to do for their state. They do what they feel will help them win a reelection, even if it doesn’t help their state. The fact that they oppose Trump on such a bipartisan issue shows that they would rather hold their congressional position and have a higher chance of winning a reelection if they opposed Trump because “it shows their toughness” by standing up against President Trump rather than supporting what is right and what will benefit the American people, regardless of party. Trump’s intentions of passing this bill are pretty obvious at this point: he is looking to help the victims of Hurricane Harvey while making the stricken area bigger, better and stronger than ever before. As if passing the bill wasn’t enough, he decides to go to the affected area (while it was flooding, in fact) at the NRG Stadium and distributes food and resources out to stricken families and their children, who have lost everything but the clothes on their back. He has also went around the arena meeting with people, taking selfies and playing with the children. He received a hug from multiple children, while kissing another, telling stories and playing with the kids. As one African-American woman said, “I had a different opinion of him. And now I think he’s a wonderful man.” Despite all the negativity floating around southeastern Texas due to Hurricane Harvey, President Trump still found a way to stay positive and encouraging others to stay positive, telling them that they would get out of this situation better than ever, all while giving away $1 million of his own personal money to help the people affected by Harvey. It is clear to say President Trump has done a great job, playing as a hero of a fairytale. His true intentions of helping people came out as he was able to show people that he does care and is a great person deep down. Others that thought negatively of President Trump were convinced otherwise when they met with him, realizing that he is doing his all to help the people affected by Hurricane Harvey. And rest assured, he will do the same for Hurricane Irma, too. Photos Courtesy Of: www.wsj.com and www.njablogs.com
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