By Ada Fisher

Never in my lifetime has one president been as vilified as President Donald John Trump.

Before he was elected, which too many saw as an improbability, Trump was written off as a blow hard.  The legitimacy of his victory called into question one of the safeguards of representative democracy, which is the Electoral College. Failing to shut him down at any turn emboldened the press, the democratically elected body and others, who were stunned that their opportunities to stay in the good ole boy body politics as usual mode was squashed. A posture was assumed — attack without bothering to see if what Trump said had any merit.

Trump unlike others would fight back not only with a counter-punch but with jabs, which some viewed as ungentlemanly or beneath the dignity of the presidency.

His alleged affairs were in the open and a cause for irrational puritanical disapproval while other presidents such as John F. Kennedy or a Bill Clinton were at times lionized and cloaked in hypocrisy.

Presidential debates prove long on soft stuff such as domestic affairs, but flail nonsensically on issues of foreign policy.

It is our need for energy that has propelled many of our nonsensical wars underlain by a quest for international power, which was fast dissolving into a global assimilation love feast.

There were limited numbers  of U.S. citizens at the tables of the Trilateral Commission, Bilderbergers, Foreign Relations Council or National Security Agency, which increasingly operate globally beyond the view of citizens of many nations. Trumps questioning of once “sacred” agencies such as the FBI and CIA has upset more than meets the eye.

Trump has given voice to citizens concerns and fears, though a bit crude and sometimes too rude for the comfort of many. It isn’t just citizens that he has spoken up for; it is a matter of national sovereignty, many of which aren’t giving due concern.

If nations can’t control who comes in and goes out or if control of that nation’s rules of law are to be wielded externally by non-citizens, such as members of the United Nations, countries’ customs and traditions will be disregarded. Though his fellow citizens don’t often get it, European nations such as Sweden, Denmark, Germany and many others are coming to his positions on immigration. Though a bit abrasive and caustic in his attacks, which rub many the wrong way and allow the “isms” of sex, race and any other thing imaginable, Trump is being Trump. His minions and those bent on upsetting the apple cart love it.

Congress and the courts are often misinterpreting their constitutional mandate via constitutional separation of powers. If impeachment proceeds and charges of misconduct are leveled, the ability of the president to engage in policy discussions, negotiate trade discussions or other important duties of that office will be hamstrung. Poor judgment in and of itself does not constitute an impeachable offense nor should a person’s choice of sexual partners, unless laws are broken. These laws must not be clear as mud less we hogtie those in charge.

Congress itself is totally on board for impeachment, given that there was oversight in their hands for investigating and prosecuting the Clintons on numerous questionable actions of their foundation or President Barack Obama’s handling of the Benghazi deaths.

Whether presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter; Trump’s son, Donald, Jr., or daughter, Ivanka or Karen Waters (Maxine Water’s daughter), they are being given a pass because of their connection to power and family connections. This is as much a problem of “the swamp” as that for a “deep state.”

Given the barrage of seemingly never-ending criticisms of this president, he has weathered the storms well for a septuagenarian. Trump may have done much that’s been alleged. I do not know what course others may take, but given all that I’ve seen and the skeleton’s in the closets of Democrats and those seeking the presidency, I wouldn’t count Trump out.

Salisbury’s Ada Fisher is a licensed teacher, retired physician, former school board member and current N.C. Republican national committeewoman.