The meaning behind Trump's presidency

There’s something genuinely positive here that illustrates America’s greatness with or without Trump. And it’s worth celebrating. 

It’s simply that American democracy performed, although awkwardly, as the founders basically envisioned: Common folk could stand up against the establishment elite and boot them out the door. Of course, the founders reserved that right basically only for white men — no women, slaves or Native Americans — so we’ve come a long way. 

Rebelling against the ruling class — peasants with pitchforks overrunning the castle — is part of the American DNA. 

--George Skelton, from "Trump's inauguration is a reminder that rebelling against the ruling class is in America's DNA"

Trump's presidency is a far greater thing than the man himself. It is the American people reminding our elitist establishment that they have failed.

In Obama's election of 2008, America threw off the shackles of white racism by electing our first black president. While white racism still exists today, it is far over-reported to any actual existence of it. In truth, black racism is more of a problem today than 8 years ago, and more so than white racism. Contrary to what many Leftists want to claim about Trump, he isn't the white supremacist they imagine. The racial gains (in terms of respect) have not been lost, nor will they be.

But Obama's election was also a "last chance" for the elites to fix their economic mess from the Bush years. Economically, Obama was never about "change". When he nominated Janet Yellen as chairman of the Federal Reserve, he was doubling down on Ben Bernanke's policies, which he also supported when he extended Bernanke's chairmanship. Also, with the U.S. debt increased by $9.3 trillion, Obama showed less fiscal conservatism than George W. Bush (and he was a free spender!).

Also, the labor force participation rate was 65.7% when Obama took office. That is down to 62.7%.

In summary, 8 years of Obama has given us nearly twice as much debt with no economic progress to show for it. The political elites have failed, and the American people have held them accountable, as they had tried to do with Obama in 2008.

This time, the American people went with a political outsider in Donald Trump. While many of us question the wisdom of the Trump choice, it is still an improvement over the status quo of more socialism. Whether Trump's presidency is just driving off a different cliff, or it leads to an American renaissance, remains to be seen. But it is the road "WE THE PEOPLE" have chosen.

Good luck and God bless, Mr. Trump.