The Trump TransitionAt a time when the nation is recovering from the stunning victory of Donald Trumps campaign to

wrestle the White House from radical liberals, and as Americans are left to ponder what a Trump
Administration might look like, it is also a time when we must ask anew what it means to be an
American.
This years campaign has been one of the bloodiest campaigns of recent history. No other
presidential campaign in the last twenty years has driven Americans so far apart and rent this
country into two warring peoples. Words do not suffice in describing the fullness of the
maelstrom which swept this country. The bitterness, rancor, deceit, and hatred that engulfed this
nation set family against family, brother against brother, blacks against whites, women against
men. These were not the best of times; they were the worst of times. These were our longest
days of infamy.
And so, as we set out anew to build and rebuild our nation, as we reach out and reconcile
ourselves with others, as we refashion our government to be more representative of the people
we must be ever mindful of our responsibilities as citizens to honor and respect those values
that bring us together as one people.
As a populist candidate Mr. Trump eschewed the influence of big business in government, and
derided the entrenched liberal establishment by promising to stop PACs and lobbying groups
instead relying on the support of individual working class Americans to sustain him throughout
his candidacy and in the White House. Furthermore, Mr. Trump has told his working-class
audiences, "We're going to bring back our jobs. Were not going to let our jobs go to Mexico
and all these other countries. We're going to renegotiate the horrible NAFTA deal, which is
maybe the worst deal ever made from an economic development standpoint."
We must hold President Trump accountable for the promises he has made; and we must hold
ourselves accountable to the people we have supported. In the vein of Thomas Jefferson who
stated While a tyranny of the majority over the minority is not impossible, neither is the
opposite. We must be on guard for a tyranny of the elite. The American Thinker1 takes note of
the recent rise of a new political elite in Washington D.C., comprised of elite administrators,
power brokers, czars, judges, or politicians. Mr. Trump is not immune to this concentration of
power in the hands of a few. Therefore, we, the people, must be ever vigilant to heed President
Lincolns proclamation that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedomand that
government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.
Todays news reveals a mixed bag of corporate titans and Wall Street financiers being
considered for Mr. Trumps cabinet. One critic characterizes the prospective cabinet as
corporatism and cronyism run rampant2. As a sign of deference to the Hillary Campaign, Politico
quotes Matthew Sheldon, a Trump publicist saying We hope that Hillary and the Democrats
help to heal, and conceded we need to reach out to Hillary and work together. Others spoke
1 (source:
http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2013/02/the_growing_tyranny_of_the_political_elite.ht
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of bipartisan cooperation on several issues. When Trump took the stage to claim victory and
praised Clinton, many here joined in applauding her3. In spite of numerous leftist publications
scorning this election as the election from hell; one journalist said that this was a colossal failure
of democracy, another called it a terrifying new reality, and yet another claimed this was the
apocalypse, we hope the spirit of conciliation and reconciliation continues throughout President
Trumps time in office.
Let us all pray for peace, harmony, and understanding for the years ahead.

2 (source: http://www.salon.com/2016/11/09/in-donald-trumps-cabinet-from-hell-corporatismand-cronyism-run-rampant-and-sarah-palin-may-be-there-too/)
3 (source: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/trump-vengeance-victory-speech-2016231084/)