Donald Trump unburdened me of another great fear on Saturday when it was announced Mike Pompeo would not be joining his cabinet.
This was the sign I needed to show me that perhaps Trump has learned from first-term missteps. By overlooking Pompeo, Trump is declaring loud and clear that conscienceless, war-itchy neocons have no place in this visionary administration.
But I also detect an honor-bound commitment to the pledges Trump made while campaigning, to men and women in hardhats, with callused hands and weather-beaten work boots, and to that vast hopeful sea of resolutely supportive red caps.
In two such campaign promises, Trump vowed to end the perverted indoctrination of school children and to deport illegal migrants.
The inference is that these will be more than Band-Aid fixes, that with his election mandate, Trump will overhaul the education system and sign into law immigration reforms that will impregnably safeguard against a future invasion.
Good luck, President-elect Trump. I know you won't let us down.
Scott R. Hammond
Downtown
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