Ok, Time To stop Now... Or I'm Going To Slap You!

Alright everyone, you can stop now. You've all had your chance to run around waving your arms in the air, screaming that the Sky is Falling, and that it's the End Of The World, and We're All Doomed.
Time to stop being hysterical and start acting like grown-ups.

I've been waiting for people to settle down for a while now, waiting for them to stop screaming about the Boogie-Man and start noticing that we haven't all been raped and killed in the aftermath of some Nuclear Apocalypse brought on by a demented Red-Headed Despot Hell-Bent on the Destruction Of Us All... Nope, we're all still here.... But people haven't stopped to notice.

Subsequently, I feel it is my duty as one of the few that has earned his "How to Behave in a Crisis" Badge, to remind everyone of some things that have happened recently. I will start with the things you DID see, followed by the things you THINK you saw, and finally, giving you a glimpse of what you SHOULD have seen, but you were all too busy being emotional and manipulated by people who will be making a buck out of your support down the track.

I will not be getting too deep into each topic, or we will be here until Judgement Day, but I will give you the "Headlines" if you like. Any lack of particulars can be researched by you. I expect my readers to be at least semi-literate, or else I'm wasting my time even more than I thought.

Okay, you all Saw Donald Trump inaugurated as President of the United States of America. The guy who said he would expel the illegal immigrants, build a wall, make America great again, etc. You also saw that he had promised Draconian measures against abortion, climate change, various research areas, and Terrorism. You saw him sign the Decree banning U.S. NGO's (Non-Government Organisations) from providing abortion advice to overseas populations. You have also seen Trump ask the Military for options on ways to increase the effectiveness of the Military's fight against Terrorism.You also saw Congress asked to consider a tax on all goods imported from Mexico, to help pay for the "Wall".

As of my writing this, that is about all you have actually seen President Trump do... except move house and offend people because he doesn't let his wife go first... (I have no explanation for this, maybe he was badly brought up...)
So now, let me tell you what THINK you saw in response to the things you SAW;
You think you saw The Netherlands and some other nations (this is just the Headlines, remember?), set up a fund to counter the funding and information shortfall created by the withdrawal of U.S. services in abortion education in Third-World Countries.
You think you saw climate-change institutions and research facilities scramble to back-up, safe-guard or make open to the public, all data on their files so it could not be erased, corrupted, or twisted to serve some Anti-Climate-Change Agenda.
You think you saw NASA open its' years of research to the public domain for the same reason.
You also think you saw the Military let off the leash so they can plan indiscriminate war against nations and groups it deems are hostile.
You think you saw Congress asked to consider a tax which would hurt Mexico's Economy and make it more expensive to buy goods made there.
Of course you think that...that's what you were told you should think.

I do not hold a degree, I am not a professional in this field. I am just a Layman observer who tries not to become too involved in the emotional story. I try and stand back and see the other factors surrounding the situation. What I am about to say is MY OPINION ONLY. I don't get paid to write, in fact I sacrifice a lot of sleep in order to write. I do not subscribe to any political camp, and I do all my own thinking. In saying that, please be aware that I have not fabricated or twisted any of the facts. I have simply looked at them from a different angle.

This is what the protesting, terrified public, (some of whom I know personally, and whom I like a lot), SHOULD have seen over the last few days;
Trump signs the Anti-Abortion Decree, and suddenly a whole bunch of nations who refused to contribute any more than they already were, suddenly found the cash to fill the hole left by the U.S.A.. So rather than reducing the information available to Third-World countries, there is now just as much information available, and most of it from nations that are more Pro birth-control than the U.S.. Hopefully, down the road, when the U.S. comes back to the fold, this will result in an INCREASE in services in this area. Funny how nations can find the bucks when they need to.

The Climate-Change Institutions and NASA suddenly say it's alright for everyone to have access to their information... for free!! Hang on...why now? Is the threat of losing or having facts perverted the only way we were going to get our hands on all of the data without paying for it? So if Trump had not been the Scary Guy, and had not been elected President, would we, the public, paid for or been drip-fed information about our planet as it suited these Institutions? Those that read my blog may recall that when Elon Musk released all of Tesla's patents to the public domain, I said that it was a smart move, and that the new Tesla would be a remarkable car. I was right. Imagine what can be done with this.

You should have seen that the Military, in considering its' options for the escalation of pressure on Terrorism, will be first considering a number of measures put in place under the Obama Administration, but not acted upon "at this time". Chances are, much of what you see the U.S. Military carry out in the near to medium-term future, will be Obama Presidency Plans carried out by Donald Trump. This includes an increase in troop numbers on foreign soil. Trump may have his face on the flag, but Obama signed the blue-prints.

Finally, you should have seen that a tax on goods made in Mexico does several things...it imposes a tariff, which automatically makes the same goods produced in the U.S.A. much more attractive price-wise, and it encourages U.S. corporations who manufacture in Mexico to pull manufacturing back to the United States in order to be competitive. Finally, it sets a precedent; if a tax can be put on Mexican produced goods, then why not others, so that industry can return to the U.S. and boost employment and the Economy? This effect would not be immediate, but could eventually benefit the U.S. as a whole. Don't forget, an increase in skilled labour demand in the United States always generates a market for unskilled labour to fill the gap...a long-term benefit for Mexico.

Does this make Trump a good guy? Not necessarily, but it does tell us one thing that everyone overlooked. The election of someone that acts against that which you know is right, is not a cause for protest. It is a cause for action, to make sure that the causes closest to your heart are defended and made stronger, in spite of the actions of others.

Whether deliberate or inadvertent, I don't know, but President Trump has instigated greater material action for the benefit of all nations in the last week, than Obama did in the first month of his Presidency. Obama generated congratulatory celebration, Trump has galvanised change.

So don't despair...look again...this is an opportunity to not only make America Great again, but to also make the Great Things in America even Greater.... and maybe, if we play it right, the whole world can benefit...