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Trump's Now the President

Trump's Now the President
(how he got there)
By Franklin Price
1/30/2019

Trump is now the President
Not the cause but the effect
Of  Republicans and Democrats
Refusing to connect

He's not from either party
Though Republicans have the claim
I  think he flipped a coin one day
Called heads and got the name

Looking back to '15
And the beginning of the run
Trump not looked upon as serious
Was just there to have some fun

The debates among the elephants
Brought his position to the light
The others there just for themselves
He was there to fight the fight

The fight for all the people
Who were riding on the bus
He did not need the money
He was there for only us

 Collectively they feared him
Would remove their royal way
Give power to the people
Once again to have their say

They smeared him and they bashed him
He never gave in, not a bit
Too soon it was all  over
Trump had risen from the pit

He had won above all others
Though not a hilltop man
To the media, swamp and public
Was just a flash within the pan

Trump went out to the people
And in each neighborhood
Drew large crowds where'er he went
And told them where he stood

The people there were listening
And liked the words they heard
Were tired of politicians
Was the Trump that they preferred

With primaries said and done
When November rolled around
Democrats thought all was theirs
Laughing, rolling on the ground

The Democrats thought all was won
Went for the highest vote
Campaigned in the largest cities
And the biggest states of note 

Were ahead two million votes
At the ending of the day
Then our founders' planning
Came and got into the way

The Electoral College there
For the Presidential race
The President's for all people
That's why it was put in place

Each State is to determine
Per the Constitution's will
One vote each, for all the congressmen,
That are found upon the hill

These votes provide some semblance 
Of equal rights for all the States
So none inconsequential,
Not the smalls and not the greats

 Executive Branch is different
It's the only one for all
To protect us and preserve us
As we rise and as we fall

Each one who sits in Congress
Represents only their state
The Constitution says it
It isn't up for a debate

They declare their Federal wants and needs
And present them as a bill
To all the other Congressmen
Who reside there on the hill

When the majority in Congress
Think a State's ideas are fine
They're sent on to the President,
For the people, then to sign.

When the President agrees,
That we all lose less than win
They're signed into new laws
For all the women and the men

Trump made many promises
When he was running for the seat
More jobs and better wages
To provide us more to eat

Tax cuts that would help us
Or at least not make us cry
Bring manufacturing back again
Grow our economy or try

Curb illegal immigration
Keep the gangs and bad guys out
Welcome those who come to grow with us.
That's what this country is about

In the two years gone by
Since Trump became the Pres 
He's making his best efforts
To do what he said and says

Republicans have come aboard
Because it's the party way
Democrats are worse than Trump
Is what the party has to say

Would have preferred another
Must support the man they got
Even though they don't agree
With the way he stirs the pot

Just can't keep his mouth shut
When he's under an attack
He's still part of the party
They can't stab him in the back

It's very much confusing
Just how politicians think
Their self indulgent, uncaring ways,
Will drive us all to drink

There's so much more that I could say
I believe you see that's clear
I'm disappointed in what's happening
To this country I hold dear.

Copyright © Franklin Price | Year Posted 2019

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