Muellur got fucked hard

The economy is doing well. Unemployment is down.  Emissions are down.  ISIS has been decimated.  The US has yet to be goaded into another war.  The 115th Congress was on the upward swing from some of the least productive legislatures in American history.  The Supreme court appointees seem to be OK so far.  I haven't heard of them legislating from the bench, allotting powers not mentioned in the constitution to the Fed, or trying to repeal any amendments.  We are probably at our closest point on immigration reform in years. Our neighbors are reconsidering their coordination to curtail human trafficking. 

On the other hand, just to add some balance I think his lack of leadership is detrimental to the situation in Venezuela.  I'm not sure what will become of the trade disputes.  Government workers went without pay due to his negotiations, and his hardline approach to inaction by congress bears responsibility for the families being split up at the border.  

I can disagree with the guy, and I often find his politics distasteful, but I can't accept that the spin on some controversy is impeding the administration from doing its job.  I'm open to the idea, but for all I know it is only impeding people who want to be impeded to begin with.  The American elections are one of the most influential shifts in power in the world.  They're influenced by our allies, our enemies, desperate political bodies, corporations, all sorts of stuff.  Everyone is in on our politics trying to impact the elections.  Russia did not actually have the capacity to impact the outcome of the elections, but dividing the country up and obscuring relevant information is a reasonable expectation, and something our enemies would be interested in.  Who is truly damaging the country though, the Russians, or the people who exploit the foreign narratives?  In addition the legitimacy of this presidency, and the integrity of our electoral process has been attacked from the very outset not just from threats abroad but also by home brewed liabilities, which have in turn tend to undermine the legitimacy of the investigations.  Any action hinting at a political motive for impeachment could potentially contribute to serious consequences to the integrity of American politics in the future.  Most Trump voters that I speak to don't consider him presidential, but Americans did not vote for Mike Pence, and they didn't vote for virtuous royalty either.