What a Difference

I watched the press conference with President Trump following his visit to, first North Carolina and then to California to observe the destruction caused by flooding and wildfires.

What a difference to have a leader that understands problems and can immediately react in a positive way to  help resolve them.

I was impressed with his understanding and support of the people .He understands that where they live is important to them and he can see their home has been their life .

He was unequivocal  when it came to rebuilding and returning to their homes. None of the  bureaucratic brakes and spanners in the works to scupper plans for people to get their lives back. No he was totally receptive to people rebuilding and re establishing .

He could see people understand their surroundings and know how to respond to the situation and factor in lessons learned.

  Let the people make decisions about their future not authorities.

He was clear in his understanding as he said that one week was too long for people  to be with held from returning to their properties that had been burnt down.

They wanted to get back and clear up the mess and make decisions themselves.

The idea that safety was an issue was overruled .Let the people decide.

What was striking was his understanding of something I have observed in my own area.

If the approach by authorities is to stall, put up barriers, generally interfere then gradually people lose their spirit.

They lose their spirit and over a period of time cave in .They lose their spirit  and strength to carry on and slowly the community crumbles.

It was great that Trump used that very phrase. 'People will lose their spirit ' and he was dead right.

Trump also told the authorities that people should be able to build with no permits and be allowed to add 10% to their houses if they wanted to.

What a breath of fresh air compared to our nightmare situation and the demise of our community.