President John F. Kennedy believed the virtue of Courage, especially in politics defined true leadership and even wrote a book about the subject titled, "Profiles in Courage." After his death an award was issued each year to honor a person who met the criteria and democratic Nancy Pelosi of the U.S. House was chosen for the award this past week The award was presented by President Kennedy's daughter Caroline.
It was a fitting tribute to a political leader with true "courage" who has passed the test. JFK would be proud of the selection. By contrast, this same week President Trump displayed his inability to lead and govern with his cry baby out bursts against the democrats in congress and vowed not to work with them because of their investigations into his administration. Trump's out bursts and tantrums started first when he threatened to blow up the infrastructure plan the democrats are working on in the House if they did not approve the trade deal with Mexico and Canada first. Behind the scene Trump was mad because Mexico and Canada said they would not approve the new trade deal with the U.S. until Trump lifted his tariffs on Mexico and Canada steel and aluminum. So Trump was forced to retreat and cancel those tariffs just recently.
Then when Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer was scheduled to meet with Trump this week to talk about their infrastructure plan, that is when Trump blew a gasket, acted childish with a tantrum and ended the meeting after 3 minutes. That is when Trump made his traitorous statement he would not work with the democratic party. And once again, the cry baby has failed to lead and govern. It is all about Trump, the autocrat.
President Trump will never win the "Profile in Courage" award. He does not even have the courage to release his tax returns like other Presidents do so easily. Its a real simple thing to do. This writer believes it is easy to understand why Trump uses personal attacks against Nancy Pelosi and Hillary Clinton so often. He feels he has to damage them because they are better women than Trump is a man. And that really says it all.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
