African America’s (AA) foreboding, when it comes to President Trump’s political appointments, his posturing and agenda is unhealthy. Responding to the Trump’s presidency, in the manner you suggest is also not strategic. Understanding the circumstances which allowed Trump to take power should give the AA community hope and a healthy perspective of what’s ahead thus putting any uneasiness to rest. Understanding the events and policies that led to his presidential victory should ground us in a wait and see position.

It was lies and deceit that brought this man to power. Regardless of what traditional politicians have said, it was their deception when it came to informing the American people about the economic condition of this country, that resulted in his rise. Mr. Trump grew out of deception and a need for working class America to have some clarity about their economic future. It is the honest aspiration of the American working class that the deception of traditional politicians which led to this anemic economy, be corrected. Mr. Trump was the strong man that came along and said to the American voter, “I can correct this … I can make America great again.” The need of a fix to the economy is so overwhelming to the American voter as a problem, they allowed Mr. Trump and all his ugliness into our lives. Here is a good way to explain Mr. Trump’s rise. Americans love their pets, especially their dogs. Even though fleas hitch rides on their dogs and bring them into their homes. The love and comfort pets give to their owners out weights the problem of fleas. Working class Americans want the issues of good paying jobs and exportation of America’s consumer demand resolved; they want solutions and not rhetoric. In walks Mr. Trump with the fleas of racism and misogynistic behavior hitching a ride ON AMERICA’S DEMAND FOR BETTER PAYING JOBS, saying with his persona and swagger that he knows how to create good paying jobs and stop the exportation America’s consumer demand to lower paying labor markets in countries abroad and guess what, the American working class embraced him. Better, says the America working class a few fleas than the continuation of the intolerable state of not having enough income to support their families, even in many instances when they work 40 hour a week jobs in addition to working part-time jobs also.

The United States is an economic powerhouse. It’s middle class which is the envy of nations around the world created economic demand that lifted nations to economic power and indeed out of poverty leading to in some instances the creation of middle classes in those countries similar to ours. And the United States continues to be the preeminent middle class nation of the world with its population of 330 million consumers. Japan and South Korea represent clear examples of nations with similar middle classes that got their starts in part due to the demand of the American consumer for every day products.

However, this business model has proven to be detrimental to American workers and to the AA community especially. The best response to Mr. Trump is to first stop following the main street media in desecrating the man and hold him accountable for what matters to us as a race and that is job creation. We have the highest unemployment rate of any worker group at 18 percent. The AA community should switch the subject and stop being manipulated by the main street media and demand from Mr. Trump the detailed job creation plan he promised. People, am I making common sense? Tell me what’s wrong with more higher paying jobs? Take a differ road from that of the main street media and demand that Mr. Trump put forth the job creation plan he promised. It is a lot better strategy than the author of this article has chosen. And its a lot more productive for us a race.