Millions of you living in small towns across the country are at the end of your presidential vote. They need to make an informed decision. You’re frustrated with Washington. The “elite” of any of the political parties has let down giant segments of our population, adding you, and candidate Trump has taken advantage of that frustration.
Many of you voted for him as a “disruptor,” believing that things had to change. It’s understandable, but now it’s time to take stock. And it’s a challenge. Much of what you hear and read is Washington’s internal baseball, competing with political narratives dressed through high-priced public relations companies. Unfortunately, this is not true, and the first presidential debate actually did not help to repair your confidence in the quality of politics When you vote, you have difficulty correlating with the noise you hear from life in Central America.
Let me offer you some ideas. In fact, I’m a Washington creature, but I’d like to think I’m what you expect and what you deserve from a federal employee. I am one you have never heard of, but who has spent 42 years seeking to make a “good government” in the service of seven presidents of both political parties.
More recently, I was acting director of the National Counter-Terrorism Center, seeking to protect you and your families. At the beginning of this administration, I won a President’s Award for “Extraordinary Sustained Achievement,” an honor reserved for 1% of managers the following year, fired. And if you care, I’m independent. I didn’t vote for this president or Hillary Clinton. I wrote in former Ohio Governor John Kasich.
My delight applies only to the extent that it reflects a sure understanding of our government: the good, the bad and the ugly. And with that in mind, I’ll offer some minds about how a voter who isn’t sure weighs a vote in November. .
Many of you may not spend much time immersed in global or even national problems; naturally, they are the goal of their network, which increases their circle of relatives and achieves a better life at the local level. But have interaction in an experience that invites reflection: take a step back and create your network as a microcosm of the country as a whole
Bring it: Trump needs to run on his record. We hope he does. It’s a crisis for America.
And he believes in the implications as he seeks to improve his net paintings to gain advantages for his young people. What if you faced a regional challenge, a challenge that can only be solved in cooperation with other communities?But his, acting under error, is confident that only unilaterally can he make his net paintings great, he is unwilling to paint with others to solve increasingly serious regional challenges. is shown as an existential risk to the networked paintings of nations and their local communities. The unastrous effects on his youth and grandchildren would be the legacy of this president.
Forgiveness could be justified if the disruptor had faced the challenge of a national crisis. Unfortunately, as far as COVID is concerned, the administration’s attempts to apologize for putting lipstick on the proverbial pig. I testified before the Commission on 11 September and then spent the next 17 years concerned about the efforts for the failure of 9/11.
Unfortunately, COVID’s reaction will be seen as the largest failure of the federal government in the history of the republic. Even if you don’t have friends or family among the approximately 200,000 Americans who have died, the negative has an effect on your children’s schooling and the overall disruption of their lives is much worse than it deserves to have been. To a large extent, this is due to insufficient leadership of the executive branch.
The first presidential debate: Trump’s has deeply shaken American democracy
This president is not the source of all our disorders, yet he has let the country down by aggravating many disorders and creating others. We have gone from a bright village on a hill to an object of contempt and even pity. a small player. Given the deep-seated schisms in this country, I don’t know if former Vice President Joe Biden can repair our state. But I know that this president cannot, and for the sake of his communities, the country and the world, we want to make a change.
Russ Travers retired from the Federal Service in July after being dismissed as interim director of the National Counter-Terrorism Center. The revisions expressed are yours alone and do not involve the approval of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence or any other. government agency.
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