Say What You Will...

We are now openly discussing the border crisis. Andrew Sullivan even points out this crisis has been going on since the end of Bush Administration and all throughout the Obama Administration.

Regardless of the humanitarian or political side of the equation, it should be pointed out that Trump was the ONLY candidate in 2016 who wanted to even talk about immigration. In fact, that, coupled with his anti-PC attitude is the reason for his election, IMO.

What does this reveal? It reveals that establishment Republicans and Democrats were fully willing to together sweep the border problem under the rug and try to get the public to ignore it BECAUSE it is a difficult issue. Trump, on the other hand, wanted to bring the issue to the forefront and deal with it. Now maybe he's crass, maybe he offended some folks, maybe he made some very poor PR moves -- but let's give the man credit for being on top of an important and difficult issue long before the public, or the establishment politicians wanted to examine it. That is what you call leadership.