It is incredible how that some know what a person is like after one day on the job. Where is your expertise in this area of recognition.
Trump said a lot and so did Abbott, and he turned out to be a fraud.
I believe in the will of the people, and if that does not work out then you jump up and down.
Trump may be good or he may be idiotic by his own nature.
This TTbn bloke can pick a winner before one is even born. Obama could not persuade any support for gun laws. Trump may only get what they allow him also.

Dear ttbn,

You can judge a person by their actions.
Donald Trump is being judged by his around
the world and in America.
Here is just one person's reaction taken from the
Los Angeles Times (there's heaps more on the web):

http://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-trump-inaugural-address-20170120-story.html

"We have a man who has major conflicts of interest, refuses
to release his tax returns, spews lies and hateful rhetoric,
disdains the press, declares NATO to be obsolete, encourages
other nations to develop nuclear weapons, promotes an agenda
that will make the rich richer and the poor poorer, may
destroy the rights of women and minorities, could bring our
nation into conflict with major world powers (most
frightening of all) and destroy all efforts to protect our
environment from the ravages of climate change. The world is not
celebrating today. Neither am I."

The world agrees as do so many Americans.

Foxy,

There are no competitions here. All I can say is that, were I an American, I would be very pleased to have Trump as president. As an Australian, I am much more pleased with Trump's ideas than I was with Obama's. I hope Trump doesn't louse up America as much as Obama did. You do tend to judge politicians the same way you judge other people. I do not. There is a world of difference between politicians and us.

You might be surprised then that I was very impressed by the way Obama left office; he did it with dignity and in a thoroughly gentlemanly way. I was particularly moved by the way he, on more than one occasion, he admonished his loonier supporters not to boo every time Trump's name was mentioned.

PS Foxy,

Can you tell me why anyone would want to see Trump's tax returns? Have other presidents been asked to pull out their tax returns? I think it's all sour grapes and poor 'losership' from people who were so sure that Trump could not win. I also believe that these poor losers do not believe in democracy when it doesn't work their way. I'm thankful that the Australian culture is different.

Dear ttbn,

Regarding President Trump's tax returns?

There has to be a surety that there
is no conflict of interests concerning his
ever evolving global business affairs. Namely
has he broken any law. How much tax does he
pay, does he use tax havens? It seems that
there is some difficulty getting around Trump's
business conglomerates which are a patchwork
of "artful" deals, strategy changes, bankruptcies,
carefully laid plans, et cetera. He's said
himself that as far as business is concerned -
"I play it very loose..."

In the USA history suggests that institutions
tend to dominate personalities, Trump will not
be the exception. He will undoubtedly face the
same institutional constraints as any other
president - that of Congress and the Courts.

The success of other strong-willed presidents
has ultimately been due to the degree to which
they were politically restrained. For example
Lyndon B. Johnson was praised for his political
skill, but he gained legislative victories mainly
through strong partisan support in Congress while
Richard Nixon's opposition from Congress was
ultimately his undoing.

We'll have to wait and see what happens with President
Trump. He got in on promises that may not work -
like less immigration and a new protectionism (this
goes against the Constitution and American values).
Plus more infrastructure spending (where's the money
going to come from?).

Interesting times ahead.

Ahhh Foxy & others,
Like virtually all of us Gareth Evens was schooled in geography with
Mercadors projection on out school walls.
Therefore we have no idea of the shape of the world.
At least those of us schooled in radio learnt very quickly about
Great Circle paths and to realise that Peking is much closer to Berlin
than it is to Australia.

So why are the Europeans not told that they are part of Asia ?
After all they live on the same block !
Paris is closer to Asia than Brisbane is to Melbourne !

Then another thing a degree of latitude is bigger in the northern
hemisphere than it is in the Sothern henispher on Mercadors projection.
Then most do not realise that Indonesia, the Phillipines and
New Guinea are not in Asia.
So our Foreign Minister who negotiated with other countries did not
even know where Australia was located.