President Trump. It invokes a sense of dread in some people and a sense of hope in others. Me? I am right in the middle. There are many things worse than President Trump in my book, but those are few and far between. However, I am not sitting here actively wishing for Trump to do something catastrophic. Or wishing him much ill-will at all. Like it or not, he was elected as president and now we have to reap what we have sown.

One analogy I have heard from a few people around me has compared President Trump to the captain of our ship. The ship being, of course, America. Like anytime you are on a vehicle being piloted by another person, you do not hope they crash said vehicle. Wanting Trump to fail is like wanting the captain of the ship you are on to crash it into a coral reef. Those who wish Trump to do bad are simply wanting to crash the boat, kill everyone on board, simply to see one man fail. That is not okay and nor will it ever be okay. Qualification questions aside, he is now steering the boat and you better find a life-raft and start shouting directions.

So if I am not wishing for President Trump to fail, what am I wishing for? I am wishing for him to do a stellar job in some aspects and hoping he falls flat on his face in others. This does not mean I am wishing for him to run our country to the ground. Just as with many other presidential edicts, I am hoping that specific ones to not reach true fruition. However, I am hoping overall Trump can keep some of his campaign promises and also keep his nose out of business he has no reasoning sticking it in the first place. Yes, you can hope for someone to do well in the position they are elected in, without wanting all of their ideas to be made concrete. It is called compromising.

One thing good which has undoubtedly come from this presidency is the awareness of how our electoral system is run (specifically gerrymandering in my own case) and the high turnout of those exercising their freedom of speech and protest. Yes, there has been some violent protests. However, there has been a multitude more peaceful than violent. Most of these violent protests started out peaceful until certain groups of people decided to use it to their own advantage. Do not let the actions of the few cloud the actions of the many doing things correctly.

People are now, more than ever in the past few years, turning out in droves to speak out on what they think is wrong and what is worth preserving. While we may have President Trump, we now also have citizens who will not side by idly and take his decisions at face-value. Involved citizens in our nation will question Trump when he does something that needs scrutiny. They will speak up to injustices. Yes, I am not fond of President Trump, but I am also confident our nation will be fine in the long run, just as it has throughout its many, many peaceful transitions of power and questionable past presidents.