Restoring trust should be U.S. priority.

 LOSS OF GOVERNMENT CREDIBILITY CAN BE FATAL

U.S. CREDIBILITY IS POOR, BOTH AT HOME AND ABROAD

The biggest reason that Donald Trump is now president is that the electorate was disillusioned with past presidents who made campaign promises and then after elected, proceeded to often do the exact opposite. Trump was viewed as an outsider, as was Barack Obama. Traditional candidates, like Jeb Bush, were rejected because they no longer had any credibility. Today the electorate, I suspect on both sides of the isle, are suspicious of and cynical about the credibility of all political leaders. With "Weapons of mass destruction" and other trumped up reasons for war and a lack of accountability for obvious law breaking, like the "Russian collusion hoax" the credibility of government at home and aboard is on life support.

Whether Trump's opponents will admit or not, Trump has made a sincere effort to enact his campaign promises. He has not involved the U.S. in war, as yet, even though the pressure from within and without has been enormous. From the border control to attempting to set a new course in foreign policy and hopes to improve trade fairness, he is at least trying.

Lately we have seen the uproar from his supporters concerning the Epstein situation, it is an example of the distrust of the electorate, who believe his administration has been less than credible. It is a red flag of, "here we go again", and is unacceptable.

We witness the same kind of duplicity and ham fisted amateur Machevealians in foreign policy. Sneak attacks while negotiating and other dishonest attempts, that will only exasperate any true negotiations in the future. Real diplomats must be trusted, and if there are attempts from within or from allies to discredit these negotiations, they need to be exposed. It is the only way to end these tactics.

The same applies to both sides of the isle, the past 10 years of government lies and chaos must be corrected, this includes exposing the attempted coup with the Russian collusion hoax, impeachments, lawfare, and obvious lying under oath by government intelligence official and others. There needs to be transparency and accountability, no matter how painful, to heal the distrust and lack of credibility of government. While those responsible will suffer, the country may be saved and that should the be priority of all Americans, if they hope to be unified to meet the challenges of the future.