{"id":7053,"date":"2017-01-26T05:00:22","date_gmt":"2017-01-26T10:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/blog\/?p=7053"},"modified":"2025-04-01T12:54:56","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T15:54:56","slug":"489-the-very-presidential-donald-j-trump-unfettered-capitalism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/justrightmedia.org\/blog\/archives\/7053","title":{"rendered":"489 – The very Presidential Donald J. Trump \/ Unfettered capitalism"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In keeping with past Inauguration addresses made by American presidents, Donald Trump<\/strong>‘s Inauguration Address last Friday turned out to be very presidential indeed. <\/p>\n

Criticized as being a “dark speech<\/em>” the likes of which has never been heard before, it would be more accurate to suggest that Trump\u2019s Inaugural Address followed a tradition that has been a presidential practice since the days of John Adams<\/strong>, the second president of the United States.<\/p>\n

The parallels are striking and are part of the conversation on today\u2019s Just Right, along with our point-by-point analysis of some key essentials in Trump\u2019s address. Could Donald Trump\u2019s address be resurrecting the symbolic \u201cghost\u201d of John Adams?<\/p>\n

\u201cA nation exists to serve its citizens,\u201d Trump declared, in stark contrast to the opposing philosophy that has been running the White House since the days of John F Kennedy.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Under Trump\u2019s \u201cAmerica first\u201d agenda, is \u201cBuy American\u201d an un-American slogan?<\/strong> Can trade restrictions and import\/export taxes possibly benefit the general welfare, or are they simply a continuation of crony politics that benefit the few at the expense of the many?<\/p>\n

Due in part to his reputation as a private capitalist, Trump\u2019s political policies are seen by some as a form of \u201cunrestrained capitalism<\/strong>\u201d – and still by others as an unjustifiable \u201crestraint\u201d on capitalism. Which is it?<\/p>\n

Either way, talk of \u201crestraining\u201d capitalism is contradictory. What is it that is to be restrained? Both freedom and capitalism are conditions under which the initiation of force is already legally and morally \u201crestrained\u201d by a prohibition on the use of force. To \u201crestrain\u201d capitalism would mean to lift restraint on force itself.<\/strong><\/p>\n

To \u201crestrain\u201d capitalism, one requires unrestrained government. But a government unrestrained ceases to be what can properly be called government.<\/strong> The condition of freedom becomes one of a growing tyranny.<\/p>\n

It is not a restraint on capitalism, but a restraint on government that is needed \u2013 in every nation.<\/strong> The American Constitution was drafted to protect individual rights by limiting the powers of government. It was solely that idea that made America \u201cgreat.\u201d<\/p>\n

If Trump\u2019s promise to \u201ctransfer power from government to the people\u201d means restraining the right of American citizens to freely trade with each other and people of other nations, then the prospect of unrestrained government remains. There\u2019s nothing \u201cgreat\u201d about that.<\/p>\n

Should Trump\u2019s promise to \u201ctransfer power\u201d actually mean \u201cfrom government to the INDIVIDUAL,\u201d then Americans have much to be hopeful for.<\/p>\n

Ambiguities abound, as they have with every new president. Whether Donald Trump\u2019s presidency turns out to be Just Right for America and the world is a question that only time can resolve.<\/p>\n

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