The State of the Union Address 2018 Reveals Trump's Heart

Before the State of the Union Address, I considered some of the glaring contrasts between Trump's first year in office and Obama's eight.  Here is just a sampling:

• Trump worked to restore America; Obama sought to destroy our great nation.
• Trump's actions helped stimulate the economy while Obama told Americans to just adjust to the economic downturn, for Obama's economy was as good as it would ever get.
• Trump restored relationships with America's allies while taking a firm stand against those who threaten our security.  He freed up our military to defeat most of ISIS. Obama, on the other hand, expressed hatred, disdain, disrespect for America's allies while pretending to negotiate with terrorists. Obama and Hillary armed and illegally funded terrorist groups and built up Iran's nuclear capacity. Meanwhile those same terrorist groups killed and/or raped both our people and our assets.
• Trump defended the right to life for our most precious and innocent children while Obama promoted and significantly expanded federal funding of the murder of millions via abortion.
• Trump sought to shrink the government while Obama grew it far beyond the founding fathers' worst nightmare.
• Trump significantly decreased the deficit within his first year in office; Obama raised the national debt more than all previous presidents combined.
• Trump acknowledges that America was established under God and for His glory and attributes our greatness to God's goodness. Meanwhile, Obama continues to hate and blaspheme the Almighty.
• Trump upholds freedom and the American dream. Obama pushed for a socialist state in which each person depends upon the government for everything, even their own thoughts.
• Trump's leadership helped dramatically decrease unemployment, which especially benefited hard-working minorities and women, resulting in the lowest unemployment rate for blacks in United States history. Conversely, Obama paid states to increase their welfare doles to ensure government dependence while suppressing GDP, job creation, and innovation and crushing the human spirit by depriving gifted Americans of the dignity, self-respect,  and confidence that meaningful work brings.
• Trump put more money back into the pockets of hardworking taxpayers and brought back tremendous investment to the United States. Obama robbed every taxpayer to put money in the pockets of corrupt cronies and into the coffers of those who hate freedom.
• Trump has sought to uphold the Constitution while Obama strove to dismantle it.

After the State of the Union Address (SOTU), there is much that could be said about Trump's awesome speech, which may very well be the most inspiring SOTU in my lifetime (or at least on par with Reagan's), but instead, I just want to point out one key takeaway from his speech that gives me the most hope.

With this speech, Trump revealed his heart. Trump may be rough around the edges and speak his mind without a filter, but there is no longer any doubt now that he loves America. He loves Americans of every economic, social, ethnic/racial, political, and religious background and wants to do whatever brings about the most good for them. He loves the faith and values upon which America was founded and understands that America and all she represents would come crashing down if those foundations are shaken or removed. Trump loves liberty and all who seek it and preserve it. 

Source:  The Federalist https://goo.gl/images/LXHxJ3

All the hatred, vitriol, slander, false accusations, illegal spying, attempted set-ups, and constant, coordinated attacks to bring him down have not hindered his love or stopped him from pursuing that which is good for America. These attacks would be an enormous distraction for anyone else and have surely kept him from accomplishing much more, but none of those assaults ever seem to stick to Trump because they are hurled out of hatred which is no match for love.

We can have hope because our wrecking ball POTUS loves America more than he loves himself. And he is inspiring American dreamers to also overcome hatred with love, to build each other up when the haters try to tear us down, to defeat fear by holding on to faith, to come together when the haters try to tear us apart, to rise to greatness instead of bowing to statists, and to stop obsessing over what others may think of us and simply do what is right.

Trump is a unique and complicated package with traits we like and those we find repulsive, but let us not forget that the greatest of all these qualities is love. Love conquers all.