Halfway through President Trump's first term in office, the jury is still out on his effectiveness in his quest to "make America great again." Trump has had some apparent successes: the confirmation of Supreme Court justices Gorsuch and Kavanaugh, the opening of relations and denuclearization talks with North Korea, a national tax cut, and a simplified set of tax deductions. He has, however, failed to pull the U.S. out of NATO.  Though he has announced troop reductions in Afghanistan and Syria, he has not yet ended American involvement in either war.  And in his biggest humiliation to date, Trump brazenly promised to shut down the government for "years" if necessary to build the wall on the southern border but capitulated after only weeks. The fact that Trump was willing to even mention these issues in public — along with his opposition to abortion and gun control — has been a victory of sorts for conservatives, given...(Read Full Article)