Today, an historic even occurred in the US. The Republican controlled US House of Representatives, after 7 years of trying to kill ObamaCare, failed to do so by pulling their TrumpCare bill. They did not have to the votes to pass it, even in their own party! It was a catastrophic failure of the young Trump administration and of the House's speaker, Paul Ryan. After all, Trump was elected using as his major campaign theme of repealing and replacing ObamaCare. The bill they put forward was a horrible piece of proposed legislation as many Republican members of the House so stated to the press.

It is critical to a new presidential administration to have their first major piece of legislation pass and become law. To have its show case bill not only not become law but to be pulled before being voted on is virtually unheard of. It demonstrated that this administration is not respected by its own party and that Trump, who is proud of being a deal maker, is so out of his league when it comes to politics. In business, Trump was a deal maker, famous for being a hunter who would destroy anyone who went in his way. However, in politics, it takes a total different approach as you must convince people to go along with what you propose, even if they do not support what you are proposing. After all, the process of making law is divided between two branches of government (the legislative branch and the executive branch), each with equal power. Trump as president is not a CEO and does not have the power of a CEO. He is a president and only has the powers of a president. When that comes to making law, he must share the power of law making with members of both the House of Representatives and the Senate.

Despite this graphic demonstration of what a weak president Trump is, one critical part of what he campaigned on is coming true and we are very thankful to Trump for making this happen. Throughout his campaign, he pledged to make "America Great Again". We received an email from one of Mary Margaret' sisters containing a list of things that are happening in the US that is making America great again and they are happening due to Trump and are happening all across the US. Many of the items on this list played a major role in the reason why Trump and Paul Ryan had to pull the TrumpCare bill. We understand that this list was floating around on Facebook so you may have seen it already. However, if you have not, here it is:

Subject: Trump IS making America great again
I can't believe I'm saying this, but it looks like Trump is actually making America great again. Just look at the progress made since the election:
1. Unprecedented levels of ongoing civic engagement.
2. Millions of Americans now know who their state and federal representatives are without having to google.
3. Millions of Americans are exercising more. They're holding signs and marching every week.
4. Alec Baldwin is great again. Everyone's forgotten he's kind of a jerk.
5. The Postal Service is enjoying the influx cash due to stamps purchased by millions of people for letter and postcard campaigns.
6. Likewise, the pharmaceutical industry is enjoying record growth in sales of anti-depressants.
7. Millions of Americans now know how to call their elected officials and know exactly what to say to be effective.
8. Footage of town hall meetings is now entertaining.
9. Tens of millions of people are now correctly spelling words like emoluments, narcissist, fascist, misogynist, holocaust and cognitive dissonance.
10. Everyone knows more about the rise of Hitler than they did last year.
11. Everyone knows more about legislation, branches of power and how checks and balances work.
12. Marginalized groups are experiencing a surge in white allies.
13. White people in record numbers have just learned that racism is not dead. (See #6)
14. White people in record numbers also finally understand that Obamacare IS the Affordable Care Act.
15. Stephen Colbert's "Late Night" finally gained the elusive #1 spot in late night talk shows, and Seth Meyers is finding his footing as today's Jon Stewart.
16. "Mike Pence" has donated millions of dollars to Planned Parenthood since Nov. 9th.
17. Trump has succeeded where thousands of history teachers failed - now everybody knows who Frederick Douglass was.
18. Melissa FREAKING McCarthy.
19. Travel ban protesters put $24 million into ACLU coffers in just 48 hours, enabling them to hire 200 more attorneys. Lawyers are now heroes.
20. As people seek veracity in their news sources, respected news outlets are happily reporting a substantial increase in subscriptions, a boon to a struggling industry vital to our democracy.
21. Live streaming court cases and congressional sessions are now as popular as the Kardashians.
22. Massive cleanup of facebook friend lists.
23. People are reading classic literature again. Sales of George Orwell's "1984" increased by 10,000% after the inauguration. (Yes, that is true. 10,000%. 9th grade Lit teachers all over the country are now rock stars.)
24. More than ever before, Americans are aware that education is important. Like, super important.
25. Now, more than anytime in history, everyone believes that anyone can be President. Seriously, anyone.