Are things really falling apart with Mr. Trump in power?

Indeed, the reincarnation of Mr TRUMP and his latest moves are blessings in disguise for those of us on this side of the Atlantic Ocean, when we look at things critically. I'll tell you why in a minute.

For one thing, I personally do not subscribe to a wholesale deportation exercise being carried out by the American government---it is indeed a blow below the belt.So do not put me in any political strait jacket here. My job is to X-Ray societal ills.

However, his other initiatives; like freezing aid to foreign countries and putting a stop to the importation of weird lifestyles to Ghana, need to be examined closely and objectively.

I have a gift for figuring out the good in any adversity. In other words, while others may focus exclusively on the negative side of issues, I tend to look for the silver lining.

Now, let’s look at his major two moves(initiatives): He has frozen any financial aid to foreign countries..including Ghana.

It is long overdue to stop the freebies that we always use to balance the national budget. How long would our leaders learn to live within their short-sighted means, so as not to depend religiously on the” handouts “ from the Western world?

Despite all the zillion tons of natural resources at our disposal, we still can not manage them effectively. I won’t be surprised to see us importing drinking water from outside sooner than later, given the way we have managed our water bodies. The Volta Lake can single-handedly generate enough employment for our unemployed college graduates and make the nation laugh all the way to the bank, but we can not see it because we’re too dependent on the handouts from the Western world. We rather be globetrotters to panhandle for a handout to balance our leaking financial faucet at home than find permanent solutions to our emerging problems.

I ain’t a member of his fan club, however, with him in power at least, he has also put a break on the wholesale exportation of LGBTQ mumbo-jumbo, which was gradually and seriously gaining traction in Ghanaian political and socioeconomic discourse. Ironically, people who could hardly feed themselves are consuming every foreign culture and lifestyle wantonly.

Undoubtedly, his moves can definitely hold other diseases and unexpected or unnecessary medical bills for the nation at bay—which is a step in the right direction--- helliejuah!!

All the unfolding development in the USA is a teachable moment for us to get our house in order because there is always bliss after a storm. We surely should take a lesson from it by putting our nation on a good footing so as to put a stop to the brain drain and minimise the number of Ghanaians dying constantly and needlessly in the middle of the Mediterranean sea.

I hope this is not too much to ask from our leaders.

Stay Tuned. Be blessed, educated and informed.