President Trump has a personal schema that regularly plays out — stand tough against your enemies; exhibit restraint when it's beneficial to do so; and then, when exonerated, claim victory loud and proud.  This framework just repeated itself.  Trump was compelled to withstand a shoddy impeachment trial, enabling his transgressors the opportunity to state their egregious case against him.  He was soon vindicated.  After the expected clearance of both charges, abuse of power and obstructing an investigation, not only did he claim victory, but he eviscerated his opponents and literally shoved his acquittal in their faces. 

Some may feel that the last step of the Trumpian design was unnecessary.  After all, most of us were raised to be gracious in our triumphs.  We conservatives are well known for our restraint and, many times, neglect to shout out our hard won victories.  That is unfortunate, mainly because it does not give pause to our enemies who want to take us down.  What we really need to do is celebrate success while stridently pointing out unmerited and unwarranted actions against us.  Whether, through chastisement, our antagonists see the error of their ways or not, they at least deserve the opportunity to reflect upon their behavior.  

We now have a perfect occasion to put into practice the full and complete Trumpian doctrine, with more victory to claim right now than in any other time during Trump's presidential term.  We are experiencing a booming stock market despite the efforts of the last regime to administer a chokehold on businesses and the economy.  Trump just gave a State of the Union address like none other, laying out the many accomplishments of his administration, even with a leftist majority in the House hell-bent on thwarting any desirable progress.  Nancy Pelosi, Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders, and much of the Democrat Party, all liars and co-conspirators in the quest to take down the country, are in meltdown mode.  Finally, a recent Gallup poll shows 90% of Americans loving life, even with the incessant drumbeat of gloom and doom by Hollywood, the media, and the usual suspects on the left.

Yes, it is time to claim victory while we have a firm grasp on it.  Our winning needs to be shouted from the rooftops, and the reprehensible schemes against all proud Americans need to be called out for what they are.  It's time to abide by Trump's full design.

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