By Don Bendell

If Only Donald Trump Would Take My Advice!

“Come on, Coach! It’s fourth and one at the one-yard line, and you’re behind five points! Go for it! Don’t wimp out and kick a field goal!”

How many times have we yelled at the TV screen wanting a baseball coach to hit away and not bunt, or a football coach to try for three more yards instead of punting, or yell at a politician telling another lie? Wouldn’t it be neat if we had the power to actually get that politician’s ear or coach’s ear?

If President Donald Trump would simply take my advice, I would tell him:

First: Eleanor Roosevelt said, “Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift.” Mr. President, that is why that gift is called “the present.”

Over seventy-five percent of all American voters believe that you got cheated in the election. I did, too when I ran for the Colorado House in 2017, but, Mr. President, I am an American cowboy. If my horse throws me, it does not matter if it was his fault, mine, or forces of nature. You get up, wipe yourself off, pretend that nothing hurts, and keep riding. Why? For the respect of anybody that was watching you fall. They know that you are hurt but respect you so much more if you shut up, ride tall in the saddle, and keep an eye on the horizon while always watching your backtrail. Donald, if you never say the words again “election fraud,” you will attract so many more supporters. Let the rest of us bitch about how badly you got screwed, while you keep smiling that cocky, confident smile, and simply lead the herd.

Second: On Friday, November 4th, 2016, I felt so deeply honored to get a call from Trump Colorado Campaign headquarters and was asked if I could make it 140 miles north the next day to be the Emcee for your biggest campaign rally in Colorado being held at the National Western Complex in Denver and nationally-televised by all the networks. I was told I was requested to MC by the National Trump campaign. A month earlier, I had Emceed another Trump for President Rally in Lakewood and introduced your son Eric, who I really liked a lot and hit it off with very well. Apparently, he put in a good word for me. A few days before, a truck hit me and totaled my shiny white car, so I was sore all over, and driving a rental pickup. I was living alone at that time with my horse, dogs, and cats in a big house on my ranch. It was not convenient, but wild horses could not keep me from being there to introduce you and other VIPs like Mike Shanahan. You were getting your shot, and I wanted to help you get there in some small way. Many of us did. Politics are not always convenient, but we all need to be inconvenienced now to get our country back, and you need to know who can you trust?

You’re a Christian and so am I. God orders us to treat our wives like fine gems. Melania Trump is a diamond, a major babe any man would be proud to marry, but you got her. Nobody in the nation, or world, wants you to succeed more than she does. Listen to her wise counsel. She was a wonderful First Lady and needs to be in that position again.  She should always be your closest confidant.

Third: Look at Hunter and look at your kids. Your kids show exactly what you are all about. They are living campaign ads. You should be very proud and listen to their advice, too. You are their hero, but temper that. You are still dad.

Fourth: When I spoke with Eric Trump, I said, “Are you and your siblings like my sons are with me? Sometimes they will say, “Dad, it is time to pour yourself a cup of shut the **** up!”

Eric laughed heartily and said, “Yes, we try sometimes, but he won’t always listen.”

Understand that you have an ego or you would never have become President or a  billionaire. That is okay, and can be a good thing.  Also understand you were a construction guy and talk and act like one many times. Right now, instead, you need to sound like a President, all day, every day, because we the people need such a leader.

In your first term you proved that you have the charisma, courage, character, leadership, honesty, and toughness to be the leader of the Free World. However, in this next term, you need to be thought of as a statesman and a gentleman, with no one thinking you are abrasive and uncouth. That is why many voted for Biden, because you play into the democrats’ hands many times. Why? Because like me, you can be rebellious and love giving it back to them. Mr. President understand this. I am a 100% disabled Vietnam Special Forces combat veteran, and I have over 56 years in the martial arts. I have known some of the toughest men in the entire world. The most badass men by far that I have ever seen are men of faith who have a “quiet strength.” If you possess that “quiet strength,” you will never have to rattle a saber. The bad guys will simply know, not to ever mess with you.

You can go down in history enjoying the respect and legacy of Ronald Reagan. Surround yourself with loyal leaders, not “yes, men,” but leaders who will tell you sometimes privately that you need to shut up and just listen and remember Reagan’s wise words, “There's no limit to what a man can do or where he can go if he doesn't mind who gets the credit.” Those words were kept on a plaque on the desk you also sat behind in the Oval Office.

Fifth: Our nation needs a return to strength, and a return to patriotism, but right now, more than ever, we need a bully in the White House, a real bully. In a little over a year, Joe Biden has turned us into the limp-wristed pantywaist of superpowers. You know how to bully and manipulate world leaders, many of whom are pushing the envelope right now. You and Vladimir Putin are both Alpha Males. He is not going to be bullied by any world leader, but you have his number. You, and only you, can control Putin. You fully understand winning by intimidation.

You have no choice in this. God put you in the White House in 2016. Not you. God did it, and He will again, if you let Him. You know you have flaws and the left-wing media exploits them. God used people with flaws throughout the Bible to accomplish great things.   Abraham was really old. You and I are the same age and know that feeling. Elijah was suicidal, Joseph was abused, Job went bankrupt, Moses had a speech problem, Samson was a womanizer, Rahab was a prostitute, Noah was a drunk, Jacob was a cheater, David was a murderer, Peter, as predicted, denied Christ three times within twenty-four hours, Martha worried about anything and everything, and Paul was a Pharisee who persecuted Christians before following Christ.

This time, ask people like Barbara Rez to tell listeners that you made her the first Hispanic woman to ever completely plan, oversee, and build a major skyscraper in America. Have her tell that she was one of your business vice presidents years ago. Have black, Hispanic, and Asian-American families brag about how you changed their lives and all the things you accomplished in your first term. You do not need to be a self-promoter anymore. Let the myriad of citizens you have helped as President do that for you, and please keep endorsing good conservatives who are running. Campaign for them, for we must take the House and Senate back in November and put the RINOs and democrats out to pasture.

Then, in 2024, you can start to make America whole again, proud again, alive again, strong again, and Great Again. We will help you, and so will God, if you do not worry about Him getting all the credit.

ABOUT THE WRITER

Don Bendell is a best-selling author whose style has been likened to Louis L’Amour, Zane Grey, and Robin Moore. Don is a former US Army Special Forces Captain and 100% disabled Green Beret Vietnam veteran, and a 1995 inductee into the International Karate and Kickboxing Hall of Fame. Don owns the Strongheart Ranch in southern Colorado, with his social psychologist and fellow author, wife, Dr. Janet Bendell. Don is the author of 30 books, mainly westerns and military thrillers, with over 3,000,000 copies in print worldwide, a Pulitzer Prize nomination in 2011, and a successful motion picture which he also produced, directed, and co-starred in. He has 6 grown children and 13 grand-children and has a master’s degree in leadership from Grand Canyon University.

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Don Bendell, MC        Candidate Donald J. Trump         Eric Trump