Judge Trump by his Actions, not his words?

I looked over the article from The Washington Post and was surprised at how much I agreed with the philosophy of it overall.  No president is perfect by far, and I personally know of a ton of people who dislike Trump and how he could of ever been in the running for the presidency, as well as I know people who think it was the greatest decision ever made. With that said, what this article coveys over the duration of it, is how we shouldn't judge our president's by their words, but more so by their actions.

Within the first 100 days of Trump's presidency, he in other words, hasn't been very popular as the president's before him. With his reputation of saying one thing and then months later saying another, and also endlessly being irrational and saying whatever is on his mind at any given time and causing a stir within Congress. But what his actions say is another. Referenced in the article is an example: "In 2013 he tweeted a warning to President Barack Obama not to attack Syria — “There is no upside and tremendous downside” — but of course in 2017 launched missile strikes on Syrian soil in retaliation for a chemical attack that involved no U.S. assets. During the campaign he labeled China a currency manipulator, but backed away from the claim this month. And so on." This goes on to show that it can be difficult to tell what the president means of what he says at times, and what he is going to do next, but if we learn to not judge solely on words, but by the actions which the article summarizes, I think we would be better off.

Maternity Leave

I chose the blog Paid Maternity Leave as I absolutely agree with the statement made regarding expecting mothers having to go on maternity leave, and not getting paid for that time off depending on the employer. I heavily believe that a law needs to be set in place that requires all employers to grant their employees at least 6 weeks paid leave, or up to the 12 weeks stated in the blog referenced. 

Trump indeed has expressed his plans to help women with the issue of childcare in America and still states that he supports six weeks of paid leave for mothers. His plan would give women whose employers don't offer paid leave the ability to collect six weeks of unemployment when they have a child. And according to the Labor Department, only 14% of civilian U.S. workers have access to paid parental leave.

So, with the author of the referenced blog, I truly hope President Trump does stand by his work and hope we can reform a better system of making sure all expecting mothers are taken care of, and are able to raise their children without having the immense stress of having to figure out how to make ends meet financially, and focus on the most important thing: FAMILY.