W.Minh Tuan
After election ended in November 2024, with resounding victory of President Donald Trump, many Americans are worried about the senior positions in the US Government that US President Donald Trump is nominating.
Those worries say that the people that Mr. Trump are nominating are people who have no experience in the fields they will be in charge of.
For example, Florida Congressman Marco Rubio (born in 1971, 53 years old in 2024), was nominated by Mr. Trump for the position of Secretary of State – US Foreign Minister.
Congressman Matt Gaetz (born in 1982, 42 years old in 2024), also from Florida, was nominated for the position of Attorney General – US Minister of Justice Ministry.
Fox News journalist Pete Hegseth (born in 1980, 44 years old in 2024) was nominated as Secretary of Defense-US Defense Minister.
Hawaiian Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard (born in 1981-43 years old in 2024) as Director of the US National Intelligence Agency-NI-(not the Central Intelligence Agency CIA),,,.
Trump’s critics say that Trump’s nominees for the above positions of Secretary-Ministers are all people with little experience in the fields they will be in charge of, and will be an unpredictable disaster for the US.!!!
Let’s look at the historical facts, all of American Presidents are all people who come from professions that have nothing to do with the job of President, but they have led America to become the richest, most powerful country in the world – of course not the most perfect, not the best, not the most ideal, not the most satisfying, not the happiest in the world.
The first American President George Washington (1732-1799) was originally a student who worked as a cartographer-map drawer. Later, he was appointed as a guide for the army, because he drew maps, so he knew the way, road, paths.
In 1755, when he was only 23 years old, George Washington was appointed as the commander of the entire American army to fight against the harsh colonial regime of the British king.
At first, the young general Washington lost many battles, because he had no any experience in commanding the army.
However, General Washington quickly learned directly on the battlefield how to command troops to fight, and finally defeated the British, bringing independence to the United States from July 4, 1776 to the present.
At first, in the US Congress, there were many opinions criticizing and disparaging General Washington’s poor military leadership, ignorance, and foolishness. But then it was that “incompetent” General Washington who achieved resounding victories, and brought independence to the great United States today.
In our Vietnam, the legendary General Vo Nguyen Giap was also a history teacher at Thang Long School in Hanoi during the French colonial period. In 1941, when he was only 30 years old, teacher Vo Nguyen Giap was appointed by President Ho Chi Minh as the Captain of the Propaganda Team of the Liberation Army, at that time the Viet Minh army mainly did propaganda, not fighting.
And then General Vo Nguyen Giap quickly learned the craft of combat command, learned directly on the battlefield, and defeated the French at the world-famous Dien Bien Phu battle in 1954, when he was only 43 years old, and contributed significantly to the victory over the Americans, unifying Vietnam in 1975.
So let’s look at the positions nominated by President Trump today, all those who have just been nominated by Mr. Trump, they may not have much experience in the work they will be in charge of, but if they are smart, talented, and dedicated to serving the American homeland, dedicated to being loyal to President Trump, they will learn the job very quickly, and will work with good results, will contribute to the cause of Making America Great Again – MAGA.
And coincidentally, the MAGA slogan is also the first letters of the 4 largest companies in the US: Microsoft, Apple, Google, Amazon – so MAGA both means Make America Great Again, and means the names of the 4 most powerful and richest companies in the US, and the world, and MAGA is the symbol of the greatness and economic power of America.
We do not know yet how President Trump will realize his MAGA dream, but looking at his first actions after winning the presidential election, we see more positive signs than negative.
-President Trump will reduce taxes to make it easier for American companies and world investors, and American workers to breathe, and to enjoy reducing the tax burden.
-President Trump will deport illegal immigrants to the US, which is the job of any country to do, to ensure social security and economic security for the US citizents.
-President Trump will act to quickly end the Russia-Ukraine war, by both Russia and Ukraine maintaining the status quo, Russia withdrawing its troops out of Ukraine territory, establishing a demilitarized zone between Russia and Ukraine, and possibly NATO troops guarding the DMZ area, and Ukraine will solve the territorial issue later, after the Russian troops have withdrawn from Ukraine.
Maintaining the status quo is the solution that Vietnam chose when signing the Paris Peace Agreement on peace in Vietnam in 1973, so that the US army could withdraw completely from Vietnam. After that, Vietnam had free hands to fight the Saigon army, and successfully unified the Fatherland in 1975.
Ukrainians should also learn from Vietnam, solve it step by step, for now maintain the territorial status quo so that the Russian troops can withdraw out first, then solve the territorial issue in a few years, with the puppet governments in Donbas and Donest later.
Just like Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, he cannot solve all the problems at once, he cannot defeat Hamas and Hezbollah, and free all the hostages all together.
Mr. Netanyahu was wrong to want to completely defeat Hamas and Hezbollah, while more than 100 Israeli hostages are still being held by Hamas.
We believe that President Donald Trump will have a right and wrong talk with Mr. Netanyahu, to find a smart and correct solution to the Gaza war, first of all, a ceasefire, and the release of all hostages.///