The sign of true leadership is being willing to do the right thing even if it’s not popular, even when you know the national media is going to say otherwise. The sign of a strong leader is staying calm under immense pressure and navigating a crisis, making a plan, and keeping the ship headed in the right direction even through headwinds. In the modern age of Twitter politics and intentionally sensational cable news on both sides, we often lose sight of true leadership. When there is an unpreventable public emergency such as the coronavirus pandemic, politics don’t matter — we need to all row in the same direction, united together as countrymen.
This week, one of President Trump’s most outspoken critics, Gov. Gavin Newsom of California, said this about the president and his team’s response to the cruise ship in Oakland: “Every single thing [Trump] said, they followed through on. Every single thing. His administration — and it starts at the top, including the vice president — has been consistent.”
