Politico Editor-in-Chief Makes Admission About Trump: ‘Greatest American Figure of His Era’

There appears to be a lot to be grateful for in the new president of the United States.

And John Harris, editor-in-chief of Politico, is listing why President 👤Donald Trump is the “greatest American figure of his era.”

Harris recently wrote a column in which he lauded Trump’s inaugural address on Monday, saying it was was “everything his supporters hoped he would be.”

“Breathtakingly expansive about his intention to reshape the vast federal government around his vision; raucously jingoistic in proclaiming that the country will do whatever it wants to advance its interests around the world; openly triumphal in asserting his belief that his survival from an assassin’s bullet and his victory show he is God’s chosen instrument to lead an American revival,” Harris wrote.

The same speech also was “everything his adversaries feared.”

“Messianic in tone; lovingly protective of his grievances; wholly uncharitable to the people, sitting just feet from him under the Capitol Rotunda, who he defeated so convincingly,” he wrote.

While all this seemed familiar, one thing became clear, Trump is “the greatest American figure of his era,” per Harris.

“He is not a fluke, who got elected initially in 2016 almost entirely because of the infirmities of his opponent,” Harris wrote. “He is not someone the American public somehow misunderstands — as though Democrats and the news media have not spent 10 years forcefully highlighting the risks of his record and character.”

Trump has been able to stay relevant in a multitude of ways — he pursues opportunities others do not and he keeps connections like no other politician.