On March 4, 1797, George Washington did something that put him on a historic pedestal above Julius Caesar, Napoleon Bonaparte and every past conqueror and crowned head of Europe: He gave up power.Story Continued Below
There are ironies on top of ironies in the Father of Trump Tower offering posthumous advice to the Father of Our Country. But the greatest of them is that, 220 years after his death, George Washington’s name is everywhere, and remembered by everyone, largely because he chose not to maximize his own opportunities for self-promotion.
Washington was neither modest nor lacking in ego. He was, by some measures, the wealthiest American of his age, combining his inheritance with his wife’s fortune and an extremely lucrative series of land purchases that made him proportionally far wealthier than his 44th successor. But few people today either know or care that he was so vastly rich.
The American tradition that even the most revered former office-holders must humbly stand behind their successors, recognizing that they are only guests in the house of power, is almost entirely the product of Washington’s exertions. So, too, are other traditions handed down from the Washington presidency, including the chief executive’s commitment to share power with Congress and the courts.
Indeed, at the tail end of the tour of Mount Vernon, a guide stationed in Washington’s study dutifully relates the story that he was the very first person in all of history to assume so much power and then renounce it. So all these centuries of reverence, symbolized by the unending stream of visitors to Washington’s home, are the product of a decision not to call attention to himself.
“In the long, considered judgment of history, selflessness is far more honored than self-aggrandizement.” Let’s hope this means that 219 years after his death, Trump will have been long forgotten. Actually, let’s hope it’s 219 seconds after he leaves office.
At this time he doesn't get much!
The highly ideological goals of MAGA and United Destiny, being consciously supported by the self-actualized states of the planet, and this is obvious to all non-engaged analysts, will ensure a harmonious transformation of humanity into the New, post-usury, cosmo-Vedic Paradigm.
Point, Pres. Washington was not in a civil war with the New Democratic Socialist party everyday. And thank God, he did not have CNN and MSNBC to be there propaganda media arms. He would have hanged them as traitors.
He was a slave owner
Can you even imagine a State of Trump? Boggles the mind and not a place anyone would move to!
I wonder how many Trump streets there will be?
I believe Trump doesn’t understand how to tie his own shoes.
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Nice analysis
People will remember Trump in 200 years for his wilful ignorance, stupidity, evil bigoted self-centeredness driven by a Narcissistic Personality Disorder-based psychosis, as well as a study into the people who admired those qualities in him. Not because he put his name on things
Analysis or opinion I hate main stream media. Y’all need to grow up and focus on real issues that affect real people instead of your irrational hate for Trump.
Did Washington’s spaces understand his humility? What a fucking ridiculous “analysis”
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While he was alive (1791), the U.S. Capital was named after Washington. Later, a U.S. state, thousands of schools and other government buildings would be, too. These have not exactly hurt the Washington brand.
He was a great slave owner honestly, at least back then slaves were apart of the family, mow we are just rented and nobody gives a shit about us, I would rather be house slave than a wage slave any day, I always wanted a family.
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