Commentators and many politicians failed to see the impending Trump victory, and in much the same fashion, today they likewise miss the heartland's view of Trump's young presidency.

The grim summation of the naysayers goes something like this: Trump colluded with the Russians; the healthcare bill nosedived; the travel ban is blocked; and Trump is a failed president. But between Los Angeles and New York, middle America sees a different story altogether.

Before taking office, Trump made headlines when he haggled with the Carrier CEO to bring hundreds of recently lost jobs back to the U.S.; called out Boeing for its too-costly, multibillion dollar Air Force One replacement plans; and began the ultimately successful negotiations with Lockheed Martin to bring down the price of its F-35s.

Trump arrived at the White House with new rules: No departed officials could engage in foreign lobbying and domestic lobbying would have to wait five years. He vowed not to take a salary, donating his first-quarter earnings to the National Park Service. And even though conflict of interest laws do not apply to the president,Trump put his business holdings in a trust operated by his sons and promised to give profits his hotels make from foreign governments to the U.S. Treasury.

Trump began his term by forcefully delivering on his vows to American voters – ordering the construction of a wall on the southern border and approving construction of the Keystone and Dakota Access Pipelines, withdrawing from the unpopular Obama-era Transpacific Partnership (TPP), rescinding business-crushing regulations, and quite literally “bombing the hell out of ISIS” by dropping a 21,000 pound bomb that killed 36 militants in Afghanistan.

His single most significant achievement was his nomination of now-Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch, whose confirmation will likely safeguard for decades the seat held by conservative legend Antonin Scalia.

When a judge temporarily restrained Trump's much-promised pause on travel from countries compromised by terrorism, Trump did not relent. He issued a second order, one that he is still defending amid ongoing litigation.