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He’ll be president in hours and he wrote the email of today. ​ “One thing we all need to remember is that a little effort is the best replacement for excuses. If we were all to make an effort to understand what’s going on around us, to make that quantum leap to using our higher, non-complacent minds, some lucid thinking might result. Problem solving is education at its best. Just as understanding can replace hatred, education can replace fear” Donald Trump ​ Education. Learning something new every day and you’ll be ahead of more than 99% of people out there. ​
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