I have said this about anyone who is entrenched in the power structure in Washington DC but it is more applicable to the liberals than anyone else: it is not about solving problems, it is about controlling our lives. Our elected officials and bureaucrats in federal government want power more than anything else and that DOES include solving problems.

Look at every problem they have claimed to address from economic issues to societal inequalities to the deficit, it doesn't matter, none of those problems has gotten better by their own admission. And since the election of Donald Trump we have seen those on the left side of the aisle, including many Republicans, fight the President tooth and nail to prevent him from draining the swamp.

President Trump has held a large number of meetings with different constituencies. The common theme among all of those meetings is how impressed the attendees are with Trump. Even those who disagree with him philosophically have said that they believe he listened to them and took their advice to heart and that he truly wants to address the issues and solve the problems.

So if you are a member of a group that is invited to the White House to speak to Donald Trump, wouldn't you jump at the opportunity? Wouldn't you at least give him a chance, based upon the experiences of everyone else, to hear your concerns and listen to what you want? Apparently not if you are the Congressional Black Caucus. Trump has invited the members of the caucus to come to the White House and address issues that are important to them and the people they represent. The caucus has refused and the reasons for their refusal show that they are grasping at straws.

And it also proves that it is about power and perception rather than really solving problems. Because think about this, what is the worst thing that could happen? They have a productive meeting with President Trump in which he hears their concerns and then he does nothing. At least you and I would think that's the worst thing that could happen.

But for the Congressional Black Caucus, they could then go back out to their constituents and say this president doesn't care about them. He heard what they had to say and he did nothing. But really, the worst thing for the Congressional Black Caucus is that Trump listens to them and acts upon their concerns. And then horror of horrors, some of the problems facing the CBC's constituents are solved!

If that were to happen Trump would be seen as a hero and the Congressional Black Caucus and the liberals just cannot have that. Despite what you see in the news, Trump has accomplished quite a bit in the first few months of his presidency and the members of the caucus know that. They cannot take the chance that the president can be given any credit for any positive things happening in our lives.

Back to the reasons they are giving for not being able to meet with the President: the first one listed by many members of the caucus is that Trump's assistant, Omarosa Manigault, signed the invitation "Honorable Omarosa Manigault," a title they say she has not earned and that it was offensive to them.

They also claim that the logistics of getting 50 members of the caucus together are difficult, but don't they hold meetings regularly? I'm sure that not everyone can make all of their meetings but they hold them anyway. You would think that a meeting with the President to address grievances would be something that most of them could make room for on their calendar.

Other members have given excuses such as not wanting to pose for a photo with the President for fear that someone thinks they are supporting Trump and having been able to avoid that in past meetings, they think avoiding a picture in the Oval Office would be impossible. they are also upset that he has not done anything to address their concerns but if you haven't expressed them to him and giving him options to address those, what do you expect him to do? Is he supposed to read about your concerns in the mainstream media because all he reads or hears in the press are the vile things that you are saying about him.

Quite simply this is not about solving problems, this is about their having power over our lives plain and simple. It's also about being shortsighted and petty; but what would you expect from a group of liberals?