Saw Trump on 60 Minutes tonight. He was less bombastic than he ever was. Perhaps the realization that winning the election is the easy part and that he now has to govern. He had spent 90 minutes at the White House with Obama. A meeting that was supposed to last 15 minutes. He called Obama a good and intelligent man. Maybe that is just political talk but I suspect that deep inside he knows that Obama is intelligent and that he has done a good job in his 8 years. Maybe Obama even lectured him on some issues. Trump probably realizes now that being bombastic and bullying will not get the job done.
There are some issues that Trump already is showing signs of backing down before he even takes office. There is no chance that he will appoint a special prosecutor to try to put Clinton in jail as he said he would during the campaign. He will not try to take away gay rights that have been won in the courts despite his promise of appointing conservative justices to the Supreme Court. Even with Obamacare he is softening. He says he will not take away the right of coverage for people with preexisting conditions. Of course how are you going to cover these people if then you don't have a mandate for everyone to buy in? The two highlights of Obamacare go hand in hand. If you keep one and not the other the costs will skyrocket. And by keeping some of Obamacare, you are not really repealing it altogether are you?
Some of the positions that he has not back tracked are also will not be doable. He will not be able to build a wall and have Mexico pay for it. With control of both houses of Congress, he certainly can enact tax cuts as he promised. But if he has cuts such as 35% for the middle class and decrease of business tax from 35 to 15% then he will be in such deficit that he will not be able to rebuild the infrastructure and increase military spending. Mitch McConeel already said that rebuilding the infrastructure is not a priority. Of course it will not be: there will be no money for it.
I am sure more promises made to the conservative, blue collar workers in the rust belt will not be kept. There is no reason for the liberals to be out protesting. Trump's supporters will have buyers' remorse soon enough.
Sunday, November 13, 2016
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I forgot to watch the interview until it was too late. Not that it would have mattered. Unfortunately for me, I am taking anything he says with a grain of salt. I am not sure what his true thoughts are and I don't even think he cares.
ReplyDeleteHe's going to have a problem with his supporters now, because as we all knew, he will not be able to keep most of his campaign promises. Now, I know that most presidents never keep their campaign promises, but a lot of it has to do with dealing with congress. Many thought that Trump would have an easier time with the GOP controlling congress, but there's already push back from McConnell and others.
So as I've said, watch what he does and not what he says. His cabinet is already a disaster if you're a person of color or if you're part of the LGBT community. And frankly, if he really wanted to stop his supporters from abusing others, then he really needs to speak loudly, instead of doing it the way he did it last night. And we all know he can speak loudly. In fact, I think his bitching about the media has been stronger than telling people to stop the attacks.
I watched a segment on CBS yesterday morning where Ted Koppel went to a West Virginia coal mining town. I feel really bad for the people there. However, I think they were conned by Trump into thinking he will bring jobs back to that town and others like it. I understand why they voted the way they did. But the reality is that coal is a dying fuel source. The whole world is going to clean energy so there's no reason for it to come back at all. Maybe the GOP and the lobby can bring it back to a degree, but I can't imagine the price to be high enough to bring back good paying jobs.
As far as the protesting goes, I didn't really mind it until the violence started. For some, it was a reason to loot and destroy property. These people should be in jail. But the peaceful protests are OK.
Had Clinton won, I would have expected the same from Trump supporters.
-LBOAYM
So it came out today that Trump and Christie had made a deal to support the other if one is out of the race. Trump thought he himself would be out first and would be supporting Christie! It turned out to be the other way around. So that is why Christie, who seemed to be ideologically different from Trump, was one of the early Trump supporters. He looked uncomfortable at times standing next to Trump. But I guess he kept his end of the bargain. He probably thought that he would get an important position if Trump wins. Seeing how his career in New Jersey is falling apart, he seemed to have jumped to the right ship. But he is being kept on the bench as part of the transition team, so I wonder how much a role he will play in the new administration. I guess sec. of transportation is still unfilled.
ReplyDeleteSo Trump names Reince Priebus as Chief of Staff and Stephen Bannon as chief strategist. I think Priebus is a reasonable choice as he is GOP Chairman and knows all the politicians. Bannon's appointment is troubling. As the former executive of Breithbart news, an alt-right mouthpiece, he will push Trump toward the extreme right. Bannon's appointment is hailed by white nationalists groups including the KKK. That tells you something. Many Republicans are troubled by this. So it looks like Trump has not distance himself from hate groups after all. I think it will be a confused White House with the chief of staff battling the chief strategist for the president's ear.