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Will Trump fans care, or even notice?
I'm guessing not. Trumpers seem to be devoted to the Man and the Myth rather than mundane things such as the actual actions he will take.
They are as illiterate about policy as is their President.
But, the truth is,Trump, the billionaire populist is no more.
(CNN)Within a few hours of extraordinary political shape-shifting, President Donald Trump abandoned stances that were at the bedrock of his establishment-bashing campaign.
NATO, he said, is "no longer obsolete."
He backed down a threat to brand China a currency manipulator.
In another reversal, Trump praised Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen, whom he had previously pledged to replace when her term expires, and once accused of holding interest rates low as a political boost for former President Barack Obama.
Days after his administration had seemed to accept an ultra-realist approach that would allow Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to remain in control of his shattered nation, Trump decried him as a "butcher" over chemical weapons attacks on civilians -- fueling speculation he now advocates regime change.
The President adopted the most skeptical view he has yet displayed on the possibility of improving relations with the Kremlin, a position he once advanced as a candidate and that flew in the face of geopolitical realities.
Trump was full of praise for Xi Jinping -- whom he met in Florida last week -- saying that he believed the Chinese President was sincere in helping defuse the US showdown with nuclear North Korea.
Trump made castigating China a staple of his presidential campaign, saying the communist giant was guilty of "rape" against the US economy and promising it would be branded a currency manipulator on his first day in the Oval Office.
It was almost as if Trump's outsider presidential campaign never happened as he rushed to embrace mainstream political and national security positions he once publicly abhorred.
Then, of course, there was The Swamp, which got stocked with a fresh batch of billionaires and Goldman Sachs executives.
There was the healthcare bill that didn't take care of the little guy at all.
Last edited by Goose (4/13/2017 7:36 am)
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On The one hand I'm concerned that these abrupt policy reversals show that Trump is completely unmoored. He is, at best feckless, and worst-case scenario, bat shit crazy.
On the other hand, if Trump wants to dump the populists and govern as an establishment guy,,,,well I'm over the moon about that. We could do a lot worse with this guy.
Defending NATO, confronting Russian aggression,,,,, perhaps we can get a tax bill and I'll get some more money in my pocket. After all I did vote for mitt Romney in 2012. I hate populism.
Of course, a lot of working class people in the Rust Belt are going to feel betrayed. But that's not my problem .
When is Bannon leaving?
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Goose wrote:
On The one hand I'm concerned that these abrupt policy reversals show that Trump is completely unmoored. He is, at best feckless, and worst-case scenario, bat shit crazy.
On the other hand, if Trump wants to dump the populists and govern as an establishment guy,,,,well I'm over the moon about that. We could do a lot worse with this guy.
Defending NATO, confronting Russian aggression,,,,, perhaps we can get a tax bill and I'll get some more money in my pocket. After all I did vote for mitt Romney in 2012. I hate populism.
Of course, a lot of working class people in the Rust Belt are going to feel betrayed. But that's not my problem .
When is Bannon leaving?
True, dat !