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As I expected and predicted, and many should also have expected.
One by one his promises will go on the back burner and many will probably never see the light of day.
I don't bring this up in a negative way against Trump, but knew things like this would happen because that's the way things always go in politics, and many of his supporters were bragging about his first 100 days in office and all these great things he'd do.
I also felt that Trump used a lot of 'extreme' statements months ago before the official campaign began as a pure marketing ploy, in order to appeal to his 'blue collar' and 'politically incorrect' crowd that ate up those statements. In fact you saw it here on this forum a lot. His supporters would always minimize his more 'harsher' statements about things like Muslims and illegal immigrants, and gush over how 'refreshingly un PC' he was.
And now that he's safe in the White House, lo and behold, he's starting to sound like a regular politician. Let's not forget that many of his supporters bragged that he was not a career politician and that was his strength. It doesn't work that way people, as Trump will soon find out.
He's still a much better option than Hillary, and time will still tell, but for those who wholly supported Trump on the above points, well, hope you aren't too disappointed.
Donald Trump said many things during his election campaign that were unpleasant, indeed unacceptable. Still, despite the – entirely justified – opprobrium attached to his personal and political "locker room" talk, there was always some doubt about whether Mr Trump could actually implement some of his outlandish ideas.
Now, less than a week after his election, we discover he may not even have meant some of the pledges he made in the first place. Could it be his extremism and offensiveness were the means he used to get himself elected, just as they had won him the Republican nomination?
Now, with the votes safely in, are we glimpsing a New Trump?
One session with Barack Obama, for example, seems to have been enough to persuade President-elect Trump to preserve at least some important elements of the Affordable Care Act, or so-called Obamacare. Outright abolition had been the previous Trump stance; now things are unexpectedly nuanced, less dogmatic, and more pragmatic.
And what about the idea of building an ocean-to-ocean wall across the border with Mexico – with the Mexicans being presented with a bill for it? That was a promise that virtually defined Trumpism: crude, impatient of practicalities, ambitious, crowd-pleasing, xenophobic, and borderline nuts. Now Newt Gingrich, a former speaker of the House of Representatives, scourge of Bill Clinton, and Trump adviser, suggests it may not happen quite that way, with the tacit admission that the Trump administration wouldn't spend a great deal of time trying to collect the cost from the powers in Mexico City.
"Jail her" was a popular chant at Trump rallies. Here, again, the new president may find he has bigger fish to fry than Hillary – which happens to be true. He might not be unduly concerned if the relevant agencies pursued their cases, but it seems less likely he would want to reopen America's wounds with a special prosecutor.
On China, too, the threat to impose a blanket 45 per cent tariff has also been finessed by spokespeople. Most mercifully, the idea of banning all Muslims from entering the US – presumably including the King of Saudi Arabia, the President of Turkey and the Mayor of London – may be modulated into a more useful policy of caution over those arriving from places with poor surveillance and law-enforcement regimes.
Same as it ever was---Once again...he used his base to get into office..and now he now longer has use for them...no worries though..a new season of Duck Dynasty will distract.
Time will tell if any of the promises get squashed, he's still not president yet and still has to deal with Obama and the current administration. Revisit this in 4 years and see what he got done and what he did not. For the record, i don't expect him to accomplish all his promises, he made a lot of them, the odds are he won't get them all done.
Not impressed by your statements . Trump is not even president yet . So you cannot formulate him an opinion of
Him going back on his promises when he is not even in office yet . His recent interveiw on 60 minutes seemed like he is on point . Building the wallI deporting 3 million criminal illegals, appointment of scotus, and healthcare . You can't do everything in one day .
I know! Why hasn't he made good on his promises? After all if Obama can make good on his promise to close Gitmo day ONE of his presidency.....oh wait. Never mind.
This is why Trump won - from a hardcore progressive! - Warning: Wildly Vulgar
Here is the perfect response to the idiots who just don't "get it"
Tom Walker in his character Jonathan Pie (a progressive newscaster) after having come to the realization of the truth. He nailed it!
You simply can't alienate 50% of the population and expect to win.
Progressive liberals are showing themselves to be (and have always been) the very thing they claimed they were against.
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