Yes. If the Democrat leadership hadn't been so hair-on-fire in his first term, they'd have probably succeeded in making deals with him to get a lot of what they wanted.
It is interesting to imagine what might have happened if they had just elected to treat him as another President instead of an existential threat. All that wasted 'Resistance' effort, all the investigations, prosecutions, impeachments -- but they could have probably had whatever they wanted if they'd just asked him for it and let him take credit for getting it done. Most of his first term cabinet and advisors were members of the Establishment in good standing.
The Establishment didn't want to progress on its goals, though; they wanted to cement their right to be the only ones who are eligible to rule.
I've thought for a long time that Trump brings out into the open what politicians usually do behind the curtain. Instead of promising increased welfare programs or building programs or all the other things that just mean "you'll get money from the government if you vote for me" which politicians normally promise to get votes, Trump is doing away with the fig leaf.
That's not an excuse for Trump but a recognition of how corrupt our nation is on the whole. Trump's pledge, if I understand it correctly, is horrible. But the People have shown themselves to be quite happy to be bribed at the expense of virtue and even the long-term survival of the nation, and that is more likely to be our doom than anything our politicians do.
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This will get no traction, I think. But I've always said that Trump was a traditional NY Democrat.
Yes. If the Democrat leadership hadn't been so hair-on-fire in his first term, they'd have probably succeeded in making deals with him to get a lot of what they wanted.
It is interesting to imagine what might have happened if they had just elected to treat him as another President instead of an existential threat. All that wasted 'Resistance' effort, all the investigations, prosecutions, impeachments -- but they could have probably had whatever they wanted if they'd just asked him for it and let him take credit for getting it done. Most of his first term cabinet and advisors were members of the Establishment in good standing.
The Establishment didn't want to progress on its goals, though; they wanted to cement their right to be the only ones who are eligible to rule.
"Oft evil will shall evil mar."
Great. Another "stimulus check" to kick inflation higher. And waste money. [imagine tired sigh here]
I'm tired of politicians. I'd like to have a few statesmen.
LittleRed1
I've thought for a long time that Trump brings out into the open what politicians usually do behind the curtain. Instead of promising increased welfare programs or building programs or all the other things that just mean "you'll get money from the government if you vote for me" which politicians normally promise to get votes, Trump is doing away with the fig leaf.
That's not an excuse for Trump but a recognition of how corrupt our nation is on the whole. Trump's pledge, if I understand it correctly, is horrible. But the People have shown themselves to be quite happy to be bribed at the expense of virtue and even the long-term survival of the nation, and that is more likely to be our doom than anything our politicians do.
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