Inaugural Speech Dims G.O.P. Hopes for a More Conservative Trump Agenda Republicans have resisted Democratic efforts to spend big on the nation’s roads, bridges, tunnels and rail lines; use the federal government’s power to bargain for lower prescription drug prices; block trade agreements; and limit foreign interventions. Republican leaders have sought a business-friendly approach on immigration laws, offering a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants, and tried to restrain popular programs like Social Security and Medicare. If the president is able to blur party lines on such issues and harness an ascendant blue-collar coalition to win that clash, he will have untethered conservatism from the Republican Party and shifted the party away from the small-government approach that has been its hallmark since Ronald Reagan stood 36 years ago in the same position on the Capitol steps as Mr. Trump. But Mr. Trump is about to discover that his hopes for a realignment may not come easily.
Oh sure, some will. But then, look at the marches today - there are plenty of Repubs in more swingy districts who know they will do BETTER by opposing Trump. And then there are the Ayn Rand acolytes like Paul Ryan who want to get rid of government altogether and know they've got a much better chance with President Pence... Either way, circular firing squad.
http://thehill.com/policy/finance/314991-trump-team-prepares-dramatic-cuts Trump team prepares dramatic cuts Donald Trump is ready to take an ax to government spending. Staffers for the Trump transition team have been meeting with career staff at the White House ahead of Friday’s presidential inauguration to outline their plans for shrinking the federal bureaucracy, The Hill has learned. The changes they propose are dramatic. The departments of Commerce and Energy would see major reductions in funding, with programs under their jurisdiction either being eliminated or transferred to other agencies. The departments of Transportation, Justice and State would see significant cuts and program eliminations. The Corporation for Public Broadcasting would be privatized, while the National Endowment for the Arts and National Endowment for the Humanities would be eliminated entirely. Overall, the blueprint being used by Trump’s team would reduce federal spending by $10.5 trillion over 10 years.
ahh. well, DUH. he is with their platform pretty much across the board. i mean, he is a republican after all.
hes gonna name something after ronald reagan within the month. Nobody is gonna name more things after ronald reagan, seriously.
Did Reagan change his name to Trump? Because I don't think Trump approves of naming things anything other than Trump. barfo
Reagan has an AirCraft Carrier, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN76). Trump doesn't need to fret about him. Day two and all is well!
Take this FWIW: According to Reich, he recently had breakfast with a Republican friend who claimed he held his fire over his misgivings about Trump during the election, saying, “You kidding? I was surrounded by Trump voters. I’d have been shot.” That was when the conversation took an interesting turn when Reich asked his friend what the GOP will do now that Trump is president. “They’ll play along for a while,” the unidentified friend said. “They’ll get as much as they want – tax cuts galore, deregulation, military buildup, slash all those poverty programs, and then get to work on Social Security and Medicare – and blame him. And he’s such a fool he’ll want to take credit for everything.” Asked what happens then, the Reich’s friend laughed and said, ‘They like [Vice President] Pence.” “Pence is their guy. They all think Trump is out of his mind,” he explained. “So the moment Trump does something really dumb – steps over the line – violates the law in a big stupid clumsy way … and you know he will …” “They impeach him?” Reich asked. “You bet. They pull the trigger,” was the reply.
Just how do you come to that idiocy? I was against the deficits all along. Obama added $10T to the debt. I have no interest in seeing Trump add $.01 more. Trump was left a shitty hand. At least he's going to take an AXE to the recklessness that he inherited.
Ahhhh.....got it. Obama inherits a a shitty hand, too bad. Trump inherits a shitty hand, he got screwed. This just in from SC2's Trump Apologist in Chief, Denny Crane......
