Trump is fighting an impossible effort. He is a different sort of politician that hasn’t been around for many, many years.
He has nothing in a political closet. His job can’t be threatened as he already had a job before he took this one, for a lot more money. Let’s face it, he took a cut. He has worth they can’t touch, and he can say and do anything he feels like telling the press to get the hell off his plane. And what did they do? Nothing. He called their bluff, among other things, and they didn’t know what to do. He wasn’t scared, he was pissed.
And that’s what the conservative voters are....pissed. We are tired of weak people in office “defending” our rights with compromise. We are tired of this great country being urinated on by third world countries that don’t have a pot to piss in. And with actions like these 12, even a win is an embarrassment, a shame.
It is time for the new USA to step forward and say, “We are in charge, and we will make this country strong so you will win out over everyone standing in the way. And that means everyone, even if it means our own.”
I thought we had a chance with Reagan. But he was outnumbered with his own people, at least. The Tea Party started out strong, learned to compromise, and then folded.
And then along comes Trump. He is changing the way things are getting done but his own party is his anchor. Ryan and McConnell are his greatest problems. They don’t know how to be in charge. They are more interested in keeping their job than to go the distance. So Trump takes what he can because his own people won’t help. And, again, that is a compromise and a win isn’t a win. It’s a postponement.
Thomas Paine is reported to have said it best, “Lead, follow, or get out of the way.” Trump’s ready to go. Are his followers in the house and senate ready? It doesn’t appear so. They have too much baggage to pack.
rwood