Posted on 02/15/2017 1:15:36 PM PST by Kaslin
RUSH: If I’ve had one person ask me, I’ve had a thousand. “What should Trump do, Rush? What can he do, what can we do, how can we stop this?”
I’m gonna tell you what I think is the best thing Donald Trump could do. Just focus on repealing Obamacare, and then focus on tax reform, and then just move full speed ahead on the domestic agenda. Make tracks. Do it obviously. Bring in people, have meetings, bring the Republicans up, the Democrats up, as the president in a room telling them: This is why we were all elected, it’s why you lost, this is what we’re gonna do. Work together to move these tax cuts forward, reform the tax code, repeal Obamacare.
None of this, “Oh, man, I don’t know, two years.” Just do it! If Trump would engage at full speed on his domestic agenda, which is why he was elected, then his people will stay with him no matter what this Obama shadow government tries. And his people is all Trump has. He doesn’t have the media with him like Obama did. He has the media trying to destroy him. Trump has his voters. There are 60 some odd million people that voted for Trump. In a Gallup poll today, 62% said they believe Trump is honest and is trying to keep his promises.
Right now, Trump is interested in foreign policy, international policy with NATO and the Middle East situation, things going on with Russia and all that. And in that we have trade issues which were a big part of the Trump campaign. But I’m telling you, folks, if Donald Trump — do not forget all this — if he just moved forth with moving that domestic agenda — if Donald Trump said, “You know, I’m seeing what you’re seeing. I’m seeing people say, ‘Well, we won’t be able to do Obamacare ’til next year.’ I myself even said that. But you know what? We’re gonna move faster.
“I’ve heard people say, ‘Tax reform? It’s gonna take a while.’ We’re gonna move on it.” Put the onus on the Congress to join him here. He was the one elected! They got elected on his coattails. There are some Republicans in the House and Senate who won on their own; I don’t want take anything away from them. But most Republicans… I’m gonna tell you straight here: Most Republicans running for either the House or the Senate expected Hillary to win. They went into Election Day thinking they were gonna be the minority party.
They went into Election Day thinking they were gonna lose.
Donald Trump won and made them the majority. They are in the majority because Donald Trump won the presidency. Donald Trump needs to get in a room with them and bring them along however he seeks to persuade them. I’m not saying he needs to read the Riot Act to them. I’m not saying he needs to wag a finger. I’m saying he just needs to remind them why we’re all here. Back to the basics. Start reliving, redoing the campaign. Move that domestic agenda for, while not forsaking anyone.
He survived an Access Hollywood video.
He survived everything.
Because it was so important to the people who supported him that he win. It was so important that he go to Washington and do what he said in the campaign he was going to do. Well, it’s time. It’s time to do it. Keep those people on your side, Mr. Trump. They will never abandon you no matter what your opposition tries. And at the end of the day, the opposition is gonna need your supporters to abandon you. And that’s what they are relentlessly seeking to do.
Not by persuading them. The media is not trying to persuade Trump supporters that Trump’s a reprobate. What they’re trying to do is persuade Trump supporters that it’s pointless to hang on. It’s pointless to support Trump because there’s no way he can survive. They are trying to get you to give up and abandon Trump, and that would isolate him. The way Trump fights all this, in my humble estimation, is full-speed ahead domestic agenda — items on which he campaigned, items that form the basis of his shocking presidential victory.
Gee Rush, what do you call the meeting with the retailers today?
Rush needs to stop obsessing over the New York Times.
Trump supporters know it’s fake news and pay it no mind.
He is having a rally in Florida tomorrow. He is going straight to the people. I bet it will be a good one.
Reconsider his nomination for Supreme Court.
“Are you concerned that Neil Gorsuch belongs to a far-left church?”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3523436/posts
A far-left congregation in a denomination having a “divinity school” where:
“Professor Promotes ‘Queer Christ’ Concept To Students”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3524767/posts
Excuse me, but isn’t it exactly what he’s doing? He’s pretty much ignoring the noise out there. He’s signing orders, he avoiding the press. He’s working 24/7. In the meantime, he riles up everyone with his tweets. He’s a colorful guy.
What gave Rush the idea that Trump is just sitting around like a dumb@ss jerk?
I think he is steaming full throttle ahead, it’s only been a month and he still doesn’t have a full cabinet.
He’ll have his sea legs in a few weeks and things will really start to happen - in a great way.
It’s Congress that needs to get it in gear. The President has been clear on what needs to be done: tax cuts & repeal/replace.
What exactly is Congress doing? Their only job is to make laws. Where are the bills for President Trump to sign?
It does bring up the question: What are FReepers going to do if the intelligence community tries to make good on that threat from a “former intelligence officer” to see Trump “die in prison”?
Will FReepers stand by and let that happen?
Because: people kept asking Rush what Trump should do. Many are in panic mode. It is in the first paragraph. Rush is answering the questions that inattentive listeners kept asking. Rush basically said that President Trump should just keep doing what he is doing.
Rush's reply is rather lengthy, though.
Obamacare is his opportunity. The collapse is accelerating.
Rush is part of the media. He cares very deeply about the media.
Tax reform by auditing liberal organizations vice conservatives... and Soros too. Audit Google for both national security and IRS. Do the same to all communicaitons companies. Then ask for campaign donations and treat them like the Dem’s treated Bill Gates when AOL, ATT and Time all tried to beat IE with tax shakedowns. Make’m pay for what they did in the past and now.
Actually...I don’t.
Never saw it.
I was #NeverTrump but at this point, if he started a second party with the handful of conservatives in Congress, I’d join/support him.
Trump did start a second party, with a handful of conservatives. It’s called the Republican party, and were taking it over.
Rush is just a gasbag.
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