[This is a mistake with long term consequences.]
PRESIDENT TRUMP, cardinal rule of the ART OF THE DEAL:
Remember who put you into office. We the People are the Freedom Caucus.
And again,
You’re Not His Base. You’re not who put him into office. Most of you voted Romney and he didn’t get into office.
His base are white guys in the Rust Belt who have been screwed and who were promised by him that he’d help them — mostly by demanding that companies bring jobs back and hurt their profits. THEY PUT HIM INTO OFFICE. Not you.
They voted for Obama twice. He is a populist. He is the only one who could have beaten the Hillary machine, and he did it despite the Access Hollywood tapes.
Hardcore conservatism loses now. It’s popular post election to sneer at demographics and point out that whites are still 70% of the vote, but they were in 2008 and 2012 too, but Obama won those elections.
The Rust Belt whites who voted Trump don’t give a DAMN about conservatism and RINOs. They want what Trump promised. A Wall. Repeal and Replace. Bring jobs back (that will force companies to reduce profits because they are paid more than Chinese). That’s what they care about, and that third item is absolutely NOT conservative. Neither are they.