Trump Faces the Fury of a Scorned Ruling Class

The Wall Street Journal ^ | May 25, 2017 | George Melloan

[Beave Meister]

A lobbyist friend who visited Capitol Hill recently came away horrified. “I now am ready to believe that the partisanship is so unhinged that it’s a threat to the Republic,” she writes in an email.

This Washington hysteria comes at a time of full employment, booming stocks, relative peace and technological marvels like an electronic robot named Alexa who fetches and plays for you songs of your choice. What’s the fuss about?

We all know the answer: Donald Trump. The Washington body politic has been invaded by an alien presence and, true to the laws of nature, that body is feverishly trying to expel it. These particular laws of nature demand rejection of anything that threatens the livelihoods and prestige of the permanent governing class.

The “threat” that has Washington quaking is the first serious effort in a long time to curb federal regulatory power, wasteful spending, and a propensity to run up mountainous budget deficits and debt. That’s presumably what the voters wanted when they elected Donald Trump. Democrats—accurately regarded as the party of government—seem to fear that Mr. Trump might actually, against all odds, pull it off.

[AndyJackson]

threatens the livelihoods and prestige of the permanent governing classMost of these people govern nothing. They are just leaches.

[AndyJackson]

these elites in D.C.

They are not elite. Most of them do nothing and have no real job skills. They do things like internet policy consulting and running NGOs getting money from the government to take tours of poverty and AIDS in Africa while staying in some of the finest hotels in the world, eating in the best restaurants and visiting safari parks that normal people spend a lifetime trying to save up for.

[donna]

They should have respected our freedom of religion. When they started killing the unborn, pushing sex education, and destroying marriage we couldn't live under their boot any longer.

[cyclotic]

We were best men at each other’s weddings. He lives in Dearborn is tan and has been dhimmied to an extent, although I think he’s seen the light on that.

[goodnesswins]

We do...every single day

[Fiddlstix]

[gaijin]

If elections don’t really matter and we’re not a democracy then at the very least that will be made clear.

I’ll never stop supporting Trump and I love it when he makes MAXIMUM TROUBLE.

[wideminded]

The “threat” that has Washington quaking is the first serious effort in a long time to curb federal regulatory power, wasteful spending, and a propensity to run up mountainous budget deficits and debt.

Already curbing federal regulatory power
Will probably get somewhere on wasteful spending
Budget deficit improvement - Not at all clear that this will happen

[laplata]

You are absolutely right.

[KarlInOhio]

They hate the fact that he’s alive and President when Clinton was immaculated to win.

Immaculated? Hillary Clinton is about as maculated as they come.

[laplata]

:)

[2ndDivisionVet]

[Enterprise]

In this case I am using “elites” as a pejorative.

[AndyJackson]

I got it. I just don’t know how many people realize how utterly useless these folks are. These are not folks who somehow wandered into jobs a bit over their level of competency. These are folks who were never competent to do anything whatsoever.