I have not seen one indicator where Trump is for limited government or limiting his office’s powers as he “gets things done”.
Oh you’re not paying attention then. He says plenty about cutting EPA and Dept of Education, for example. I’ve not seen one indicator that you would mind the most government slashing conservative imaginable getting to the White House owned lock stock and barrel by huge government open borders donors.
Trump has repeatedly said he will demolish the department of education, the EPA and that IS a start for a smaller government!!!!
Nobody is comparing them ideologically. What we see is Trump connecting with voters outside of the media crafted narrative. He has found a key issue that resonates. And he exudes optimism. Reagan was able to do that, and nobody since, until this year.
The actor was ridiculed, vilified, and not taken seriously. By his own party! What is going on today?
He talks about limited waste and fiscal responsibility quite a bit
Limited power?
Lord Trump
I doubt it
Not many limit their power once they taste it
Eisenhower maybe
Wahington
Well Trump is seriously thinking about closing the Dept of Education for one thing. Are you good with that?
Then you haven't been paying attention. He has said repeatedly that he wants to cut waste and bloated agencies, eliminate cumbersome regulation (logically, that would cut the employees and costs that go with it), and has said the Federals have no business running schools from DC, among other departments that would be under his knife.
His campaign is a good example of how he works -- he's an outsider on top, yet has spent less than every other candidate. That's because he is on point in the "marketplace of ideas" and over the target. He's efficient; and has made his efficiency through smart decisions and quality in the right places and elimination of waste. How many of us have sat through business meetings that have wasted thousands of dollars while the boss's unqualified nephew or a affrimative action/feminist hire has to have everything explained to her/him? He would have hired the best in the first place, and gotten rid of the dead wood in the decision suite.
He rails against political correctness, and you can bet his justice department would be tough on wasteful lawsuits over identity-politics extortion like at present. His fortune has been made one cost-cutting decision at a time. That's not likely to change.
“I have not seen one indicator where Trump is for limited government or limiting his office’s powers”
Gov’t grew under Reagan...
How about his plan to put reins on the EPA and totally kill the Department of Education?
Destroying the DOE would go a long way toward returning our nation towards a Constitutional Republic. The hand the rocks the cradle rules the world. State-run educational systems instead of Federal brainwashing would be nice.