“IOW, it’s ok when Trump breaks his promises, major ones at that. He’s done some good things, no doubt, but this retreat on the border fence cuts at the heart of his campaign.”
I want to take point on this. If you mean by instilling once again a National sense of pride and uncovering what has already been known for decades by conservatives then yes I agree. If you mean overturning executive orders through his own executive orders as would be done as a matter of course and actually getting legislation pushed through against what he has promised then no he hasn’t been good at all.
This good thus far has been propagated as a visage with no actual true results. Sure a few thousand “promised” jobs here and there I’ll agree is some level of progress but not the millions that are needed. At this rate his policies thus far will net maybe 100,000 jobs by end of his first term
Paul Ryan set the schedule of House legislation.
Trump tried to ditch on Ryan’s plan and get on with tax cuts, budget cutting etc.
But he got dragged back into it.
I still suspect that Ryan is holding our economy hostage. Trump can’t get anywhere with the senate leadership. Ryan appears to hold all the cards at the moment.
But for Trump to make a broad, far-reaching smack at conservatism in general the way he did with that tweet — he NEEDS to CLARIFY or apologise.