[Alberta's Child]

I appreciate his Twitter cheerleading, but he's really full of sh!t. History shows that one-party rule in Congress and the White House is always a recipe for fiscal irresponsibility.

It's ironic that the Federal government would probably be more fiscally responsible right now if Hillary Clintonhad won the 2016 election.

[Theoria]

The truth of the matter is that republicans only act ‘conservative’ when they aren't in charge. Remember they complained about the debt, wasteful spending, got to read bills before voting, each bill has to be constitutional, etc..

[Mr Rogers]

I think Trump took as good a deal as he was going to get, and is moving on. Winning races in 2018 would help put some spine in the Nervous Nellies of the GOP. Trump had zero chance of winning a big fight to cut spending. Part of good negotiating is not insisting on playing a losing hand to the bitter end...