I am far more optimistic than that. And rest assured, I definitely don’t want Trump to bend over and take it like GWB! I want Trump to fight back with all he’s got and win - that’s what I love about him. He fights. He wins.
I want the swamp drained as badly as you do. I don’t know why you keep suggesting I want to hunker down like a Bush and not fight. I am talking about a rope-a-dope strategy. Ali used it - to WIN.
Here’s what I see as Trump’s (our) path to victory.
Trump has had to navigate some very dangerous reefs, but he has been very deft at fending off the Left’s attempts at character assassination. Time is on his side now because the American people are getting to know him.
They are seeing none of the horrible outcomes predicted by the Left. He’s not a white supremacist. He isn’t starting WW3. He didn’t ruin the Republican Party - he has made it stronger. Some good things are happening. Nothing bad is happening because of Donald Trump.
The Left’s time for character assassination is fast running out because everyone can see for themselves what he is, and what he’s not.
So when Trump carries the Republican Party safely through the midterms (which is typically won by the opposition party) he will have consolidated his political power immeasurably within his own party. They will see that he is not a liability as they feared, but a strong asset.
Trump began draining the swamp the minute he passed 269 electoral college votes. Thousands of corrupt pay-to-play schemes between corporate lobbyists and bought-and-paid-for lawmakers in DC came to a screeching halt the day Trump won. Why? Because all of that corporate money being spent on bribes to pass favorable regulatory legislation is wasted if there’s no Hillary Clinton in the White House to sign it. Trump is owned by nobody - the crony capitalism that makes up half of the DC swamp was dealt a crippling blow over night. Then, upon taking office Trump has unleashed holy hell on the corrupt regulatory machinery that drives the deep state bureaucracy. Deregulation is happening under Trump at a staggering pace. The deep state is still there and still corrupt, but their schemes and rackets have been eviscerated - they are mostly in CYA mode now. Many of them will go away by attrition as they are deprived of the kickbacks they once received from corporate lobbyists and cronies.
A lot of swamp draining is happening despite the lack of prosecutions and jail sentences. You can kill pests with poison but you can also get rid of them by destroying their habitat and food source.
There is part of me that gets furious with the blatant double standard and the two-tiered justice system - I really want to see HRC and other high level Obama co-conspirators lined up and shot - I would even like to pull the trigger sometimes.
But I think there aren’t near enough of us that want firing squads and jail time for ex politicians. Most voters would be satisfied just to fire them or vote them out of office. If you could convict them of something financial like tax evasion, money laundering, embezzlement, etc. then yes, I think you’d have public support. But anything political - most people would just want them gone. If one party punishes the other party - people worry that it’s just political retribution.
So if Trump asked his DOJ to jail Obama officials (mostly Democrats) for political crimes - that could turn the public against Trump if they saw him as a vindictive son of a bitch that throws his weight around and sends his political enemies to jail - there’s a good chance they would turn against him and we’d never get to see what good things he could have accomplished in his 8 years.
By the way, I think Trump will serve 8 years and then Pence has a good shot at another 8. I think Pence is a good solid conservative.
One thing I think a couple things about Trump are different 1) nobody owns him. 2) he speaks the unvarnished truth and 3) the America First doctrine plays VERY well with the American people. Trump is making the Democrats look like jackasses every day.
There is no way Pence will withstand the media and Leftists.
He hasn’t got it in him. At best he’ll be another Bush.
You’re dreaming your way through another stand in place moment.
As I said, these folks will simply walk in after Trump and spend two years truly undoing everything Trump accomplished.
If you don’t get rid of these pests, they’ll multiply.
Haven’t you see this cycle long enough to know I’m right?
You’re advocating another GW Term here.
“Oh Trump is winning, really really winning!”
What swamp creatures are gone?
Deep state means just that, and we haven’t even touche the top level state yet.
Bud, you just kidding yourself, and backing Trump to turn into another failed president with that attitude.
You DO NOT win by playing defense.