No way we can “pull the country out of the trough” with half of the country pushing as hard as they can to keep it there, or worse.
Hope is not a method is it? We are not in a trough. We are in a deep dark canyon and there is no way out short of upheaval.
Building a wall and deportation of 30 or 40 million illegals would be a good starting place.
After that start whacking programs and change the tax code and trade deals that suck.
Ameirika is no longer for Americans. Trump is right. It is a chump nation and a dumping ground for all the trash of the world.