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To: LS

-— Works for me. I have a feeling that as Pres., Trump would (unfortunately but necessarily) use ex orders to shut down all sorts of crap and if anyone whined, they’d find themselves in Scottsbluff, NE. -—

I have a feeling that he would govern as a populist, since he has no ideology. In practice, it would be more of the same.

I hope I’m wrong.


18 posted on 08/03/2015 3:05:51 PM PDT by St_Thomas_Aquinas ( Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
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To: St_Thomas_Aquinas
1) Pet peeve of mine, the term "populist" is ALWAYS used wrongly. It refers to a 19th century inflationist group that wanted government ownership of business. Trump is no "populist."

2) Just because he doesn't have a full blown WF Buckley/Milton Friedman conservative ideology doesn't mean he doesn't have a well developed set of programs. They are in his book. We could do a helluva lot worse.

3) If you mean that he would govern according to polls or media criticism, this is wrong. He has shown he doesn't care what people think, how much money it costs him, or what the media says. He does what he thinks is right. Now, I don't take that to mean if he did something and it was overwhelmingly unpopular---like Obama does---he would ignore that. Quite the contrary, like any good businessman he'd say, hmm, I need to re-think the product/program.

He's far less of a threat than a GOPe type working in collusion with the Dems.

20 posted on 08/03/2015 3:12:34 PM PDT by LS ("Castles Made of Sand, Fall in the Sea . . . Eventually" (Hendrix))
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