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I think Trump WILL shrink the government - he’ll call it eliminating waste and inefficiencies, he’ll call it firing incompetent people, he’ll call it getting rid of the stupid stuff, he’ll call it firing politicians and bureaucrats who are in the pocket of lobbyists.

Some conservatives won’t be satisfied because he won’t cite founding conservative principles while he does it. Some conservatives won’t be happy because he won’t give credit to the great conservative thinkers that pioneered the conservative movement, and they won’t feel that conservatism has been vindicated after years in exile. Some conservatives will not like the tone and will not be able to accept Trump’s version of conservatism. Some will want him to focus on social conservative issues and appoint only people who are outspokenly pro life or anti gay marriage. I think he will disappoint. He wants to stop the illegal invasion, cronyism, he wants to end the tyranny of political correctness and the era of apologizing to the rest of the world for our success. He wants America to win again.

I really think he’ll cut the government just like any CEO would throw out the failed management team after a corporate acquisition.

I would love to see another Reagan emerge, but Cruz is not that. Right now we have 20 trillion debt and democrats who seem determined to make America poor and weak so the rest of the world will like us. This is an emergency! After Trump wards off the immediate dangers, there will be time for philosophic leaders who can restore the checks and balances to keep America on the right (conservative) path for centuries to come. Right now we need more of a ruthless war time president to take a machete to the bureaucracy.

Actually I could see him cutting waste effectively. I'm not blind to Trumps talents. But his history leads me to believe he'll also build new programs and expand the mandate of existing programs. He's a "doer" - some people think that's a positive and it is in private practice. But it's a nightmare characteristic in a government leader, at least from a conservative perspective.

He will look at every perceived problem as something the Trump government should solve. I don't welcome more government power and control in my life. Even if you believe Trump would make only great decisions and run all these programs effectively, one day he will be gone and the greatly expanded government will still be running our lives under President George P or President Chelsea.