I’m not saying he’s not working hard. I said he’s spinning his wheels, he’s working really hard, and gaining no traction, and accomplishing nothing.
It’s not my opinion, it’s historical fact. Last year riding Trump’s “drain the swamp” rhetoric Congress’ approval rating was in the teens, and 98% of them were re-elected. People love complaining about Congress, but they keep re-electing their guy. And nobody is mounting a serious primary effort. By this time in Obama’s presidency the Tea Party was well established, it gave the GOP a serious challenge and a lot of losses in the primaries. Of course they still had a return rate of over 90%, but there were some high profile outs. So far nobody is stepping up to give Trump supporters tired of the GOP a serious option.
I’m blaming Trump for not bothering to understand the situation. Our government is designed the way it is for a reason, the methods of accomplishing this with this government are well known. He’s not bothering to understand the design, and he’s not bothering to use the methods. He needs to re-read his own book and start making deals.
It’s not the way I think, it’s the way I KNOW. This is how the system works. This is how the system has worked my entire life. This is how the system has worked your entire life. This is how the system has worked Trump’s entire life. The difference between a president that gets stuff done (Reagan) and one who doesn’t (Bush 2) is knowing how to work the system. Trump will either work the system or the system will work him. And there will not be chaos, there will simply be another return rate in the high 90s while Congress waits for him to go. He might be changing how voters talk, but he ain’t changing how they vote. They are going to re-elect almost all of this Congress. Just like always.
You think that you know it all, but you really haven't been paying attention. Congress hasn't done diddly squat since President Trump was elected. So legislative accomplishments have been basically nothing, but President Trump is not a legislator; he is an executive. You cannot blame him for the absolute and total failure of our Republican controlled legislative branch.
And as an executive President Trump has been accomplishing a great deal, and he has been making a substantial and positive difference in the direction of the country.. We hear about the challenges to his travel ban, but well over 150 other executive orders, memorandum and proclamations have been made, have mostly been unchallenged and have been making real differences. We hear about his appointment of Judge Gorsuch who appears to have been a brilliant pick, but we do not hear about the scores of other lower court appointments that the Trump administration has been making.
President Trump also backed us out of the Paris Climate Agreement which he promised to do. He has called off the attack dogs in the EPA. He has made a huge difference and changes in other agencies and Federal Bureaucracies as well. And the country has responded well in so many ways.
I understand completely where you appear to be coming from... you are a never-Trumper who will belittle President Trump until your dying breath. But it is not his job to pussy foot around and try to negotiate and cajole his own party to send him legislation to sign. It is their job to produce legislation that will help the country reverse course and be sent to his desk to be signed into law. They have shattered the illusions of their constituents and many will pay a price.
It is hard to believe that you can make so many invalid points in a post and then claim them to be “historical fact”. You sir, are not a good student of history, the constitution or the internal workings of the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government. You appear to be very confused especially considering that you are “blaming Trump for not bothering to understand the situation”. You are the one who does not appear to understand or accept the current situation.
You assure us that everything is going to keep going as it always has, when the fact is that everything changes all of the time in unpredictable ways. President Trump winning the election is strong evidence of just that.
From the Gateway Pundit last summer, “President Trump is doing all he can for the American people and as a result the economy is on fire with the stock market reaching new all time highs once every four days! In nearly every economic category the US economy is improving under President Trump. In addition, President Trump has implemented numerous executive actions that he promised he would do when running for office. The US is in much better shape in only six months. Americans have hope again due to the real changes this President instituted from the economy to immigration.”