Just a quick observation about our Dealer in Chief.
A lot of his promises turn out to be empty, especially when he makes a deal that says “you give me this now and I’ll do stuff for you later.” Think contractors who don’t get paid or municipalities that give tax breaks to hotels that go bankrupt. Our courts are littered with lawsuits against his companies that fit those categories.
Now, it looks like the Republican Party has gotten a good look at his negotiating style, with an agreement that says “we’ll put up with your nonsense, at least for a while. Meanwhile, you will give us an end to Obamacare and tax cuts for the rich and an end to government regulations of our industries.”
Well, Obabacare is still here, although it certainly needs some repair, and the President is talking about working with Democrats to do it - not what the GOP wanted. And it looks like his efforts at big tax cuts won’t get through Congress either, not with some Republicans already worrying about growing budget deficits.
Cut environmental regulations? Well, there seems to be a basic rule of capitalism that says if its cheaper and better to build a solar farm or wind turbines to produce electric power, coal plants will not be coming back. And, even if they do, open pit mining and automation will limit the number of new jobs in the field.
So, if you are in the House of Representatives and are watching Trump’s poll numbers sink and sink and sink some more, and you feel you won’t get any of the things he promised to give you, how do you save yourself?
Keep supporting him over the desires of the people you need to vote for you? In one word - Nyet.
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