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| Trump has already delivered: Glenn Reynolds |
| 2017-01-20 |
| So the Trump presidency begins Friday at noon, and though plenty of people have been happy to offer predictions, nobody really knows how it will go. (If it’s like pretty much every other presidency in my lifetime, the answer is "disappointingly.") But Trump’s transition -- his "pre-presidency" -- is just about over now, so let’s see how that’s gone, and if that offers us any guidance on how things might go in the future. And, actually, Trump has accomplished some stuff. So far, in his pre-presidency, Trump has: (1) Killed off dynastic politics, at least for now. (2) Kept Hillary out of the White House. Frankly, those two things alone were perfectly decent reasons for backing Trump, and he’s already delivered on them. But what else has he done, for good and ill? (3) Bringing jobs back. (4) The appointments. (5) The process. Right after the election, we heard that the Trump transition was chaotic, conflicted, a mess. Then the actual transition came and it was . . . pretty smooth. (6) The press ... under Trump, the press will be making investigative journalism great again! Whether Trump can match these accomplishments once he’s actually in office, I don’t know. It may be that he’s peaked already. But he’s already outperformed my (admittedly modest) expectations. I hope he’ll keep doing that in the four (or eight) years to come. |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #4 But they do intersect in the same plane |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2017-01-20 21:43 |
| #3 In truth, Trump's election was provided by an overlapping 'coalition' , kind of like a venn diagram composed of three groups: (1) voted for Trump (2) voted against Hillary (3) flipped the finger at the establishment. None are mutually exclusive, but they aren't necessarily congruent. |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2017-01-20 21:40 |
| #2 "Radical Islamic Terrorism" Yeah, baby! Has a Prez *ever* said that? |
| Posted by: SteveS 2017-01-20 12:40 |
| #1 Inaugural Speech, he said "Radical Islamic Terrorism" and Obama fainted |
| Posted by: Frank G 2017-01-20 12:20 |