so much for draining the swamp

[Dill]

(11-12-2016, 05:26 PM)wildcats forever Wrote: I hold out for the possibility of Obama exploring where Trump may be in even slight harmony with some of his accomplishments, and then exploit that possibility into a preservation of those parts of his legacy. I doubt Obama will be an 'all or nothing' type on matters benefiting his supporters. 

Obama will do or has certainly done this already with their meeting. He is a tactful compromiser; a reasonable man concerned with long-term consequences. He knows offending Trump during the transition won't help the nation.

But I think except for the race wall, much of Trump's domestic agenda will be set by Ryan and others. He has is 5 policy goals, for sure, but they are very underdeveloped and opened to direction/exploitation by others who have the policy knowledge. Much of the time he will have to react to suggestions/directions by people who actually know, and these will be conflicting.

If Trump really wants an infrastructure bill, Democrats may support him on that because it is good for the country.  But for most of the rest, especially heathcare, I forsee a mess. Democrats will be ready to preserve parts of Obamacare, and Trump may be willing to do this (even pulling some of the recalcitrant state governors back on board), but many Republicans won't. Trump's base, many of whom still don't understand he won't be able deliver on his policies, will expect it to be gone by January 31, 2017. Trump may buy some time saying he has to get his own "great" program in place before throwing 20 million off Obamacare.  Everyone will find out you can't just "repeal" the thing now without generating tremendous insecurity and economic instability.