Posted on 12/09/2016 10:28:33 AM PST by GonzoII
President-Elect Donald Trump is riding high during the post-election honeymoon phase, but conservative commentator Pat Buchanan predicted it might be shattered by an unlikely source — the Republican Congress.
Buchanan, whose two presidential runs could be viewed as the ideological forerunners to Trump’s own successful bid this year, said on “The Laura Ingraham Show” Wednesday that Trump almost certainly will need some sort of “border tax” on imported goods if he hopes to fulfill campaign promises to reverse massive trade deficits with major trading partners.
Unlikely? Come, come, now...
But Trump knows the art of the deal.
“post-election honeymoon phase”
Is that what those riots were?
Et tu Paul?
The uniparty will make sure Trump’s agenda is DOA.
I fully expect McCain and Graham to team with Democrats to try to stop Trump at every turn. They can’t help themselves.
rush limbaugh.....mcmooris rogers is establishmnet pick by rinse preebus as tradeoff
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPkOj1Pfqiw
No, I think Trump will be okay. One of the reasons a lot of GOPers (including me) were opposed to him is that they thought he would be too liberal, but he seems to be doing a great job so far with his appointments, and I don’t think there’s going to be much opposition to him. Unless it’s stirred up by off the wall malcontents.
not unlikely at all
a good number of the R’s in Congress/Senate
are part of the problem, enemy collaborators
(why wasn’t O impeached right from the start in 2008, before he had the opportunity to trash our USA Constitution, our liberties, our defenses, and our laws?) anwwer: the GOP-E is part of the enemy axis ...destroying America from within.....the GOP-e (or many of them, anyway) are SOLD OUT to the enemy. Pure and simple. Nothing nuanced about it, IMHO
They are at the very least a big part of the problem..and must be voted out ASAP, one by one, where-ever this can be achieved.
Trump just ran against the lowest rated establishment Congress. The opposition will be all dog and pony but eventually Trump will get his way...after all, he’s got some muscle behind him too, the American worker.
Transnational companies have trashed our culture and our traditional values.
Trump knows better than any president that the business of America is business. If business is harmed, jobs are lost.
He will not cut off his nose to spite his face
The Republicans will hear from us.. this time, via President Trump. We are backing him... we are millions in number... they can’t ignore us this time around. We have a voice at the top... in the White House.. He tweets... (ha!).. he listens... he is unstoppable..
Buchanan states..... the obvious
The Cheap Labor Express Republicans will fight Trump harder than they ever fought the Kenyanesian Usurper.
It sort of reminds me of a situation not uncommon in medieval times, when the king and the commoners would work together to keep the snottier nobles in check.
Pat Buchanan usually makes a lot of sense, so long as he’s not talking about Israel. But here, he’s being didactic and pedantic. Does he really not think Donald Trump appreciates the fact that Republicans aren’t necessarily his best buds, after the campaign he just ran? Seriously, Pat. Get over yourself.
Even the money for the wall has already been appropriated! LOL
He will not cut off his nose to spite his face
What exactly are you saying Trump won't (or will) do?
Yes, and I expect a few visits of pivotal Congressmen to Mar-a-lago will do the trick.
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