Trump isn’t stupid. He’s both very smart and very cunning. He knows a lot about swamp creatures from their constant begging for money from him, and he knows in broad strokes what needs to be done.
What he doesn’t have is helpers who dwell in the swamp. And that’s a big, big problem. He’s done so much more than any of us could have done, placed in his position, but he’s still an AAU player starting at center for the Lakers.
The people he needs to help him the most - Mike Pence, I’m talking to you - and you too, Ryan, McConnell and others - are hanging back either hoping he fails, expecting failure and trying to stay outside of the blast radius, or actively working for failure. This is not a viable situation.
The solution is a much bigger President’s Party (like the King’s Party in the Commons before the modern system) after January. That’s not Trump’s job, that’s our job.
“What he doesn’t have is helpers who dwell in the swamp.“
Agreed. What’s worse is that many people who should be helping him (Sessions, Ryan, et al) are standing back playing a rollicking game of “Let’s You And Him Fight”.
My opinion of McConnell has changed a bit. He’s done great work ramming Judicial nominees through the Senate. If he keeps it up the Federal Courts will be changed for at least a generation. He deserves much credit for that.
The mid terms are going to be critical. Watch for the Left to get increasingly unhinged between now and November when they realize they’re going to get wiped out.
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