Since the elite maintain ownership of the means of production, and many/most come from old monopolies, they could hardly give a sh!t about the free market. How wants all that yucky dog-eat-dog competition anyway? More government, equaling more government contracts for controlled corporations, is exactly what they want.
So you get earnest eager beavers (literally) like Occasional-Cortex running around getting themselves all worked up pushing policy initiatives, while the GOPe utters sweet aphorisms to no one in particular. When it comes to a vote, they have their scripts all pre-written about how it's best for bi-partisan unity, blah, blah, blah.
But what they really, really don't want is someone who might upset the apple cart, and disturb their beautifully managed lives. Trump is really a thorn in their collective sides, and the sooner he's deposed, the better.
How many elections were we told “give us the house...give us the Senate... give us the Oval office and we’ll blah, blah, blah.”
W had it and did nothing with it. And what did the voters do? They found someone who fought in the primaries and that convinced them he would fight for this country.
And the elites will do anything to get rid of him. I can see Mueller coming up with some penny ante charge. The Dems will impeach. And what will the republicans in the Senate do? They will gave the Gaul to stand in front of cameras and say to the voters “We must vote to remove because, as you all know, we are the party that believes in the .... RULE OF LAW!”
GHWB’s memorial service was quite a contrast to President Reagan’s. I remember President Reagan’s casket staying in the Capital rotunda for many hours after the scheduled closing time because of the large number of people waiting to get in. Reagan’s funeral procession was packed with people along the entire length of the route in California on the way to the Preidential library where he was buried.