11-09-2016, 07:43 PM
(This post was last modified: 11-09-2016, 07:46 PM by Eric the Green.)
It remains to be seen what Trump is able to do.
In congress, some of his plans may be stopped by filibuster; unless the Republicans vote almost entirely for the "nuclear option" to get rid of the filibuster.
But if not, I don't know if Obamacare can be repealed and replaced, as they want. Will Trump demonstrate his self-vaunted deal-making abilities, and get some kind of compromise through that fixes some of the problems, and causes new ones? Will it be called Trumpcare? That would be the best case scenario. Real health care reform was never made in the first place. It has taken over a century in America, and this will just be another stage toward health care for all, if it ever happens.
Will he ignore or defy trade agreements, or try to renegotiate NAFTA? What can he do? How much difference would it make to the poor middle class whites whom he promised to take care of? Would he cause ruinous trade wars?
What happens to the people in the heartland who support him, when trickle-down economics fails again? Will those people ever learn, or will they go on knocking "socialism" forever?
Can he really pass infrastructure building, and how would the Republican congress pay for it?
How scared should we be about a man who is often baited into personal tiffs having his hands on the nuclear codes? I'm scared. How will he deal with his plan to make our allies pay more? Will he destroy NATO and invite Putin into Estonia? Will Russia have a free hand to conquer eastern Ukraine? How will Europe deal with the steady stream of Syrian refugees caused by our failure to help the rebels there? Will the same right-wing nationalism rising there in response force the Syrians to die or wander homeless forever?
How severe will damage be to the environment, whom he and Paul Ryan have pledged to wage all-out war on? What can be done to stop them, and at what cost to personal life and limb?
In congress, some of his plans may be stopped by filibuster; unless the Republicans vote almost entirely for the "nuclear option" to get rid of the filibuster.
But if not, I don't know if Obamacare can be repealed and replaced, as they want. Will Trump demonstrate his self-vaunted deal-making abilities, and get some kind of compromise through that fixes some of the problems, and causes new ones? Will it be called Trumpcare? That would be the best case scenario. Real health care reform was never made in the first place. It has taken over a century in America, and this will just be another stage toward health care for all, if it ever happens.
Will he ignore or defy trade agreements, or try to renegotiate NAFTA? What can he do? How much difference would it make to the poor middle class whites whom he promised to take care of? Would he cause ruinous trade wars?
What happens to the people in the heartland who support him, when trickle-down economics fails again? Will those people ever learn, or will they go on knocking "socialism" forever?
Can he really pass infrastructure building, and how would the Republican congress pay for it?
How scared should we be about a man who is often baited into personal tiffs having his hands on the nuclear codes? I'm scared. How will he deal with his plan to make our allies pay more? Will he destroy NATO and invite Putin into Estonia? Will Russia have a free hand to conquer eastern Ukraine? How will Europe deal with the steady stream of Syrian refugees caused by our failure to help the rebels there? Will the same right-wing nationalism rising there in response force the Syrians to die or wander homeless forever?
How severe will damage be to the environment, whom he and Paul Ryan have pledged to wage all-out war on? What can be done to stop them, and at what cost to personal life and limb?