Seems to me things are going the right direction. Pretty good for someone who is essentially an old-timey Democrat.
Besides his cringeworthy demeanor, my greatest objection to Trump was his view on Trade disparities. I was sure he would muck things up and get the opposite of desired results. Now I think it might work. I expected some corrective action on NAFTA rather than just scrapping it, altogether, but was more concerned about the effect of his tariff threats on EU and China.
Amazing that EU has already gotten the message.
There's going to be some short term discomfort, as with farmers, but the long term corrections should work for the better. Assuming he can keep the Lawyers at bay, know what I mean?
TRUMP’S SECRET: How A Can-Do Businessman Roils The ‘Proper Order’ In A Town Immobilized By Attorneys
Someone like Donald Trump is almost incomprehensible to the polished Washingtonian marble buildings and cliquish button down power structure that governs the Beltway. Of course, his indefatigable Tweeting, inarticulate speechifying, obnoxious high school bravado and cheerleading are jarring for all but his most ardent supporters. But the real problem is he challenges the orthodoxy of a town that has become so ossified by the legal profession that process has become far more important than any outcome — the exact opposite of Americans’ self-image of can-do rugged individualism.- Read the whole article, pretty well on the money
