The media is conducting an all out assault on the connection between President Trump and his base. President Trump made a deal on the debt ceiling, government funding etc. with the Democrats. Then he met with Pelosi and Schumer and made progress on a resolution to the DACA issue as well as funding for border security. Those are the facts.
Then there are these items:
1. Pelosi and Schumer indicated that the border wall was not to be part of the DACA deal. The media went crazy with this, and all manner of Republicans and Trump supporters had an angry or upset reaction. The White House then made clear that there was no such agreement to end the push for a border wall. We had a few days of confusion, but Trump has said that he was still committed to the border wall. The GOP response died down.
2. Yesterday, the Wall Street Journal reported that unnamed sources in Europe said that the USA was no longer going to pull out of the Paris Climate Accord. The White House immediately put out a statement saying that the story was untrue. There was no major reaction among the Trump base because the White House response was so quick and the media did not have time to build the story up into a big deal. It is rather shocking that the Wall Street Journal would print a story based upon an anonymous foreign source without even getting a White House comment first.
There's more, but the new story line is from the media is that Trump is abandoning his base. It's ridiculous. Indeed, it's totally ridiculous. There's no indication that Trump is doing anything other than something many other presidents have done, that is talk to and make deals with the other side. Bill Clinton was known for triangulation which was moving towards the Republican position on many issues to get things done. Ronald Reagan often said that if he could get 80% of what he wanted and had to give way on 20%, it was a major victory. The country, however, has gotten used to the aberrant way that Obama operated. With few exceptions, Obama never considered the GOP position or made deals with Republican leaders. Since the GOP controlled at least one house of Congress except for Obama's first two years, the result was gridlock. Nothing major got done during Obama's last six years. That's why Obama started issuing all of his unconstitutional executive orders. Trump is going back to a more normal method of operation by a president.
Of course, Trump is returning to the norm in his own unique style and in the face of a major campaign of hate against him by the media. Still, this is not something that should give rise to all the hysteria. It's time for everyone to get a grip on reality about the President.
Then there are these items:
1. Pelosi and Schumer indicated that the border wall was not to be part of the DACA deal. The media went crazy with this, and all manner of Republicans and Trump supporters had an angry or upset reaction. The White House then made clear that there was no such agreement to end the push for a border wall. We had a few days of confusion, but Trump has said that he was still committed to the border wall. The GOP response died down.
2. Yesterday, the Wall Street Journal reported that unnamed sources in Europe said that the USA was no longer going to pull out of the Paris Climate Accord. The White House immediately put out a statement saying that the story was untrue. There was no major reaction among the Trump base because the White House response was so quick and the media did not have time to build the story up into a big deal. It is rather shocking that the Wall Street Journal would print a story based upon an anonymous foreign source without even getting a White House comment first.
There's more, but the new story line is from the media is that Trump is abandoning his base. It's ridiculous. Indeed, it's totally ridiculous. There's no indication that Trump is doing anything other than something many other presidents have done, that is talk to and make deals with the other side. Bill Clinton was known for triangulation which was moving towards the Republican position on many issues to get things done. Ronald Reagan often said that if he could get 80% of what he wanted and had to give way on 20%, it was a major victory. The country, however, has gotten used to the aberrant way that Obama operated. With few exceptions, Obama never considered the GOP position or made deals with Republican leaders. Since the GOP controlled at least one house of Congress except for Obama's first two years, the result was gridlock. Nothing major got done during Obama's last six years. That's why Obama started issuing all of his unconstitutional executive orders. Trump is going back to a more normal method of operation by a president.
Of course, Trump is returning to the norm in his own unique style and in the face of a major campaign of hate against him by the media. Still, this is not something that should give rise to all the hysteria. It's time for everyone to get a grip on reality about the President.
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