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We are seven months into the Trump Administration and have over three years to go. I do not know that the nation can handle three more years like the past seven months. But whether it can or cannot, we should pause for a moment to reflect on the president's agenda. Things are not looking good.The wall? It is not built. The president is threatening a shutdown to get it funded and Democrats, along with some Republicans, are excited to blame the president, which they will do and get a 2/3 vote to override any veto.Tax reform? Not happening now. In fact, congressional Republicans are telling the White House to keep the president as far from it as possible just to improve the chances of getting something.Obamacare repeal? It's not going to happen.Judges? Only five total judges have been confirmed to the entire federal judiciary since John Roberts administered the oath of office to President Trump. Not only that, Anthony Kennedy is not retiring and the word around D.C. among Kennedy's friends is that he has recoiled at the president's behavior. Kennedy, who already considers himself an uber guardian of constitutional order, now thinks he cannot leave.The debt ceiling? The GOP isn't even going to fight it, just raise it. The national debt will keep going up . . . . . . Thankfully (or not), the man has over three more years to try to get something accomplished, but it is not looking good when his "first 100 days" plans have turned into a first 500 day plan and that 500 day plan looks likely to be a first 1000 day plan, at which point his agenda looks to go the way of Anne Boleyn.
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Topic: A Pyrrhic Victory (Read 415 times)
