Trump might have been able to fulfill his campaign promises had he not taken an adversarial tone with members of his own party from the onset. Calling them all "swamp creatures" and such did not endear him to the congress-people he needed to get things done. Yes, I have heard the same tired excuse over and over again that the president cannot legislate. But as president, Trump should have had more influence with congress to accomplish what both he and the Republicans in congress said they wanted to do. If they supposedly wanted the same things, why could they not work together for those goals?
When the Democrats wanted to push through Obamacare, they got it done. Although I doubt Obama had any influence in shaping the legislation, he did work to promote it. Seemed to me like the Democrats got together and did what they had to do.
But the Republicans and Trump have never shown that same commitment, that same spirit of cooperation and working together. Yes, the Republicans in congress are at fault -- they are lazy and corrupt. But Trump as the supposed boss of a wealthy empire, could have used his alleged bossing and art-of-the-deal skills to bring them all together and get it done. He didn't do that. Instead, Trump spent much of the last two years on his rock star tour of the US whining, complaining and continuing to make promises he either couldn't or wouldn't keep.
As a result, what do we have -- out of all the major promises, we have "tax reform" that is really little more than tax tweaking. Maybe some businesses and individuals got some benefit from it -- and by the way, I'm not jealous of those who did benefit -- but for most people, it did nothing and for some it may have caused their taxes to rise. But we still have Obamacare,we still have hordes of illegals and so-called "refugees" invading our country, we sill have an unfair tax system, we still fund Planned Parenthood, and our government is still spending money it doesn't have.
And now that the Democrats have taken over the House, you cam be sure nothing will be done within the next two years. About the only change will be that Trump will have a different scapegoat to blame for his failings -- the Democrats. It's too bad. Had Trump and congressional Republicans put their heads together, they might have accomplished a lot in two years. Instead, it was two years wasted on petty squabbles and Trump's rock star tour. Both Trump and the Republicans share the blame. And its time Trump's starry eyed fans realize that.