Firstly.... what Trump has tried and what Trump has accomplished are two very different things. Wouldn't you agree? Now... that may not be entirely his fault...but...wasn't he the one that continuously assured everyone that he would make "great deals"? This debt ceiling BS was NOT a 'great deal'. Quite the opposite, in fact. He missed an opportunity to demonstrate some fiscal responsibility by refusing to go along with it, and at the same time he literally gave away/trashed/wasted any leverage he might have had by working 'with' the Democrats so willingly.
And what, exactly, has Trump actually done? Thus far, he has nominated Gorsuch. He has threatened DACA recipients with something six months from now. He has managed to decrease illegal immigration merely by enforcing current immigration laws and he has pardoned Arpaio. That's about it. Correct me if I'm wrong. That's on the plus side.
On the negative side, he has kept people in a constant state of WTF and worry due to his twit syndrome problems on Twitter. He has shown an inconsistency that rivals none. He has taken one step forward and two steps back, every time ....IMO. That ain't progress. It's chaos. And it's fitting right damned in with what the leftists want. It's keeping the economy from recovering by keeping us in a constant state of uncertainty....when by now we should be quite obviously on the road to recovery. That's how I see it. No, it's not Armageddon (which relates to 'the final war', by the way....nothing remotely relating to what I've been talking about)....but it's sure as hell not "good" results that we should be experiencing at this point.
He has nominated Gorsuch, a benefit for years to come... cannot be underestimated. He's also nominated a bunch of other conservative judges.
He put a lot of good people in charge of agencies. Betsy DeVos, for one, is a great force in education and the liberals hate her. Rick Perry is another.
He has a pro-business attitude that has revived the spirits of American industry and the economy is recovering but slowly.
I never expected a wall but Trump, as you point out, has helped decrease illegal immigration by other smaller measures. As for DACA, he at least has indicated it needs to be stopped and he has enemies galore on that one... it won't be easy.
A lot of people over-emphasize the twitter thing. It is annoying but not meaningful in the real world sense.
I think he's settling in a little bit and if we can keep him from running Kelly off, we will see less chaos and more order in the White House.
I give him a B+ so far because I think the big issues he's failed on are not really his fault as much as they are the fault of Congress.
Ted Cruz MIGHT have been able to do a little better with Congress but I doubt it. Ted worked hard to get a workable amendment on health care and still couldn't get it passed.
Just my ten cents.
