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Like a double dose of Dubya: Donald Trumps presidency will be like the George W. Bush disaster only worseThe Trump White House already resembles a far more extreme version of the disastrous Bush administration
SOPHIA A. MCCLENNEN
In yet another post-election example of wish fulfillment, there are rumors circulating that president-elect Donald Trump wont actually stay in office all four years because he wont want to do the job. After Trump met with President Obama, we heard reports that he seemed surprised by the scope of the job. We have also heard that Trump wont want to sleep much in the White House and that he is likely to spend more time at Trump Tower. Then there is the idea that all Trump wanted to do was win, not actually lead. The New York Times reported back in July that Trump stated that he wouldnt rule out quitting after he had won.
But before you get too excited by that prospect, we need to remember the presidency of George W. Bush, because all signs suggest that Trump will be a lot like George W. only worse. Trump may not do the job, but that wont mean hell step down, and it wont mean that his tenure as president wont screw everything up.
Lets start with the obvious there is no reason why Trump needs to stay in the White House or do much, if any, of the job. He can take a play right out of George W.s book and go on endless vacation while outsourcing the job. Dont forget that during his eight-year presidency, Bush took 879 days of vacation, including 77 trips to his Texas ranch. And before you celebrate the idea of the orange-faced goon staying away from Washington, remember who Bush left behind to do the work. As Trump assembles his transition team and floats ideas for cabinet members, there is an uncanny resemblance to the Bush administration. Many think that it was the absolutely horrific team that Bush assembled that fueled the disaster of his presidency. Trump shows sign of doing him one better.
From Mike Pence (our new Dick Cheney) to Michael Flynn (our new Donald Rumsfeld, even if he is sitting in Condoleezza Rices old office as National Security Advisor), there is simply no reason to think that the advisors to Trump will be anything but worse, more extreme versions of the team that ran things under Bush. In fact, I am willing to venture that after Flynn takes over we will be wishing for the days of Rumsfeld and his torture memos. Rumsfeld will look restrained next to the guy that Politico calls Americas angriest general. And if you thought John Ashcroft was incompetent as attorney general, wait until you see what happens when Jeff Sessions gets going. Paul Krugman described Ashcroft as the worst attorney general in U.S. history my guess is hell have to revise his assessment after Sessions is confirmed.
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gulliver
(13,181 posts)Assuming we make it as a democracy (or, indeed, a species) to the mid-terms, we may finally have the motivation we need to vote Republicans out of every office. It's the simplest answer, and we have to kind of pray the majority of people will be able to see it through the fog and bullshit. We can't have Republicans creating huge disasters and then just biding their time and blocking progress until they get their hands on power again. The beginning of the Dubya Administration through the end of the Obama Administration is the full lifecycle of the disease. The Republican Party is the reservoir that keeps it going between bouts of symptoms.
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)Compared to the hell Trump/Pence/Bannon and the republican party is about to unleash on America.
I predict a year from now the economy will be in recession with inflation starting to spike up at the same time.
We will be at war with Iran, if we are lucky it won't go nuclear but Dumpf is itching to use them nukes so...
ACA, Medicaid/Medicare DOA.
Goodbye America, we hardly knew ye.