2016 Postmortem

napi21

(45,806 posts) Fri Nov 18, 2016, 11:03 PM Nov 2016

The Trump betrayal of his base just grows and grows

http://jaybookman.blog.myajc.com/2016/11/18/the-trump-betrayal-of-his-base-just-grows-and-grows/?ecmp=newspaper_email##

Thanks to Donald Trump, Wall Street bankers and financiers see dollar signs followed by a whole lot of zeros dancing in their heads and into their bank accounts. They are downright giddy about it.

We’ve already talked about how the Trump transition team has abandoned his promises to address rising drug prices, a decision that sent pharmaceutical stocks soaring. The wall with Mexico? It’s been downgraded to a mere fence, and only in places. It was, Newt Gingrich now tells us, more of a “campaign device” than an actual promise. Trump promised repeatedly on the campaign trail to protect Medicare from those who want to slash it; now, his transition team is embracing plans by the Republican House to “modernize” the program by turning it into a voucher program and shift costs back onto the elderly. Now that Republicans have won the election, the song sure has changed. As Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky now puts it, those mining jobs aren’t coming back after all, because it turns out that the real problems of the coal industry are “private sector” problems, meaning that low-cost natural gas has rendered coal economically uncompetitive.

How long do you think it will take for all the affected people to realize they've been HAD! I tried to tell the ones I ran in to but they just laughed and said "You'll see he'll do GREAT THINGS.

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The Trump betrayal of his base just grows and grows (Original Post) napi21 Nov 2016 OP

Let the games cilla4progress Nov 2016 #1

They are too busy bashing "libruls" SHRED Nov 2016 #2

Wonder if they'll ever get it? lonestarnot Nov 2016 #3

If they did they wouldn't have voted for the Orange Anus SHRED Nov 2016 #4

That's in the past, I'm talking about what is to come. Think they'll get it in say 6 months? 9? lonestarnot Nov 2016 #5

Their brains are mush SHRED Nov 2016 #7

Blame Obama exboyfil Nov 2016 #15

That's it in a nutshell. We're in deep shit. And the fucking rubes will swallow Guy Whitey Corngood Nov 2016 #16

They're in the cognitive dissonance stage NastyRiffraff Nov 2016 #14

hell, liberals are bashing liberals. nt tomp Nov 2016 #17

Four years from now when the country is in shambles his supporters will still back him 100% LonePirate Nov 2016 #6

They will still be blaming "libruls". SHRED Nov 2016 #9

And they'll find a way to blame it all on "evil liberals" Duppers Nov 2016 #23

they were conned by a con artist bdamomma Nov 2016 #8

Will take time. elleng Nov 2016 #10

Trumpites will only understand they've been had when Faux News and Hate Radio NoMoreRepugs Nov 2016 #11

In other words. Never. Lochloosa Nov 2016 #12

Ding Ding Ding - We have a winner!!!!! NoMoreRepugs Nov 2016 #13

KNR Thank you! Lucinda Nov 2016 #18

As long as he follows through on his violence hate and punishment initiatives, Mc Mike Nov 2016 #19

Donald Trump is a patholocial liar whose only ideology is Donald Trump Martin Eden Nov 2016 #20

Most of Trump's voters won't give a rat's ass that he betrayed them, they are that fucking stupid. mtnsnake Nov 2016 #21

much too soon to change any minds with this kind of info 0rganism Nov 2016 #22

cilla4progress

(24,734 posts)

1. Let the games

Reply to napi21 (Original post)

Fri Nov 18, 2016, 11:05 PM

Nov 2016

Begin

SHRED

(28,136 posts)

2. They are too busy bashing "libruls"

Reply to napi21 (Original post)

Fri Nov 18, 2016, 11:06 PM

Nov 2016

And doing victory dances.

And they are too stupid to care.

lonestarnot

(77,097 posts)

3. Wonder if they'll ever get it?

Reply to SHRED (Reply #2)

Fri Nov 18, 2016, 11:07 PM

Nov 2016

SHRED

(28,136 posts)

4. If they did they wouldn't have voted for the Orange Anus

Reply to lonestarnot (Reply #3)

Fri Nov 18, 2016, 11:09 PM

Nov 2016

lonestarnot

(77,097 posts)

5. That's in the past, I'm talking about what is to come. Think they'll get it in say 6 months? 9?

Reply to SHRED (Reply #4)

Fri Nov 18, 2016, 11:11 PM

Nov 2016

Maybe a year? Still not jobs in 2, will they get it?

SHRED

(28,136 posts)

7. Their brains are mush

Reply to lonestarnot (Reply #5)

Fri Nov 18, 2016, 11:13 PM

Nov 2016

They'll justify their supreme leader.

exboyfil

(17,863 posts)

15. Blame Obama

Reply to lonestarnot (Reply #5)

Sat Nov 19, 2016, 12:34 AM

Nov 2016

Everything wrong - Blame Obama. Lose 1000s of troops in an Iranian War - blame Obama (he did let them get their money back - I am sure the Republicans will claim that the missile which took out our ship was purchased with those funds). Recession - blame Obama (fiscal policy during his term). Etc. Etc. Etc.

Guy Whitey Corngood

(26,501 posts)

16. That's it in a nutshell. We're in deep shit. And the fucking rubes will swallow

Reply to exboyfil (Reply #15)

Sat Nov 19, 2016, 12:38 AM

Nov 2016

it all up and say "Thank you sir! May I have another?!"

NastyRiffraff

(12,448 posts)

14. They're in the cognitive dissonance stage

Reply to lonestarnot (Reply #3)

Fri Nov 18, 2016, 11:51 PM

Nov 2016

The question is, will they stay there, or will they gradually, reluctantly, realize they've been conned? If they do, we'll see a rage against Trump that makes their anger at liberals and (especially) Obama pale in comparison.

And of course, they'll want everyone's sympathy. Fuck them.