Re:Donald Trump Is Elected President
by SketchySeaBeast on Wednesday November 09, 2016 @11:22AM
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That's what I'm wondering about this whole thing - by what metrics can we test MAGA? I'm beginning to feel like this is Obama 2.0 when it comes to a revolution - in 4 to 8 years we will look back and go "huh, pretty much business as normal". I'm not worried about a random scapegoat, but I do just see this fizzling, and the anger and division being there again in 4 years time.
> In four years, if the rural mine workers are still out of work and iPads are still made in China, will you concede that the experiment failed?
That's like saying that because people still have to pay for insurance in the US that Obamacare failed and he's a failed President and should feel bad about himself.
Obamacare failed and he's a failed President and should feel bad about himself
Isn't that exactly what Republicans were saying? Trump wants to repeal Obamacare first and then replace it with something "much better, believe me".
In good and bad, ACA was a big part of Obama's legacy. What are the yardsticks that should be applied to the Trump presidency?
How many coal mines will be back in business and turning a profit? By what date will Apple be forced to bring back manufacturing into USA? When will American airports and roads become the best in the world?
Those are a few of his most clearly defined goals, like healthcare reform was Obama's.
In four years, if the rural mine workers are still out of work and iPads are still made in China, will you concede that the experiment failed?
I can't see Trump doing that. Deflecting blame has been a theme of his career. Therefore I'm frightened that he's going to need new scapegoats for his lack of achievements pretty soon... And considering the rhetoric he's used, there just is no telling who he might pick to receive the blame.