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Considering that so many of Trump's promises are infeasible, I'm wondering what Trump will actually do in office.

_audakel 10y ago
Maybe he will more or less admit that alot of it was just theatrics, and he will go on to be a sane[ish] human being and normal[ish] POTUS
- md_ 10y ago
  One hopes. But people did vote for whom he appeared to be. Even if it was an act, that is, to me, a scary thought.
  - chronic6l 10y ago
    The world is a scary place. Did you not know that? Bullies, liars, and cheaters win. That's the unfortunate truth.
- st3v3r 10y ago
  And maybe I'll get a pony. And even if that somehow happens, those scenes from his rallies are not going away. The videos of people cheering racist rhetoric, cheering the idea of an entire religion being banned from the country, the idea of not giving a shit that someone confessed to sexual assault, is not going away. If anything, it's going to flourish.
  - deleted 10y ago
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  - knowaveragejoe 10y ago
    This is what I fear the most. The rise of alt-right rhetoric making it's way into the mainstream. I guess the pendulum had to swing away from talk of global unity and progress and towards isolationism at some point - I just hope it swings back the other way before it's too late.
    - rayiner 10y ago
      You do realize when you're talking about "global unity" that almost the whole rest of the world is more racist and sexist than the US, right? I come from a Muslim country. Replace "Muslims" with "Jews" and the worst things said at a Trump rally would be socially acceptable where I am from.
      - knowaveragejoe 10y ago
        That's a shame, though I doubt you could objectively quantify and compare the sort of racism and sexism here with that of another given nation except at a surface level.
        rayiner 10y ago
        You don't even need an objective measure. It's so deeply ingrained people don't even think about it. For example, Americans will refer to someone from another country by their nationality. "He's Canadian" or "he's German." In Bangladesh, everyone not from Bangladesh is "bideshi"--"foreigner." And if you're "bideshi" you'll never be "Bangladeshi." A white person can live in Bangladesh their whole life and never be "from there." But at least they generally respect white people. Hang around an immigrant community somewhere like Toronto and get folks talking about black people or Jewish people. Ask a girl's parents about how they would feel about her marrying a black person. You won't get a more negative reaction anywhere in Alabama. As to the issue of sexism--I don't think it even needs saying.
        harryh 10y ago
        There are lots of ways to objectively quantify racism and sexism. Just off the top of my head: - Are women/minorities legally allowed to vote? - Do women/minorities vote at the same rates as majority men? - Are women/minorities represented in office at the same rates as majority men? - Are there any legal restrictions against women/minorities that don't apply to majority men like the right drive, the right to own property, rules around dress or appearance? - Are women/minorities paid as well for their work as majority men? - Is abortion legal? - Do women/minorities have equal access to education as majority men? - Is interracial marriage legal? How common is it? - How integrated is housing? Do people of different races tend to live near each other? I'm sure this list isn't exhaustive. As I said, just a start off the top of my head.
- itchyouch 10y ago
  You don't think the checks and balances built into congress and the supreme court basically force him to be a normalish POTUS?
  - logicalmind 10y ago
    The checks and balances are a republican controlled congress (House and Senate). And a supreme court where republicans will be able to select a majority of the members. The only check and balance left is via a Democratic filibuster.
knieveltech 10y ago
Act as an unfiltered pass-through for the house most likely.
snuxoll 10y ago
Considering the majority in the house and senate, day 1 the ACA is going to get repealed - millions will lose their health coverage, and my employer's profitability is going to tank as a result as an increase of patients coming into the ER can't pay their medical bills and we end up sending them to collections before eventually writing it off.
- pavlov 10y ago
  It is highly telling that pharma stocks are strongly up following the Trump victory. Investors believe that drug prices and healthcare costs will reap increasing profits to shareholders in the next four years.
- TearsInTheRain 10y ago
  millions lost their health coverage when premiums and deductibles skyrocketed
  - MaysonL 10y ago
    At present, there are millions more people with health insurance in the USA than before Romneycare became the law of the land. Especially in the states that implemented the Medicaid expansion provisions.
    - snuxoll 10y ago
      The Medicaid expansion is a particular sore spot if the ACA gets repealed, a majority of our physicians are in California where Medi-Cal has had gobs of funding and covered an expanded population well before the ACA was implemented - but for those in states that did rely on the expansion funding I expect our collection rates are going to plummet as Medicaid patients continue to make up a large majority of those that utilize emergency department and urgent care facilities. There's going to be a lot of people losing Medicaid if this happens that will become self-pay (aka, no money) patients. Not a good time to be in the billing industry.
  - CamperBob2 10y ago
discordianfish 10y ago
The same he always does: Blaming things on others. This is what worries me the most: Trump won't get anything done but blame it, yet again, on some minority. And, yet again, chances are people will believe him.

Maybe he will more or less admit that alot of it was just theatrics, and he will go on to be a sane[ish] human being and normal[ish] POTUS

md_ 10y ago
One hopes. But people did vote for whom he appeared to be. Even if it was an act, that is, to me, a scary thought.
- chronic6l 10y ago
  The world is a scary place. Did you not know that? Bullies, liars, and cheaters win. That's the unfortunate truth.
st3v3r 10y ago
And maybe I'll get a pony. And even if that somehow happens, those scenes from his rallies are not going away. The videos of people cheering racist rhetoric, cheering the idea of an entire religion being banned from the country, the idea of not giving a shit that someone confessed to sexual assault, is not going away. If anything, it's going to flourish.
- deleted 10y ago
  [deleted]
- knowaveragejoe 10y ago
  This is what I fear the most. The rise of alt-right rhetoric making it's way into the mainstream. I guess the pendulum had to swing away from talk of global unity and progress and towards isolationism at some point - I just hope it swings back the other way before it's too late.
  - rayiner 10y ago
    You do realize when you're talking about "global unity" that almost the whole rest of the world is more racist and sexist than the US, right? I come from a Muslim country. Replace "Muslims" with "Jews" and the worst things said at a Trump rally would be socially acceptable where I am from.
    - knowaveragejoe 10y ago
      That's a shame, though I doubt you could objectively quantify and compare the sort of racism and sexism here with that of another given nation except at a surface level.
      - rayiner 10y ago
        You don't even need an objective measure. It's so deeply ingrained people don't even think about it. For example, Americans will refer to someone from another country by their nationality. "He's Canadian" or "he's German." In Bangladesh, everyone not from Bangladesh is "bideshi"--"foreigner." And if you're "bideshi" you'll never be "Bangladeshi." A white person can live in Bangladesh their whole life and never be "from there." But at least they generally respect white people. Hang around an immigrant community somewhere like Toronto and get folks talking about black people or Jewish people. Ask a girl's parents about how they would feel about her marrying a black person. You won't get a more negative reaction anywhere in Alabama. As to the issue of sexism--I don't think it even needs saying.
      - harryh 10y ago
        There are lots of ways to objectively quantify racism and sexism. Just off the top of my head: - Are women/minorities legally allowed to vote? - Do women/minorities vote at the same rates as majority men? - Are women/minorities represented in office at the same rates as majority men? - Are there any legal restrictions against women/minorities that don't apply to majority men like the right drive, the right to own property, rules around dress or appearance? - Are women/minorities paid as well for their work as majority men? - Is abortion legal? - Do women/minorities have equal access to education as majority men? - Is interracial marriage legal? How common is it? - How integrated is housing? Do people of different races tend to live near each other? I'm sure this list isn't exhaustive. As I said, just a start off the top of my head.
itchyouch 10y ago
You don't think the checks and balances built into congress and the supreme court basically force him to be a normalish POTUS?
- logicalmind 10y ago
  The checks and balances are a republican controlled congress (House and Senate). And a supreme court where republicans will be able to select a majority of the members. The only check and balance left is via a Democratic filibuster.

knieveltech 10y ago

Act as an unfiltered pass-through for the house most likely.

snuxoll 10y ago

Considering the majority in the house and senate, day 1 the ACA is going to get repealed - millions will lose their health coverage, and my employer's profitability is going to tank as a result as an increase of patients coming into the ER can't pay their medical bills and we end up sending them to collections before eventually writing it off.

pavlov 10y ago
It is highly telling that pharma stocks are strongly up following the Trump victory. Investors believe that drug prices and healthcare costs will reap increasing profits to shareholders in the next four years.
TearsInTheRain 10y ago
millions lost their health coverage when premiums and deductibles skyrocketed
- MaysonL 10y ago
  At present, there are millions more people with health insurance in the USA than before Romneycare became the law of the land. Especially in the states that implemented the Medicaid expansion provisions.
  - snuxoll 10y ago
    The Medicaid expansion is a particular sore spot if the ACA gets repealed, a majority of our physicians are in California where Medi-Cal has had gobs of funding and covered an expanded population well before the ACA was implemented - but for those in states that did rely on the expansion funding I expect our collection rates are going to plummet as Medicaid patients continue to make up a large majority of those that utilize emergency department and urgent care facilities. There's going to be a lot of people losing Medicaid if this happens that will become self-pay (aka, no money) patients. Not a good time to be in the billing industry.
- CamperBob2 10y ago

discordianfish 10y ago

The same he always does: Blaming things on others. This is what worries me the most: Trump won't get anything done but blame it, yet again, on some minority. And, yet again, chances are people will believe him.