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> But of course none of those things are going to happen Well, everyone said Trump could never become the GOP nominee. Then everyone said he could never becom

• stephancoral 10y ago
  Trump literally CANNOT make Congress do anything. It's up to them to limit their power. And it's not like Trump has a popular mandate to use to his advantage. Mitch McConnell himself said infrastructure and term limits were absolutely not a priority of this congress. This is completely out of Trump's little hands. But go ahead, keep living in your made up dream world where Trump can wave his scepter and make all those nice little promises he made come true.
  • cmdrfred 10y ago
    When you use the word literally where no one would be confused that you are speaking figuratively and resort to name calling it weakens your argument.
• markbnj 10y ago
  I think it's much easier to get elected than to move the whole government in the directions you've promised to move it during the campaign. This has been demonstrated over and over again. Power is quite distributed in the U.S. political system and the presidency is pretty ephemeral when viewed from the perspective of congresspeople who in some cases have held office for decades. The president has a good deal of executive power, but his or her political power emanates from the skilled use of the bully pulpit. One of the few populists who was successfully able to battle his own party's interests was Teddy Roosevelt when he went after the big trusts. Perhaps Trump will be as successful, but one thing Roosevelt had going for him was his skills as a politician. It remains to be seen whether Trump has these skills.