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Like it or not, whoever holds the office of POTUS is extremely, extremely powerful, and Trump has massively influenced the U.S. economy. > he'd either be a hom

Like it or not, whoever holds the office of POTUS is extremely, extremely powerful, and Trump has massively influenced the U.S. economy. > he'd either be a homeless bum or in jail How could we possibly know this? > When has Trump ever contributed to a detailed industrial or economic strategy for the US? Trade with China. The rollback of NAFTA. The (attempted) undermining of the ACA. Tax reform. Etc. Etc. While he is not an absolute monarch, he appoints the cabinet members who oversee the expenditure of trillions of dollars, and government spending IS government policy. If he doesn't like what they do or views them as not implementing his will, he fires them (or insists on their resignation). See Rex Tillerson (State), Jeff Sessions (Justice), Tom Price (Agriculture) and various sub-cabinet level executive branch employees for further evidence. > the shop behind him is sold off and looted. Evidence?

jonathankoren 8y ago
The NAFTA rollback never actually happened. In the end, it’s still here and just slightly tweaked[0], and arguably should have been tweaked after 24 years. WRT the cabinet, honestly, the people in it are not really any different from any other Republican administration. I may vehemently disagree with John Bolton, Jeff Sessions, and Scott Pruitt, but are these any different from GWB’s administration? The real damage Trump has done, is the radical pronouncements and the destruction of perceptions. From a policy perspective, he hasn’t done really anything out of the normal, except implementing a white nationalist immigration policy. Well, that and personal grift. [0] http://www.marketplace.org/2018/11/30/economy/whats-new-about-new-nafta http://www.marketplace.org/2018/11/30/economy/whats-new-abou...