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He floats a lot of ideas that 1) make headlines but don’t really make sense and 2) never actually happen. He’s been two weeks from announcing a new healthcare p
by eli 6y ago
He floats a lot of ideas that 1) make headlines but don’t really make sense and 2) never actually happen. He’s been two weeks from announcing a new healthcare plan since he took office.
- duskwuff 6y agoDitto for building "the wall", making various trade deals, bringing peace to the Middle East, ending the opiate crisis, launching the Space Force... He has a real knack for announcing bold new projects with no clear plan for carrying them out, then quietly moving on.
- adventured 6y agoYou're right on everything except for the trade deals. He did in fact deliver several major trade deals in the first three years. That includes replacing NAFTA with a modestly upgraded USMCA. He got China to sign a deal that very aggressively favors the US (maybe they won't stick to it of course; which would imply they may never stick to any consequential trade deal). Along with the new trade deals with Japan and South Korea. The only major trade deal remaining is with the EU (and then Britain whenever they're ready to do so, likely after the virus is brought under control).
- refurb 6y agoBut he did do (or at least started) most of the things you just mentioned. Opiate crisis excluded.
- burfog 6y ago275 miles of wall have been built as of August 10. https://www.cbp.gov/border-security/along-us-borders/border-wall-system https://www.cbp.gov/border-security/along-us-borders/border-... It is fair to include replacement of vehicle-only barriers and other ineffective junk. That had been effectively nothing, because even the most non-athletic large person could comfortably walk right through.