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> finally got a chance to do it He could have done it in his first term.
by breadwinner 1y ago
> finally got a chance to do it
He could have done it in his first term.
- SpicyLemonZest 1y agoHe tried to, but his advisors stopped him. Bob Woodward reported that Gary Cohn snatched papers off his desk on multiple different occasions to stop him from starting trade wars at the beginning of his first term.
- breadwinner 1y agoThis time around he has made sure there are no advisors strong enough to stop him. That means he is far more dangerous now than he was in the first term. And not just in the area of the economy.
- Terr_ 1y agoAlso, he was concerned about getting re-elected again. And possibly being prosecuted for crimes, but Republican appointees on the Supreme Court kinda took care of that.
- myvoiceismypass 1y agoThere were adults in the room in the first term. Now, just loyalists, sycophants, and grifters.