Trump sold himself well. Over 60 million bought in. But there is going to be a lot of buyers remorse once Trump starts to implement his policies.
Trump has not even been President-elect for a week and he has already started to reverse course on some of his promises. He promised to do away with Obamacare (PPACA), but he now says that he plans to keep one of the most expensive parts: requiring insurers to cover all people, regardless of preexisting conditions. This is a main factor that is driving up premiums.
He as also switched gears on prosecuting Hillary Clinton. When asked about whether he would prosecute her, his answer was he hasn’t given it much thought. Translation: no. That’s a big change from his dedicated task force to investigate her. This should not be surprising. Trump and Clinton travel in the same circles. There is no way that he would actually prosecute someone to which he is so closely tied.
But people believed him. People bought Trump, just as they often have before. And soon they will find out that he has nothing of value to offer. Unfortunately, there really is no return policy for President. We’re stuck with this choice for four years. In the future, please do more research before purchasing a product.
What he will do from here on out is hard to say, but Trump is essentially a big government progressive, of the form of FDR, only with added protectionist policies, of the sort that led to the depression becoming the “Great Depression” so one can get an idea of his future decisions from that. Only time will tell just how badly he will drive this country into the ground. I will continue to add to the list of broken promises, as time goes on. Given that he’s already backtracking on two, and he hasn’t even become President yet, this should be impressive.