People complaining about this from Trump (as with many other things they complain about from Trump) have short memories:
Even the Washington Post had to admit all was not well in Obama world when they reported that the White House wasn’t ready for conflicts over policy: “President Obama’s advisers acknowledged Tuesday that they were unprepared for the intraparty rift that occurred over the fate of a proposed public health insurance program, a firestorm that has left the White House searching for a way to reclaim the initiative on the president’s top legislative priority.”
Jay Cost of RealClearPolitics was “stunned” that Obama “would be caught off guard by this,” adding that his “lack of foresight” was “absolutely inexcusable.” “How could they not have anticipated this?” Cost asked. “How could they possibly have been surprised that the left and right flanks of the party would not see eye to eye?”
Seems like things haven’t changed that much, at least rhetorically. “But Trump is worse!” many might claim. Yet that isn’t true at all. What’s worse is the way it’s being reported and repeated. The claims of incompetence are rushing like a torrent from every direction and with such hysteria that you’d think the chaos of Armageddon was upon us.
But that was Saint Barack! How could it be?
I hope the left just keeps it up. It will be the final nail in their coffin.
If for nothing but the entertainment value and the schadenfreude I get from the Trump-inspired Massive Moonbat Meltdon, Trump is making me happy so far. He’s angering all the right people: statist “liberals,” the OWS canaille, the Hollywood Eloi, etc.
The truth lies someplace between literally Hitler and done more than any President in history.
Trump’s staffing choices have all been excellent, even with the hiccups. Trump is hiring people that are more knowledgeable than he is and have a demonstrated record of speaking their mind to their bosses. It’s a huge contrast to the previous administration of bumbling idiots, partisan hacks, and yes (wo)men.
Trump is looking like a moderate establishment candidate from either party. Well, 1990’s Democrats. The Democrat’s establishment in this century are neo-socialists or fusion fascist socialists.
“Trump’s staffing choices have all been excellent, even with the hiccups. Trump is hiring people that are more knowledgeable than he is and have a demonstrated record of speaking their mind to their bosses. It’s a huge contrast to the previous administration of bumbling idiots, partisan hacks, and yes (wo)men. ”
Not if you ask Maxine Waters:
“During an appearance on MSNBC’s All in with Chris Hayes, Democrat Maxine Waters read off a list of people connected to the Trump team who also have connections to Russia and the oil and gas industry.
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Maxine Waters: I just think the American people need to know what is going on. This is a bunch of scumbags. That’s what they are. They’re all organized around making money.”
I’m sure she lives on a shoestring.
I do love the media “predictions” about what Trump will do, and the catastrophic results that will surely follow. They’ve been reporting on him since June 16th 2015, and have yet to get a single prediction and it’s outcome right yet. What makes them think anyone believes them anymore?
This is just like their climate “science” reporting, except on a truly cosmic scale.
” What makes them think anyone believes them anymore?”
They know the alt-left believes them as well as socialists and communists and most people from Marin county, etc.
Not to mention: their own echo chamber.
The comment thread over at the Federalist is why I took a vacation from many blogs a couple weeks before the election, along with FB. Both sides escalated (descended?) to spittle-flecked invective quite quickly.
I don’t know who is worse, the anti-
Trump crowd or his True Believers.
For me, the problem with such chaos is that it can lead to timid business development in the long run. The US needs to encourage businesses to take chances. That means not muddying the water with policy thrashing years hence.
So five weeks of chaos? Expected given the mess left by the previous administration. Four years of chaos? We’ll need a new president.
I think what would be optimal here is to change as much as possible to the new normal and then stabilize it there. Give the economy a chance to run open range. I think there’s a bunch of pent-up growth in the US economy after the Obama albatross. Trump should be able to get the economy to grow 3-4 percent per year for two to three years, just by getting out of the way.
So five weeks of chaos? Expected given the mess left by the previous administration. Four years of chaos? We’ll need a new president.
IMO, the current climate is one of uncertainty. We don’t know for sure what Trump’s economic policies will be. Once something gets through congress, the rules will be set and people can play the game.
Perceptional chaos isn’t going away until there is another Democrat President. The media will be tough but deranged and the activists will continue to be “mostly” peaceful.
Real chaos on the international stage isn’t likely to diminish too much either, especially since any effort to maintain the Pax Americana will be characterized as destabilizing the world.