Saturday, January 7, 2017

Trump Changing

WHEN TRUMP FIRST ENTERED the race, I was excited, like everybody else, because I thought it was healthy having new blood in politics. Trump seemed practical and flexible, and not religiously devoted to any political ideology. He seemed, and still seems, like a person who could be very conservative in some ways, but still progressive on certain issues. Like everybody else, I thought he had no chance to win. I still think that he is basically non ideological. Most devoted conservatives and liberals will do everything humanly possible to maintain ideological consistency and purity; Trump doesn't seem to care. Its easy to imagine him waking up one day and deciding: "what the hell. Let's cut through all the red tape, and just have a straight single payer health insurance system, like most of the rest of the world." That could actually happen. Trump once allegedly favored a single payer system. Maybe deep down he still does. Some fine day Trump may say: "I still believe that climate change is a hoax, because people have been trying to use it for political purposes. At the same time, it is real, and humans are partly the cause, and I intend to lead the way to solving the problem, as only I can. I hereby direct the EPA to plant one trillion tress by the beginning of my second term." Can't you see that happening? Trump can totally reverse his position anytime he pleases, without the slightest hint that he was ever wrong or inconsistent, if he thinks it suits his purposes, and he does not care whether he is conservative or liberal; he just wants to be popular. He already has the money and power. We must convince Trump that he can be a national hero by installing Trump Care, and with the Trump climate change initiative. Its all about Trump, and its all about ego.

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