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Honestly, I think for a lot he is tabula rasa. They are projecting what they want onto him. The Trump the Ryan wing sees is different than the Trump

Posted by crash davis (aka crash davis) Nov 9 '16, 20:32

the alt-right sees and is different than the Trump the disaffected factory worker sees

the real one will be revealed in the crucible of the real world

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- but I just don't see a way forward for him without burning one of his three major pillars of support -- nm - crash davis Nov 9, 20:39 17
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    - 1) the Breitbarters; 2) the 'mundane disaffected'; 3) the party loyalty Republicans - at least one faction won't get what they want, imo -- nm - crash davis Nov 9, 20:52 1
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  - two big policy things could sink him, one more likely than the other - Reagen Nov 9, 20:43 13
    - if he does that, he burns the Republicans who voted out of party loyalty (Ryan and McConnell don't want a big $ project that might not work) -- nm - crash davis Nov 9, 20:49
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      - But we will pay for it. That would be a fail. -- nm - . Nov 9, 21:09 9
        
        Realistically, he can't get the wall built on his terms. -- nm - . Nov 9, 21:12
        
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        The wall will cost billions. -- nm - . Nov 9, 21:13 6
        
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        At $40 a pop I think it will become more elastic. Would you spend $120 a day? -- nm - . Nov 9, 21:23 3
        
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        I strongly doubt it. He wants the Mexican government to pay for it. - . Nov 9, 21:43 1
        
        he's not overly picky, and he's talked about basically exactly what Jack said. - mafic Nov 9, 23:09
        
        bad link -- nm - . Nov 9, 21:20
    - I can bring jobs to the rust belt. I only need ten million dollars of funding to do it, too. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 9, 20:44
He's like Bizarro Carter. -- nm - Reagen Nov 9, 20:34 2
- think how the W administration folded under two wars and a hurricane...I don't think it will take that much here -- nm - crash davis Nov 9, 20:34 1
  - But we had to put up with 8 years of Cheney and the worst economic downturn since 1929. Do we really need to go through that again? -- nm - jnine Nov 9, 23:25

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