At Politico Nancy Cook and Meridith McGraw ponder what President Trump would do in a second term:
As a reality TV star, Donald Trump seized the White House with an unusual slate of Republican pledges: take on China, tear up trade deals, restrict immigration. But as president, Trump has faced warnings from a long line of GOP stalwarts that he can’t win in 2020 by offering more of the same.
So, as the Republican National Convention looms, Trump and his team have scrambled to find new twists on old favorites to quell concerns about the question that has bedeviled him for months: What would he do with four more years?
Basically, they don’t come up with much. They’re stumped.
I think they’re looking at Mr. Trump in the wrong way. He’s completely transactional in his approach. He’s looking for the best deal. The question and the mystery is what the decision function is for “best”. As far as I can tell he’s the sole arbiter of that. Don’t look to him for ideology or sweeping plans. He just doesn’t operate that way.
‘He’s completely transactional in his approach. He’s looking for the best deal.’
If these pundits haven’t figured that out after four years of OMB in office, not to mention his entire career prior, they never will.
Easy. More scandals! More lies! Few accomplishments.
Steve