Trump’s voters are watching the Washington Establishment capture Donald Trump.
His reversals are now heralded by the mainstream media. The Washington Post has continued to attack him 24×7, yet it admits he is taking centrist positions. The BBC has also noted it.
He campaigned against ObamaCare. He failed to promote repeal. The accent was on “replace.” Paul Ryan’s compromise was a disaster. The Freedom Caucus in the House of Representatives blocked it. Trump declared war on them. But he has no clout in their districts. Most of them pulled better than he did last November.
The Export-Import Bank has subsidized big businesses for decades. Candidate Trump said he was against it. Now he says he supports it.
Then there was China, the currency manipulator. China was forcing down its currency. How, he never said as a candidate. Well, that’s water under the bridge. China, it turns out, is no longer a currency manipulator. No, no, no. The problem now is that the dollar is too strong.
How about the Federal Reserve. As a candidate, he criticized the FED’s low-interest rate policy. It hurt savers. Not now. The FED’s policy is A-OK.
The latest defection is on NATO. NATO was obsolete. Not now. NATO is A-OK now.
What about tax cuts for the middle class? He has yet to introduce a bill.
What about the wall between the USA and Mexico? He has yet to introduce a bill.
This post was published at Gary North on April 14, 2017.
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