… while their husbands were meeting with and endorsing President Trump, guaranteeing his re-election in 2020.
President Trump is not an ideologue as Ron Paul so aptly points out:
One reason Trump sounds so inconsistent in his policy positions is that he does not have a governing philosophy. He is not philosophically opposed to a US military empire so sometimes he sounds in favor of more war and sometimes he sounds like he opposes it. Will President Trump in this case be more influenced by those he has chosen to serve him in senior positions? We can hope not, judging from their hawkishness in recent Senate hearings. Trump cannot be for war and against war simultaneously. Let us hope that once the weight of the office settles on him he will understand that the prosperity he is promising can only come about through a consistently peaceful foreign policy.
There are two ways to look at this and I’m choosing to be an optimist. Ron Paul said that Trump has no governing philosophy and President Jimmy Carter says Trump is “malleable”. This can be an extraordinary boon for those of us who believe in Constitutional government IF we understand that the Presidency was never supposed to be “imperial”. The Executive Branch exists to enforce the Republic’s laws and, if the Republican-controlled Congress keeps President Trump in that box, it can legislate a center-right agenda for 6-12 years.
The organized labor movement wants to “Make America Great Again”…on the very first day of President Trump’s first term. Paul Ryan has an incredible opportunity to be the most influential politician in Washington if he understands one simple thing.
President Trump only has one governing principle; it’s written on his red hat.