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In reply to the discussion: My thoughts. After Rump i'm thinking the president has way too much power!!! [View all]unblock
(52,209 posts)even with two years of same-party control of both houses of congress, he's only been able to actually accomplish fairly routine stuff. a republican tax cut for the rich, surprise, surprise, and a couple supreme court picks -- which the senate had to go nuclear on to get through.
he hasn't been able to kill obamacare, he hasn't been able to lock up hillary or obama, he hasn't been able to get real funding for his wall, and many of his executive orders have been stopped or slowed down due to his bigotry and incompetence and contempt for the constitution.
he has been able to make a mess of foreign policy on many fronts, but he's hardly the first president to do so. not sure how we limit that power.
his biggest impact has been in rhetoric. there, we can blame the media and the evolving technology that gives him a megaphone with direct access to millions. but not much can really be legislated to change that. the media needs to learn to filter his crap and provide better context. they're slowly getting better. i suspect they'll really turn on him in 2019, particularly as the mueller stuff gets juicier and he becomes a more obvious lame duck.