Bound to No Party, Trump Upends 150 Years of Two-Party Rule

[KenH]

"Although elected as a Republican last year, Mr. Trump has shown in the nearly eight months in office that he is, in many ways, the first independent to hold the presidency since the advent of the current two-party system around the time of the Civil War."

Bound to No Party, Trump Upends 150 Years of Two-Party Rule

 

[InTheLight]

He acquiesces to the Democrats in one deal and suddenly, according to the failing NYT, he's a maverick, an independent not beholden to the extreme right wing of the Republican party.

Conservatives should consider whose side Trump is on if the New York Times is singing his praise.

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[Rippon]

Conservatives should consider whose side Trump is on if the New York Times is singing his praise.

Don't worry, they will soon revert to their norm of non-stop Trump bashing. Rest assured --it's a certainty.

 

[InTheLight]

Don't worry, they will soon revert to their norm of non-stop Trump bashing. Rest assured --it's a certainty.

So long as Trump plays the Democrat, the New York Times will keep praising. And Trump craves the praise of the media so I expect him to do more things like a Democrat to feed his Goliath ego.

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[Rolfe]

From the article: "Now in the White House, President Trump demonstrated this past week that he still imagines himself a solitary cowboy as he abandoned Republican congressional leaders to forge a short-term fiscal deal with Democrats."

Were this any other Republican, he would be called a RINO.

 

[carpro]

He acquiesces to the Democrats in one deal and suddenly, according to the failing NYT, he's a maverick, an independent not beholden to the extreme right wing of the Republican party.

Conservatives should consider whose side Trump is on if the New York Times is singing his praise.

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It serves us all well, including Congress, to remember that Trump is not a conservative and never has been. Neither is he a liberal. Nor an idealogue of any kind.

He's going to make both sides of the aisle mad and use whoever he can to get what he wants.

 

[Reynolds]

It serves us all well, including Congress, to remember that Trump is not a conservative and never has been. Neither is he a liberal. Nor an idealogue of any kind.

He's going to make both sides of the aisle mad and use whoever he can to get what he wants.

Which is probably a necessity to function in our current broken political system.

 

[Rippon]

So long as Trump plays the Democrat, the New York Times will keep praising. And Trump craves the praise of the media so I expect him to do more things like a Democrat to feed his Goliath ego.

Trump doesn't so much crave favorable media attention --rather despises the lies of the MSM.

Your "Goliath ego" nonsense is just that.

 

[InTheLight]

Trump doesn't so much crave favorable media attention --rather despises the lies of the MSM.

Your "Goliath ego" nonsense is just that.

I see. So he talks and brags about the size of the crowds at his rallies, lies about the crowds at his inauguration, trumpets polls that say he's popular while calling polls that downplay his popularity as Fake News, his need to say he won the popular vote except for illegal voters, he even masqueraded as his own publicist to praise himself!

But you say he doesn't have a huge ego! LOL!

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[Rippon]

I see. So he talks and brags about the size of the crowds at his rallies,

They were yuge!

lies about the crowds at his inauguration

You're telling lies about that.

, trumpets polls that say he's popular while calling polls that downplay his popularity as Fake News,

All along his campaign in the Primary as well as in the General fake polls gave fake statistics. You fell for it to. While I predicted huge totals.

his need to say he won the popular vote except for illegal voters,

It is true that possibly millions of illegal votes were cast. In New Hampshire more than 5,000 votes were cast by people living out of state.

Many people voted several times.

"Dead people" voted.

Non-citizens voted.

Of course President Trump is correct in calling all of this out in the interest of truth.

he even masqueraded as his own publicist to praise himself!

He didn't do this in his Presidential campaign. He did it in the late 70's and maybe the early 80s.

 

[HankD]

President Trump is neither a Democrat or a Republican.

Trump is Trump.

HankD

 

[Rippon]

So what should his Party be named? How about Trumpists or Trumpians. I prefer the latter.

The Democrat Party dissolving, and the Elephant Party isn't far behind in vanishing.

 

[HankD]

So what should his Party be named? How about Trumpists or Trumpians. I prefer the latter.

The Democrat Party dissolving, and the Elephant Party isn't far behind in vanishing.

The Deplorables.

HankD

 

[AwesomeMachine]

Trump is a PINO (politician in name only).

 

[Sapper Woody]

So what should his Party be named? How about Trumpists or Trumpians. I prefer the latter.

The Democrat Party dissolving, and the Elephant Party isn't far behind in vanishing.

I was going to offer "The Trumpeters".

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[Rippon]

I was going to offer "The Trumpeters".

That's a bit out there. But it's better than calling it the Bull Moose Party.

 

[InTheLight]

Trump doesn't so much crave favorable media attention --rather despises the lies of the MSM.

Your "Goliath ego" nonsense is just that.

Many Republicans were furious with President Donald Trump's budget deal Wednesday, stunned that the president quickly gave in to Democratic demands to pair hurricane relief with a three-month debt limit hike — though getting nothing in return.

But in calls with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi Thursday morning, Trump raved about the positive news coverage it had received, according to people familiar with the calls, and he seemed very pleased with his decision.

Trump specifically mentioned TV segments praising the deal and indicated he'd been watching in a call with Schumer, two people said. And he was jovial in a call with Pelosi and agreed to send a tweet she asked for about the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, these people said, while also mentioning the attention the deal had gotten. He indicated to both leaders he would be willing to work together again.

"He seemed super upbeat," one person familiar with the calls said.

Another person familiar with the calls said Trump told Pelosi her coverage was even better than his. “The press has been incredible,” Trump said.

Upbeat Trump raves to Schumer, Pelosi about news coverage of their deal

 

[Bro. James]

The problem: there is a Renegade "good ol'boy" in charge who will not compromise with the "partisan good ol'boys" who really run things behind the scenes. This is a revised form of governmental gridlock. Not a new phenomenon.

The love of the money is still the root of all the evil.

Even so, come, Lord Jesus.

Bro. James

 

[Rippon]

The love of the money is still the root of all the evil.

No it isn't. It's the root of all kinds of evil.

 

[HankD]

Give President Trump a break.

He is no conservative. He is not exactly a liberal or anything inbetween.
Not really a Republican or a Democrat.
More like an independent (IMO of course).

Trump is Trump.

So he made the Democrats happy, maybe the open and gaping partisan wounds will start to heal as the POTUS gives a little?

HankD