The best case scenario is that he will be as bad as George W. Bush

[Yavin4]

If we make through this Trump administration with a huge terrorist attack, another war in the Middle East, inept handling of a natural disaster, and an economic collapse on the same scale as the Great Depression, then we should consider ourselves damn lucky.

Bush II was horrific, but Trump is far, far worse. I'm not optimistic in the slightest regard. I have no hope that he will moderate. In fact, I know that he will not moderate. I know that he will be awful, and we as a nation may never recover.

My advice is prepare for the worst. The very worst. Protect yourself and your family to the best of your ability. Support those in need and be active every single day.

Things are going to get bad, really, really, really bad.

[Mosby]

1. He's going to be way worse

that's my prediction.

He might not start any wars, but he's going to gut the government, think Reagan on steroids.

[lunatica]

2. Trump will make historical firsts.

Hopefully some of them will be accidentally very good for the country

[Siwsan]

3. He is even more ill prepared than Bush, and probably no smarter

And he has a VP who, IMHO, is equal in evil to Cheney, to run the show for him. In fact, Pence is probably, in some ways, even more vile.

[uponit7771]

4. 1, how in the world is he going to do better than 4.9% unemployment with rising LFPR?

[randome]

5. I think there is a better possibility: that he will accomplish next to nothing.

Already the Mexican Wall is gone. Obamacare has some good aspects. And Ryan getting rid of Medicare looks DOA. They don't know how to win so they will continue to flail about angrily, and keep losing.

I think we will see the most blunders on foreign policy but that sure won't do the economy any good, either.
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[dixiegrrrrl]

13. How does Ryan getting rid of Medicare look DOA???

What did I miss???

[randome]

15. He has no plan and states will need to sign onto it.

Just like with Obamacare, they talk about it but have no specifics and no way to get from Point A to Point B.

If they come up with anything -and I don't think they can- it will be vastly more expensive and no one's going to sign up for that.
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[dixiegrrrrl]

16. From your lips to God's ear....n/t

[randome]

19. I know. That's how it looks to me now.

And Josh Marshall pointed out that GOP reps are refusing to comment on it because there is no plan as yet. I don't think they will be able to get anything together that won't utterly bankrupt the country. And there are enough level-headed GOPers that they won't vote to self-immolate.
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[Nevernose]

20. He's already backed down on deportation and coal

I'm actually keeping a running list in my wallet at all times of shit Trump has already backed down on, just so I can throw it in his supporters' faces.

The wall is downgraded to a fence (there's already a fence).
His deportation plan is literally Obama's exact same deportation plan.
He's backed down on Obamacare
He and McConnell realized that natural gas is cheaper than coal and coal mining jobs aren't coming back.

[randome]

21. Soon to be added: his vow to convene his generals to have a plan in 30 days for ISIS.

Haven't heard anything about that recently, have we?
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[Nevernose]

23. Oh! And gay marriage!

Apparently he's been for it all along.

[mn9driver]

6. For those who hate the US, this is everything they've been dreaming about.

There will be a crisis of some sort pretty quickly after the inauguration, before the new administration has a chance to get whatever tiny bit of shit they have together. It will be geared to cause a major mistake on our (Trump's) part. I have no doubt it will work.

If it involves a massive and foolish military overreaction, we can only hope that the Joint Chiefs have the guts to say no. At the very least that will trigger a constitutional crisis the like of which has never been seen in this country.

We live in interesting times.

[uponit7771]

7. This line of thinking was going to be my next OP; What "tragedy" will bring unite America's behind

... Donald Putin?

I will never unite behind hate, I'll give Putin a chance but only slightly more than they gave Obama which was damn near none.

[Yavin4]

8. I don't know if the 9/11 playbook will work again

Bush rode that to re-election in 2004, but I just don't see it working again.

[uponit7771]

10. The only thing that will do such is something bigger than 911... we're fucked ...

... I'll never get behind hate, Fuck Donald Putin

[kentuck]

9. Dubya would listen to more people.

Donald listens to no one but Donald.

[Mc Mike]

11. I'm pretty sure he'll take us to war, wreck the economy,

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abuse executive office power in an insane and illegal way, break the government, and have a record number of appointees indicted.

Just a wild guess. I want to get this prediction in early.

[Wounded Bear]

12. For me, it's not really about Trump...

he's a suit. Not much more IMHO.

The problem is that he won't be able to stand up to the extremist RW agendas he will face. The real politicians will lead him around by the nose, and every single bad thing the Repubs want to do will be on the docket, and many will pass.

[dixiegrrrrl]

14. He is the useful idiot not only to the rigid right politicians

but also to Putin.
And a lot of shit is being stirred up in the ME right now as various states and factions try to position themselves for the change in our Gov.

Plus, Trump has one playbook ( I have read a lot about him this week)
extract wealth at the expense of other people even if it means bankrupting them.
He is gonna milk every asset he can find as Pres.

[JonLP24]

17. Bush tried to hide a lot of what he did

Now Trump has the keys to the NSA, indefinite detention sites, drone kill lists and we already know what he is open about doing.

[madinmaryland]

18. Bush: 'Our Long National Nightmare Of Peace And Prosperity Is Finally Over'

The Onion Nailed it. I'll be watching to what they publish in the next two months. From January 2001, just the day before DU came into existence.

http://www.theonion.com/article/bush-our-long-national-nightmare-of-peace-and-pros-464

WASHINGTON, DC–Mere days from assuming the presidency and closing the door on eight years of Bill Clinton, president-elect George W. Bush assured the nation in a televised address Tuesday that "our long national nightmare of peace and prosperity is finally over."
President-elect Bush vows that "together, we can put the triumphs of the recent past behind us."

"My fellow Americans," Bush said, "at long last, we have reached the end of the dark period in American history that will come to be known as the Clinton Era, eight long years characterized by unprecedented economic expansion, a sharp decrease in crime, and sustained peace overseas. The time has come to put all of that behind us."

Bush swore to do "everything in [his] power" to undo the damage wrought by Clinton's two terms in office, including selling off the national parks to developers, going into massive debt to develop expensive and impractical weapons technologies, and passing sweeping budget cuts that drive the mentally ill out of hospitals and onto the street.

During the 40-minute speech, Bush also promised to bring an end to the severe war drought that plagued the nation under Clinton, assuring citizens that the U.S. will engage in at least one Gulf War-level armed conflict in the next four years.

"You better believe we're going to mix it up with somebody at some point during my administration," said Bush, who plans a 250 percent boost in military spending. "Unlike my predecessor, I am fully committed to putting soldiers in battle situations. Otherwise, what is the point of even having a military?"

..snip

[Tikki]

22. And this time we can not...be all nice...when they tell us...to not dwell on mistakes...

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with their...let's move forward speech...when he f^^ks up...and he will f^^k up/

We need to hold each and every one of his voters responsible for his s^^t.

AS HE BREAKS IT...THEY OWN IT...

Tikki

[SammyWinstonJack]

24. He'll make bush seem benevolent in comparison