What Do Trump's Unforced Errors Tell Us About His Priorities?

[demmiblue]

Source: Dorf on Law

Although Donald Trump's presidency is beginning to show recurring patterns -- which is not to say that he is becoming normal, but merely that some of the abnormality is now feeling drearily familiar -- we still know surprisingly little about what he really wants from being president.

Many of us have assumed all along that this is the ultimate ego trip for the world's most insecure narcissist. There is still plenty of evidence to support that theory, of course, but lately I have begun to wonder if Trump is starting to show that he has an agenda that he truly cares about.

Or perhaps he is even more incompetent than he seemed to be all along. He is supporting a regressive agenda, to be sure, but the surprise is that he is spending political capital on things that have so little upside for him politically or personally. For a man who is all about being seen as a winner, he is picking some very foolish fights.

The most obvious current example is Trump's embrace of the Republicans' shockingly cruel and ill-conceived attempt to replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Even before the Congressional Budget Office's released its analysis showing how many people would be harmed by the Republicans' bill, it was obvious that this was going to be a political mess.

Read more: http://www.dorfonlaw.org/2017/03/what-do-trumps-unforced-errors-tell-us.html

[beachbum bob]

1. trump isn't the one making decisions...falls back to bannon and breitbart crew who

are following a lot of the heritage foundation guidelines for deconstructing govt as we know it....so trump is pretty much just the face of the growing incompetence.....

[Gothmog]

2. Good analysis of why trump is failing so badly