Sunday, July 23, 2017

How's It Going Up There?

As a candidate, President Trump billed himself as a new breed of think-big Republican, pitching a $1 trillion campaign pledge to reconstruct the nation’s roadways, waterworks and bridges — along with a promise to revive the lost art of the bipartisan deal.

  NYT
He said a lot of things. We're still waiting for pretty much all of them.
[A]n ambitious public works plan, arguably his best chance of rising above the partisan rancor of his first six months in office, is fast becoming an afterthought — at precisely the moment Mr. Trump needs a big, unifying issue to rewrite the narrative of his chaotic administration.

Infrastructure remains stuck near the rear of the legislative line, according to two dozen administration officials, legislators and labor leaders involved in coming up with a concrete proposal. It awaits the resolution of tough negotiations over the budget, the debt ceiling, a tax overhaul, a new push to toughen immigration laws — and the enervating slog to enact a replacement for the Affordable Care Act.
Well maybe he'll read this "Fake News" report and put some effort into it. Better yet - somebody should go on Fox News and complain.

It's plain by now that he's not interested in policy. Only publicity.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

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