Trump spends his political capital early in second term - Washington Examiner

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : If Trump is able to deliver on his promises of an economic renaissance at home and peace abroad, arguing that this was more or less the state of the country during his first term before the pandemic struck, he will at a minimum join the pantheon of great Republican presidents alongside Ronald Reagan.
58% : WHAT TRUMP'S VICTORY MEANS FOR THE GOP COALITION On Tuesday night, Trump is going to tout his fast start: the executive orders, the substantial improvement at the southern border, investments in the U.S., and attempts at deal-making.
55% : Bush wanted to grab the "third rail" of American politics by reforming Social Security and transforming Iraq into a functioning democracy aligned with the United States.
51% : But Trump is also rapidly spending the political capital he amassed in his nearly unprecedented comeback, unleashing Elon Musk to wage war on the federal bureaucracy, hitting major U.S. trade partners with far-reaching tariffs, engaging in high-stakes diplomacy to end the Russia-Ukraine war amid increasingly open resistance from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, uprooting racial preferences and diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives throughout the government, and issuing a stream of executive orders that delight his supporters and enrage his foes.
50% : At the same time, Trump is a political survivor.
45% : Trump is working with smaller Republican congressional majorities than Bush had 20 years ago.
43% : Now the Bushes and Cheneys who preceded him have been all but marginalized within the GOP and Trump is turning his attention to challenging the Left's cultural power as never before.
42% : Yet for Trump, the biggest challenges of his administration lie ahead.
37% : If instead he presides over chaos and economic calamity, Trump may end more like his intraparty rival George W. Bush, who was for eight years the unquestioned leader of the party but whose influence over it proved temporary.
37% : He is facing the prospect of a government shutdown despite the GOP trifecta and critics are warning he risks even greater disruptions in federal services thanks to Musk's Department of Government Efficiency.
31% : After nearly a decade atop national politics, Trump has weathered sustained Democratic attacks and wrested away control of the Republican Party from an old guard that viewed him with suspicion.

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