There are definitely some ways Trump could have stuck to his guns. No amnesty, no budget deal without a wall, etc. But Trump is pressured by polls, media, big business, and the GOP establishment, and some of this is a calculation about popular support. https://twitter.com/PaleHominid/status/950842668229242880 …
Your view is basically wrong. He's limited, and he's trying to make deals. He hasn't just ceded governing.
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Again you're giving him too much credit. He hasn't come up with a coherent ideology of what he wants his presidency to be, and he doesn't care enough to. Absent that he just mostly goes along with whatever Congress decides and makes bold statements that are impotent.
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The man is not an idiot, despite what the media would have you think. His ideology is not extremely consistent, but it's not completely random either. It's more consistent than most pols. He has been consistently in favor of American manufacturing and jobs for decades.
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As for going along with Congress, you have to realize that he can't get much done without their support, and they've been hostile from the beginning
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