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Originally Posted by keysync
If nothing else. He's not a politician. Which is a step in the right direction.
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This is an interesting thought. To me there are two very different sides to this coin.
The simple reality is that the president can't do much without the support of congress. So Trump wouldn't be able to just roll into the white house and do as he pleases. It will all come down to two things. This goes for whoever gets elected, not just Trump:
1. How well they can work with congress. They need to be able to get the house and senate to work with them on various projects or they are going to be in trouble quickly.
2. How willing congress is to work with the president. As we saw with Obama, his first two years the republicans said no to everything and filibustered everything. They were not going to work with him no matter what he offered them or what the proposal was. When that happened Obama failed at #1 and couldn't break the blockade.
Whoever is next will likely meet the same fate. The republicans are likely going to hold control of the house and senate. If the new president is a democrat the republicans will have little motivation to work with them. If the new president is a republican the democrats, who just 8 years ago looked to be poised to run the country for a long time to come and now are out on their asses, will likely return the favor and try to block anything and everything the president does. How the president deals with this will determine how well they are able to do their job.